I love...

...flowers. I love looking at flowers. I love planting flowers. I love driving in my driveway to a garden full of flowers.

And clearly, I love taking pictures of flowers, especially when they are in our yard!

Flowers symbolize so much to me: new growth, springtime, new life, God's creativity and sometimes humor, but always His amazing ability to take something from practically nothing and make it amazingly beautiful! Hmmmm...sounds like what He does with His children. He's so full of grace and love that He lavishes so unconditionally on us! I'm so thankful that we can freely praise His name!


Check out the ladybug perched on the petal. It almost looked pink instead of the usual red. And to imagine that a few days early this flower looked much like the one to the right.


These vines have been growing outside our kitchen window for weeks, becoming larger and greener by the day. Suddenly, these beautiful flowers appeared. At the end of each day, they shrivel up and whither away. And yet each morning, there seems to be more than the day before!


I really love hydrangeas. After looking at them so many times, I've decide that I think they are flowers with curly hair. A kindred spirit maybe?


And just like curly headed hydrangeas, these lantana are beautiful each year. At the end of fall, they turn into dead looking sticks. In fact, my husband dug up a handful of them and I made him replant them (or I did), assuring him that they were very much alive. They've once again taken over our flower beds! Love their color and their curly headed blooms!