goodbye summer garden...

I went out after work today to do a little trimming before the green waste comes tomorrow...

It's always a little sad when the cutting back and pulling out begins...

My garden started out with a bang this year but ended with a putter...

These are the last of my blooms...

a few lonely zinnia...

This weekend I will prune and pull in earnest and ready the porch for fall...

Already planning my winter and spring gardens in my mind.

Even is Southern California, there is beauty in every season.

Blessings,

Patty

a bounty...

This world of blogging is wonderful...

I have met some of the most amazingly generous women out there and all from the simple stroke of a keyboard and the snap of a picture...

A few weeks ago one such lovely lady mentioned that she had some extra zinnia seeds to give away...

I had seen her gorgeous blooms so I was quick to raise my hand...

Last week an envelope arrived in the mail and I thought "Yeah, my zinnia seeds are here".  I didn't rush to open the envelope because my life is kind of frazzled right now and I didn't want to lose them.

Today I sat down and opened up the envelope...

All I can say is thank you Becca at A Southern Garden by Becca you are too kind.

Just look at them ladies...

Aren't they beautiful?

Oh, now I'm longing to go out and til that soil and get ready for next years bounty.

I'm determined that this is what the back of our pick-up will look like next year!

I'm so glad I started blogging...I can't imagine not visiting with my new friends.  And this bounty of seeds...well, that's just a bonus!

Blessed again,

Patty