the morning watering...

this is where I love to be...

but the heat runs us back inside almost every day...

or the bugs that bite...

I had Craig lay on his tummy for these shots...

I have done them before...

and knew they would be good...

and he found a little toad...

a locust shell in another bed...

it won't be long till these start to seed...

the sedum is so large this year...

and it's soon to be in full bloom...

a picket fence...

and a rusty gate...

school will start soon...

and Doug will be moving out...

and it will not be the same around here when September comes...

I'm running out of time with my boys...

they are men now...

and soon will be moving on...

the blooms will be back next year...

but they won't be here...

I know the time will soon be gone...

gardening is a sharing time...

family time...

group hug time...

the blooms are just a bonus...

proof that we were there...

that we talked and laughed...

and the hours are golden...

and everything golden does not last...