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A garden of memories, A Writer's Garden through the Garden Gates with Anne B. Cole, grandma's flowers, irises, pictures of flowers, romantic suspense, Sweet romance, time travel romance
Gardens of Memories
Digging in fresh tilled dirt. Watching seedlings pop up through the soil in neat rows. Pulling weeds. Picking the first ripe strawberry or tomato or cucumber. I absolutely LOVE to plant and tend to my vegetable garden and I’ll tell you all about my veggies in September right here in A Writer’s Garden.
crocus
Today I want to share pictures of flowers. I love all kinds of flowers from spring bulbs to fall asters. Here are a few pictures I snapped of my favorites.
Forget me nots
Butterfly bush
I was blessed to have two grandmothers who influenced me to garden and they gave me many of the flowers I have today. As a child I tagged along while they weeded, picked, divided, and replanted their flowers. My Grandma P. (1919-2004) had a huge vegetable garden and flower beds all around her house. She once told me that weeding the vegetable garden was work, but weeding her flowers was a joy.
Here is one of her favorite blue irises blooming in my flower bed 2015.
My Grandma M. (1917-2014) also had a huge veggie garden and flowers all around her house. She once told me that the best way to learn how to do something is to just do it. Even if it means you mess up a bunch of times.
Here are pictures of her white irises in my flowerbeds 2015. This is the first spring since her passing.
I have never before seen these irises bloom in such beauty and abundance.
To me, flowers are amazing, comforting, and beautiful. Just like the people who gave them to me.
What flowers do you have from a friend or relative? What memories come to mind when you see them bloom? Thanks Catherine for having me here today!
Gardener/writer Anne B. Cole has been gardening in three different states over the past thirty years. Her favorite thing about gardening is watching flowers and plants grow and thrive. When she’s not gardening she’s writing adventure/time travel/sweet romantic suspense. You can learn more about her at www.annebcole.com
Catherine Castle 
I have the hardest time getting a decent picture of forgetmenots. They normally come out as a light blue blur. I think my camera forgets they are there. Same thing with a vibrant purple perennial geranium. When photographed, it comes out pale white.
I love taking pictures and use my digital Nikon for flowers. It makes even weeds look frameable:) Try taking pictures in the early morning or just before sunset. The natural light is less hard then and the colors may not fade.
Thanks for stopping in Liza!
Excellent post! I look forward to your posts, Anne. Love those pictures 🙂
So glad you enjoy my posts and pictures! I love to snap and write as well as read. Almost finished reading ASFKB—amazing book!
Thank you, Catherine for having me here today! I love reading A Writer’s Garden and look forward to it each week:)
You’re quite welcome. I love reading about everyone’s gardens, too. Thanks for being part of A writer’s Garden. From: Catherine CastleSent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:00 PMTo: c.castle@fuse.netReply To: comment+pw83mpebsscc3hzgrtha3mvomv@comment.wordpress.comSubject: [Catherine Castle] Comment: “A Writer’s Garden–Through the Garden Gates with Anne B. Cole”
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I have iris from a friend who no longer lives near me. Every time they bloom I think of her. My lilacs didn’t come from my grandmother’s bushes, but even so, when I smell them I think of her. My other grandmother loved marigolds. I haven’t planted any in years. Hmm. Maybe I should fix that. Thanks for the memories!
I love irises but the cold really did mine in this year. I only had one bloom. My favorite spring flowers are, in order, tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths (make beautiful nosegays) then the purple irises. But roses have a special place in my heart since i used to help my father tend his rosebushes and we even had a rose tree. Yellow tea roses are my preferred variety. Lily of the Valley reminds me of my grandmother, who always wore that fragrance.