Welcome to September in my garden!
If you have pictures of your garden as it is right now and want to share, hop on over to May Dreams Gardens Blog to participate...
Above is a mix of Russian Blue Sage, Cone Flower and Nasturtiums that for some reason within the total chaos of their garden presence (way too close and cluttered together for growing potential in the coming years)…
Really makes me feel happy…
Maybe it is the way that the plants are seeming to want to take over the lawn…
We know which side I'm on for that…
C'mon plants (except the crab grass: you can take your seeds and nastiness somewhere else!)
Although a little lawn is nice under bare foot…
And for kid running around areas...
The "other side hill" garden is a blank canvas at this point.
I have started to divide up some grasses and planted them for some background washes of color and texture.
If time and weather participate in the next two months I will be dividing hostas and ferns as well, and transplanting some other perennials that should do well over there.
Riley was enjoying the ride on my chest in the baby Bjorn as we toured the garden in our leisure time together Sunday & Monday…
He loves to reach out and grab the plants…
And you can tell when he gets really excited because the feet start flailing...
The crab apples are starting to turn red...
The Russian Blue Sage is really growing now…
The whispy blooms are some of my favorite at this time of year...
This little yellow flower is seen randomly from spring to fall depending on if the deer eat the bloom…
I think this may be the 2nd bloom I've seen this year.
The cooler weather setting in means we will be outside a lot more after school.
Sidewalk chalk drawings is a favorite past time of Chloe's…
Riley doesn't mind just looking on (for a bit anyway)...
Which means I have some extra time to snap pictures with my camera phone like these...
I love this Hipstamatic app for my iPhone.
You have to buy a bunch of "film" and "lenses" for the camera app…
But I tell you what - it's SO worth it.
I mean, c'mon - having this at your fingertips then in your back pocket for a few bucks - awesome!
I love the vintage feel...
The possibilities seem endless...
The above set was taken with the Helga Viking Lens, Pistil Film.
And these above were taken with the John S Lens, Float Film.
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| Helga Viking Lens in 7 different film types. |
And you know that the slightly OCD person in me (that would be the scientist background part) has to be able to document and recapture and master the look of the photographs…
So I went out during Riley's nap and took a repeat image with all 5 lenses and all 7 film types.
Which meant a lot of back and forth clicking…
Much easier than having all those cameras, lenses and films by all means…
And those results will be a topic for another post…
Probably for next week's mosaic monday post.
Thanks for stopping by!
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as always you have the prettiest pictures. I recall playing with chalk on the sidewalk when I was little too. Fall is coming!
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ReplyDeleteyou have quite a collection of flowers, and the chalk photo with your daughter is priceless :)
Beautiful flowers and pictures!
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