Color in the Garden
Peek out the window into my color-filled courtyard garden. You will see color everywhere.
Is there ever anything better?
Two Talavera pottery pots, one a “window box” and the other a delicious pottery pig!
Look at the color in that pottery. They are beautifully done.
Flower carpet ground covers below… sadly it’s too hot for them.
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask?
Victor Hugo
A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
A moss-lined hanging pot filled with orange nemesia, aster, sky blue lobelia and a pink geranium.
There’s many inspiring ideas online if you’d like to try making one yourself! With a little guidance at the nursery garden center, I was able to make myself a few that lived on into the fall! The one above isn’t the best example of the actual hanging basket but the flowers are wonderfully colorful. 🙂
When you increase the number of gardens, you increase the number of heavens too!
~Mehmet Murat Ildan
My garden has a lot of potted geraniums! Geraniums love the abundant sunshine of Sonoma County, CA! And because they’re so easy to start with small cuttings, I now have many, too many plants! The geranium link above explains everything about them INCLUDING how to grow them from cuttings!
It’s not at all difficult but I learned from my grandmother who loved them, Sweet Peas and Trixie, her border collie!
But please!
No more 118 degree temperatures here in Petaluma!
Raining geranium flower petals…
red geraniums + pennies
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art.
Marc Chagall
It is the color of love.
21 Comments
Anonymous
Thanks for delighting us with the beautiful flowers.
ĽAdelaide
Hi! Thanks for enjoying them! xxx
ĽAdelaide
Hi! Thanks for enjoying them, Silvia. Sorry it took awhile. I approved your comment hours ago but i see it didn’t “take”! Because your IP addy changes, it makes it go to approval now. I’ve had some spam get thru so had to fix settings to mod anyone new. Sigh…. At least you’re here! 😉
Leya
these are all wonderfully colourful and vibrates with positivity. My favourite is the first one!
ĽAdelaide
Good eve at midnight to you! I’m so glad you enjoyed wandering thru. ☺️ Strangely I think I’ve already written this but I don’t see it? Hmmmm… Ah well. xxx
Leya
😉
effervescentfrancois
So many of my painful memories are in Black and White–so many of my happier experiences now I experience in Color
ĽAdelaide
I’m happy to offer you all my color to help you get back your happiness. I, too, seem to feel this way and it explains my passion to color, I suppose! You think?
Be well! xxx
Anonymous
Your courtyard garden pictures have taken my breath away this evening.
The quotes you’ve chosen even more so.
Much love to you, my dear friend.
xoxo
susancrow
I left a comment just now, but would you believe it disappeared?
What I said is that these pictures have taken my breath away with their beauty.
The quotes you chose, equally so.
Much love, sweet friend.
xoxo
ĽAdelaide
I think maybe that’s you up above? As someone? I’ll check it out. I’ve had to set up moderation on any new commenter due to some sneaky spams getting thru. So if your IP changes, then I should have to ok it but didn’t see it there. I don’t know! Maybe a glitch.
Most precious to me is that you enjoyed your visit today! I’m so happy you did. Care for a cuppa? If wishes were fishes…. 😘
mcsgal
Beautiful.
ĽAdelaide
Thank you for your kindness! I’m glad you enjoyed. 🙂
Clanmother
I just wanted to mention once again that I love your theme. There is a wonderful connection between your words, photos, quotes which is augmented by this marvelous theme. Always wonderful to stop by….
ĽAdelaide
I’m enjoying it too. It works!! 😉 I cannot figure out the code much but the basics I can. Best $69 I’ve spent here! Thank you for your kind comments, Rebecca. I so appreciate you. xxx
violetski
Ah, such a delightful, beautiful garden!
Thank you for sharing those beauties dear Linda! ❤️
xxx
ĽAdelaide
Sweet Violet, I apologize! Oh my, I missed your lovely little comment on this garden post of mine. I’m happy you wandered around and enjoyed the view. Much love ❤
Mel
What is it about Californians and geraniums? The sister has HUGE pots of them, one whole wall that’s a gorgeous shade of pink….and roses….They’re HUGE too. I wanna wander the courtyard…it even sounds inviting. “Patio” sounds like a place for grilling. LOL. Ah well, wherever the critters can roam happily and we can be content, eh?
Amazing array of colours popping in that courtyard of yours. And since I like snakes ..LOL..I’d love a cuppa coffee out there.
The puppy is invited, too! 🙂
ĽAdelaide
Heehee… I haven’t the vaguest idea excepting they’re as easy as pie to grow, at least in my courtyard where they have that microclimate to grow in. She’s more temperate where she is. Up here, just on the other side of the house, the back forty as I call it, is a different story. They still grow but not nearly so lush. And bouganvilla, no idea how to spell it, won’t grow here at all, it’s not warm enough some winters. Roses are easy to grow here as long as we treat the mildew/fungus stuff. Bugs are a forever thing so why bother. A good squirt of the hose every morning or so does the trick. But NOTHING in the ground without a cage because of the critters. OY, the deer still find their way in… ah well, there’s certainly worse things!
So I’ll put the coffee on? xox
graham mcquade
A great display of colour Linda. The only trouble is keeping them watered in hot weather and when you go away.
Linda
Ah yes good question! Depends on the heat and when the fog rolls in to cool things down. And we water with drip irrigation which is the only way it’d get done! As for going away? We are farmers so most of the year we are here on the ranch!(really!!) my husband runs it and needs to be here for the constant inconvenient breaks in waterlines pumps filters… you get the idea!