Posted by You may have heard before, the saying “April showers, bring May flowers.” I can say that we did have a lot of April showers this year, and it even continued through May. But it surely brought in the flowers.
Yet it take more than just April showers to grow these flowers. To this I add, the labor of a very competent and diligent gardener. Here is my wife weeding and preparing a patch of soil back in April.
And here’s that same patch today.
Here is the master gardener again, down on her knees at work. Of course I helped. Is taking photos counts?
Look at the picture below. Can you spot the small rabbit? So even the bunny is admiring the flowers. Or maybe, the bunny is just eyeing what’s for breakfast, much to the dismay of my wife.
But as the month of May is about to end, these May flowers, especially the peonies, are drooping and about to bow out.
So the master gardener, harvested them before they fade out completely into the summer’s night.
She placed them in a pitcher, so for a moment, we can admire them for a little longer. Here it is, her labor of love.
Now that I have posted them here in my blog, they surely will last far beyond the month of May.
(*photos taken with an iPhone)
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