Early Summer in Milton

Or – a walk through our garden by the Mersey River in early July.

Home sweet home.

Home sweet home.

 

The Nfld. expression "these red berries are white because they're green" does not apply here; these albinos don't even know how to blush and stay perfectly white even when they are fully ripened.

In Nfld. one might say that “these red strawberries are white because they’re green” but that does not apply here; these bold albinos don’t even know how to blush and stay perfectly white even when they are fully ripened.

 

Blue Heron craning it's neck - hey, which came first, the bird or the verb?

Blue Heron craning it’s neck – hey, which crane came first, the bird or the verb?

 

Pink Lily

Pink Lily

 

Rudbeckia. Is this a brown-eyed or black-eyed Susan? Only her horticulturist knows for sure!

Rudbeckia. Is this a brown-eyed or black-eyed Susan? Only her horticulturist knows for sure!

 

Dogwood blossom

Dogwood blossom

 

Named for the bees but in my mind it could just as easily be called hummingbirdbalm.

Named for the bees, but in my mind this beebalm could just as easily be called hummingbirdbalm, they love it so much.

 

Lilies with dew

Yellow lilies.

 

Rock Roses

Rock Roses

 

Sunset over the Mersey River. Well, the sun actually sets over Ashley's house but the river does get pink from time to time.

Sunset over the Mersey River. Well, the sun actually sets over Ashley’s house but the river view does get pink from time to time.

 

And day turns to night....

And day turns to night….

 

Now tell me, why would we want to go anywhere else? Perhaps the answer might be different some time in late February, but for now I feel like I am living in a parkland! Am I contented? Yes.

(c) Judy Parsons 2013

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