He Leadeth Me

I haven't been a very good blogger lately.  I have become enamored with Instagram and it is so easy to post pictures that I often post things there rather than blogging. (If you are on Instagram, my username is karenavengibson). But today, as I gazed out my back window, I got excited about spring  and decided to blog. I spent the week last week in Houston, Texas where the flowers were BEAUTIFUL . When I left Colorado Springs, a few things were blooming, but not much. When I got home, Spring had Sprung. This is a snowball bush that we planted last year. I had never seen this bush before we moved here. I have seen huge ones with flowers that look just like snowballs. Mine is still a baby bush. Purple ground cover. I love the way it grows amongst the rocks. This picture and the next are supposedly the same bush.  Maybe just a different variety??? I love purple, so these blooms make my day. Views from the deck. Hap...

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano My rating: 5 of 5 stars For this relatively new gardener, this book is magic.  Since I now live in Colorado instead of Houston, Texas, I have to wait longer for Spring to arrive. View all my reviews

We are having our first nighttime freezes of the autumn here in Colorado. This summer was the first real summer that I enjoyed gardening. My roses are still blooming and the grandsons' garden is still producing tomatoes. I thought I had better bring the green tomatoes in so that they wouldn't freeze and be ruined. Does anyone know if they will turn red off the vine?   I'm really going to miss my garden this winter, but I guess that is what makes springtime oh, so sweet.  

This is the sight that I see when I drive in after the sun goes down. My sweet husband always turns on the front porch light for me and the geraniums in my antique washstand never cease to make me smile. Thanks to our friend Bill Walker, who landscaped our lawn at the beginning of the summer, I have had lots of blooms to make me happy. I'm going to miss the color when the first freeze comes, but look forward to seeing them again in the spring.