Roses for Bennie ~

In Bennie Everhart's memory... 1948 ~ 2010

These miniature roses are planted in your honor today...

Schlaf gut...Schalf in himmlisher Ruh...

~ Luv & hugs, Gini, Emma, and family ~

Bougainvillea ~

~ Neighbor's colorful Bougainvillea ~

Wisteria ~

School garden ~

Tulip

This little garden belongs to the Kindergarten class at my grandson's school. This year he is in first grade but he was in this Kindergarten classroom last year, creating a similar garden.  It's really a neat little garden that has quite a variety of flowers and herbs.  If you look close in the bottom and in the middle of the 2nd photo, you can see "Pokey" the horse that goes with Gumby, created by Art Clockey, in the early 1950's.  I will share a close up photo of Pokey, in tomorrows post...I remember them very well!  The children have done a wonderful job creating their garden.

Hibiscus and Mr. Bee ~

I believe this to be a Hibiscus flower, possibly in the Rose of Sharon family...I may be incorrect. This tree belongs to my neighbor and she no longer lives in the home, so she is not there to ask. I did do a search on-line and found similar but not this particular color combination. If you look real close, there is a busy bee in the middle of the flower...just as I would get my camera to focus properly, he would fly to another flower! So, this was the best I could do with Mr. Bee.
Sending sunshine and pretty flowers from Southern Cal.

Cherry Blossom Tree ~

This is a photo that my granddaughter took! We were attending a family birthday dinner and my granddaughter snatched my camera and took this shot of the Cherry Blossom tree outside the restaurant. I have to say she did a pretty good job. I promised I would post it for her. The blossoms are a bit more pink than they appear in the photo.

Granddaughter's tomato plant ~

This tomato plant belongs to my granddaughter...she is watering, feeding and caring for her plant all by herself.
She has been caring for this plant for over a year now. The ripened tomatoes are very good...she's doing a wonderful job!

Dried hydrangea's ~

An arrangement of hydrangea's I dried from my garden. Currently, we have high winds and pouring rain...not so great for going out and grabbing outdoor photos.

Lemons, and more lemons ~

Our lemon tree out back, is loaded with lemons this year. The grandkids are attempting to make lemon-aid and set up a stand in the neighborhood...gonna need alot of sugar!  We have a lime tree right next to the lemon tree, so we are getting lemon-limes.  I was trying to talk the kids into just bagging them up and sharing with the neighbors...we'll see how that goes!