My Garden Beauties... and the Nasty Thing!

Last week's rains have livened up my garden. It's a riot of colour right now. After mowing what passes for a lawn (it's green, anyway) and weed-wacking the wilds around the house, I picked up my camera because I wanted to celebrate the Lovelies that inhabit my fenced garden. My garden is fenced, because otherwise the four-legged lawnmowers also known as deer would raze everything down to 3 inches off the ground.

I thought I'd share some of that beauty with you. I'll spare you the names of these flowers (and the unavoidable search I'd have to carry out in order to properly name everything... I'm feeling a little lazy this evening).

So, below, the first of my Garden Beauties, the Orange One, about to unfold.



And let me introduce you - up close and personal - to my Pink Beauty...



And isn't this Maroon Beauty exotic?



Even the tiny Yellow Beauties that survive on the rock wall have their moment of glory.



And this one, my Gorgeous Red Beauties, well, others have painted them well. I am content to just take a picture...



But let me tell you, when you are weeding, pay attention to the Nasty One below!!! This is stinging nettles, and it bears its name well... Some people make soup and such out of it. I say, "Don't touch it!" At least, not without gloves.