September 1 yard tour

This evening, while Reynald was grilling our dinner of pork chops, and in the oven vegetables from the garden were roasting, I was distracted from finishing up our dinner prep by amazing light from a setting sun.  These photos don't do the color justice, but it will give you and idea of what our yard looks like right now.

I'm not a good enough photographer to capture the sunlight illuminating the Canna lilies but it was amazing.

This grouping has been a happy accident.  The bicycle was Reynald's when he was a child, and the rest just kind of happened!  I love the bright colors that happily present every day.

I am such a sucker for geraniums, especially red ones!

The most reliable late summer blooms come from petunias.  

And zinnias never fail to disappoint.  These happy flowers are from seed that I scattered on the soil the first part of June.  They make me smile!

I especially love this petunia that is white with a pink center radiating out.  So delicate!

Lots of nice color here, with an old drill that mom and dad brought back from Montana one year when they went on a fly fishing trip.

Saint Francis watching over a portion of the flower beds.

My all time favorite rose, Graham Thomas.  If I had to pick one rose that I could have, this would be it!

The tri-color beech was beautifully illuminated by the near setting sun.

And we were rewarded with an amazing sunset as we ate dinner on the west porch.  Life is good!