June is For Loving

"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

-Oliver Wendell Holmes



My wonderful hubby rebuilt the post better than the builder every thought of


"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

Helen Keller

Swallowtail Butterfly Nectaring on Agapanthus

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Erigeron Glaucus Up Close

Monrovia Nurseries  donated a choice of growing material for those of us entertained at Roger's Gardens at the Jamie Durie event last weekend.  The lovely erigon posing- I decided to give it a try. But before it goes in the garden- it is a little live bouquet at rest in a cache pot on our patio set.



The 4" Nursery Pot as Table Decoration



It was after a wedding in Pacific Grove that we decided to live our lives as we did that weekend. Gerry and I wanted our home to be our personal bed and breakfast. We wanted the house and garden to blend into each other in a romantic embrace.

This ideal focused our efforts here for- can it really be 25 years?

The advantage of these little flowers is my husband and I can see each other as we dine. Much more romantic that a bigger bouquet that would act as a hedge to try to peak over and around during a conversation. Don't you agree? 

Top 2 images by Gene Sasse.

Next image courtesy of Billie Baldwin at Roger's Gardens.