When I was home one thing that had to be tackled a bit was my garden. It's so overgrown and the blooms so heavy no one has been able to get to the back yard to mow it! Yes, there is a path there. Good luck getting through it!
But I have to say, this is the view when I open my back door every day.
Just being greeted by that burst of color is enough to start any day off well!
Sometimes I don't know what half of these are. But I really don't care! I just like them!
My white hydrangeas have gone green and I confess, I like them even better green!
And these are always pretty. Stock maybe?
What's not to love with something so cheery!
And speaking of cheery, when Rick had to bail on dinner with me because he forgot to mention he'd accepted an invitation for us (and dinner was was already going and not the kind that served up well as leftovers, there was no stopping it), I called in reinforcements!
And then we celebrated a special occasion!
Just the second day in a great birthday weekend with more to come!
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Happy Birthday dear Jeanie, happy birthday to you! Your garden is like paradise, love it! Hugs, Valerie
I think that your "wild garden" looks great, Jeanie. It certainly is a spectacular burst of colour, and while a manicured garden may have great appeal a little wildness is good too - in gardens - and relationships too!
Happy Birthday Jeanie. Nothing like good friends, fun and food on your birthday. The flowers are looking pretty there also. Blessings, xoxo, Susie
Hello fellow Michigander! I do enjoy checking in on your blog. Gardens can get out of control in very little time it seems. The bright pink/fushia tall flowers are actually Phlox! Hummers love them!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday. Your garden is so full of beautiful color! That tart looked great.
Happy birthday! You really know how to get the most out of your life. I admire that.
Sounds like you have been having a great staycation break.
I've seen some of your FB posts and look forward to hearing more info about that incredible Flint art show.
It would delight me to open my door and see all those masses of flowers too! That is just my idea of pure heaven.
Beautiful garden! I like overgrown ;-) A very Happy Birthday to you Jeanie. It's lovely you had a nice way to celebrate it.
Happy Bday to you....Loving the flowers. Beautiful. Before long the blooms will be all gone. I am ready. Ready for fall but not the season that comes after that but....Mother Nature does her own thing and don't care what I want!
Aww! I love the bus!
I think your garden looks fantastic Jeanie. Mine is pretty overgrown too but I agree, just enjoy the blooms. The tall pink flowers at phlox. I usually have a lot but the deer like to eat off the blooms. Oh no. The lemon tart looks delicious. Sounds like your birthday trip home started off fantastic! Hugs-Erika
August gardens tend to get overgrown - mine is. I was going to let you know they were phlox, as well, but got beaten to the punch. Happy, happy birthday! -Jenn
Belated Happy Birthday greetings to you, Jeanie🎂🎈. I hope that you celebrate the whole year🎉. It's how I believe birthdays should be observed because we only go through that year once and should make the most of it!🥂
Your garden is fabulous.
And happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Jeanie!
I love your garden.
Happy belated Birthday, Jeanie!
Sorry for all the work but your garden looks awesome!
:-) Looking forward too see what´s coming next!
Hope you had a great birthday! I would love walking out your back door with that view every day. I have a similar flowerscape out my front door. I love flowers. Janice
Happy Belated Birthday Jeanie! I hope your day was great! Your garden is beautiful, I love all the flowers. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy weekend!
Belated happy birthday to you.
Love the garden!
Happy birthday. 😀
Happy Birthday jeanie!
Rick looks very nice in the kitchen with your tart, so sweet. I love your garden, it would be hard for me to cut any to those flowers. I know you can't wait to get back to the Lake, it will be time to close it up before you know it! Enjoy while you can. Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Looks like there was plenty going on to make it a happy day . . .
I loved the look out of your window ... flowers flowering and COLOR!
Got any birthday tart left? I have a sudden urge to fly over! Happy birthday to you, you can never have enough birthday celebrations!
I'm sorry, not sorry the flowers have gone wild in the garden, love the little birdhouse hidden there too.
Have a lovely weekend
Wren x
A happy (belated) birthday to you, Jeanie! I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend celebrating, and look forward to your post on the exhibit you attended. Your garden looks fabulously full!
A happy belated birthday to you Jeanie.
Love your garden with so many pretty flowers. Never seen green hydrangeas, very pretty.
Happy birthday, dear Lady!!
Happy Birthday!! Your garden is wonderful!
Rick and tart, and the couple of friends - are the gem pictures in the crown. People are the best of flowers! Happy Birthday!
What a garden - you have a jungle just outside your door! I can only dream of plants growing that big here at altitude. Your special lemon tart looks mighty good. Happy Birthday, Jeanie. Summer is drawing to a close here. I hope you still have some left at the cottage.
Happy Birthday. I love your garden. You have a beautiful assortment of flowers.
I love your garden, it is so colourful.
Happy Birthday Wishes.
All the best Jan
I hope I haven't missed your birthday, dear. It looks like a lovely return to "civilization." Your back garden is beautifully filled with great bursts of color. How lucky for you. I'm not sure I'd want to cut it back until autumn.
Again, happy birthday, dear friend.
Happy Birthday to you Jeanie. I love all your blooms and can just taste that lemon tart.
I just looked in my book, and sure enough -- there's your birthday, written down exactly where it was supposed to be. Well, maybe next year I'll remember to look in the book at the beginning of each month, like I promised myself I'd do this year. On the other hand, by next year I may be doing well to remember where I put the book, so there's that!
It looks like your celebrations started out wonderfully well. I'm anxious to see what else was involved -- my hunch is there was a performance of some sort!
Happy Birthday (belated but the wishes are just as warm), Jeanie! I can see Rick is a present in person. :) And what a lovely garden to come home to!
Happy birthday Jeanie and the lemon tart looks fabulous! You have a lovely view of blooms out your door, it is the perfect cottage style garden. Happy weekend!
Happy Birthday to you. Those flowers are beautiful.
Happyappy birthday! Gorgeous garden flowers!
Yum, that lemon tart looks delicious! And your flowers are gorgeous! I am glad you got a chance to celebrate your birthday with Rick and friends!!
Happy Birthday to you! It sounds like you had some great time at home. :) And I love your wild garden! Beautiful!
Love lemon tart, yummmm! Love the view in your garden. It is wonderful!
Hope you are still celebrating, afterall the month isn't over.
Happy Birthday Jeanie! How nice of Rick to make a lemon tart for you. I like those purple flowers in your garden, and the yellow ones are so cheerful. It looks like a nice dinner with your friends. And I LOVE that Birthday Bus!
~Sheri
What fun!!! Glad you had fun being home, gardening, then having friends come over to eat and birthday fun with hubby!
Happiest of summers to you, Jeanie,
Barb :)
Love your flowers just as overblown as they are! Gorgeous!!!
That's what we LOVE to see... lots of celebrating and HAPPY! Glad you had such a sweet birthday, my friend! ((LOVE & HUGS))
Lovely flowers Jeanie, I agree about being greeted with those beautiful blooms each morning :-)
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