I started this blog as a garden diary of sorts. Besides photos and general observations, I will from time to time post poems, quotes or just about anything I find interesting and worth while (to me anyway). I tend to be big on ideas and short on time, so be patient if it takes me a while to get this up and running.

Yesterday was an exceptional day in the garden, one that inspired me to blog, since I really didn't have anyone to share it with, that is, anyone who would find it as enjoyable as I did. While sitting on my deck relaxing, I had the pleasure of watching a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, a pair of Gold Finch hanging out on my downy sunflowers, a ruby throated hummingbird who mistakenly thought the floral pattern on my shirt was real, and the highlight - a clearwing sphinx moth.

Kiss of the sun for pardon.
Song of the birds for mirth.
You're closer to God's heart in a garden
than any place else on earth.
- Dorothy Frances Gurney