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I bought a Black-Eyed Susan vine plant in the spring for the first time and didn't expect it to bloom this long into summer. Last week one yellow blossom crept all the way from its trellis to the window box to bask in the morning dew with the Noa Blue Legend Calibrachoa Hybrid flowers from Garden Shack Farm . Featured Flower Picks: Primrose Wildflowers • Self-Seeded Poppy • Wild Echinacea Bush How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a prize, I suggest adding it to my Giveaway Chest Linky instead to entice more treasure hunters....

Every Wednesday night during the summer, Milton offers free concerts in Memorial Park. Last week, my friend Erin Ann Martin sponsored the band. (If you ever plan to move to Delaware, you should hire her as your realtor because she is one of the sweetest, hardest-working women I know.) Wanting to support her motivated me to actually walk down to see 33 1/3 play, instead of curling up on my couch after work. Of course, I got distracted by taking flower photos along the way and was fashionably late. I was especially taken with the colorful zinnias in front of a historic house. Featured Flower Picks: Water Lily • Pink Roses • Bumble Bee on Blossom How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and...

Remember the yellow Asiatic lily Ogre planted in a pot for me back in 2013? Last year it multiplied into several yellow lilies ... and this year I captured a photograph of the first one just starting to bloom after a huge rain storm! Featured Flower Picks: Pink Hibiscus • Pink Peonies • Passion Flower How To Plant Your Own Post for Flower Friday: The only rule to play is that you can only add one link per week! The post doesn't even have to mention flowers, but only ones that do will be eligible for being picked as a feature next week. I will be sharing my flower image on other blog hops, namely Wordless Wednesday , and welcome all family-friendly links from fellow bloggers. Crafters can even link up an Etsy listing or other shop product! But if you want to promote a prize, I suggest adding it to my Giveaway Chest Linky instead to entice more treasure hunters. Please follow my blog through any of the social media icons in the upper right sidebar to receive a r...

The pink magnolia blossoms photo I shared last week may have been my favorite flowers during my trip to Washington D.C., but this yellow magnolia tree bloomed a close second! I celebrate nature daily, but hope those souls that don't make a special effort today to stop and smell the magnolias for Earth Day.

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." - James M. Barrie I decided to share this sunny oriental hybrid lilies photo for those that also have a lot of rain in this week's weather forecast! Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun!

"I know a little garden close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night. And have one with me wandering." - William Morris Look at the beautiful yellow lily Ogre planted me to brighten up our back porch! Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun!

"The daffodil is our doorside queen; She pushes upward the sword already, To spot with sunshine the early green." - William Cullen Bryant I was almost too full after Easter dinner to get low enough to take this daffodil photo. Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun!

"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair..." - Susan Polis Schutz Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun!

When life hands you lemons ... make Strawberry Lemonade Punch color schemed artwork for the Summer of Color challenge! Due to a busy schedule (especially on Saturday, as I went to a friend's birthday lunch, came home to bake caramel banana cake with homemade honey-cinnamon frosting and then whisked the dessert away to a girl's night-in party), it took me a little longer than usual to complete this week's ice cream flavor theme. I drew a daffodil, a flower known for its sunny shades of yellow. I was originally going to strictly stick to the color palette and use different shades of pink for the background. But all that brightness begged for the contrast of a dark green. Daffodil flower art is drawn entirely with Prismacolor pencils . I've used White, Canary Yellow, Sand, Goldenrod and Bronze pencils to color the petals and Deco Pink, Pink and Dark Green pencils to color the swirly background. Drawing is on Strathmore Bristol Vellum Paper , hand cut to approximately...

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree" - Emily Bronte Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun! <a href="http://blog.aquariann.com/search/label/wordless%20wednesday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/aquariann/blog/wordless/125x125-wordless.jpg" alt="Wordless Wednesday" border="0" /></a>

The weather yesterday was so radiant and warm - I almost forgot it was November, until the sky went dark before 5pm. *shakes talons at Daylight Saving Time* Hayley of Hayley's Paper Love captured a sunny yellow day of her own. A spa gift set, a robot wall calendar and my steampunk unicorn warrior to guard your fridge are just a few of the handmade items that could brighten your life. Treasuries shared by readers between November 8 - November 14 What a Sunny Day! Surprise me! Variations on a Theme Remembrance Day Quails Run What's New? Green With Envy Owls! Why it is important Christmas Gift Guide Snow White Ode to Pumpkin Pie Gift Guide Bohemian Gypsy Under $100 A Woodland Tapestry Fall Foliage for the Little Ones Does Christmas have to be red and green? Delicate Saturday Night Specials Holiday Gifts

"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun! <a href="http://blog.aquariann.com/search/label/wordless%20wednesday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/aquariann/blog/wordless/125x125-wordless.jpg" alt="Wordless Wednesday" border="0" /></a>

"May all your weeds be wildflowers." - Author Unknown Flutter to my Wordless Wednesday Directory for a list of blogs that regularly host WW Linky Parties. Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun! <a href="http://blog.aquariann.com/search/label/wordless%20wednesday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/aquariann/blog/wordless/125x125-wordless.jpg" alt="Wordless Wednesday" border="0" /></a>

"I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one." -Edna St. Vincent Millay <a href="http://blog.aquariann.com/search/label/wordless%20wednesday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/aquariann/blog/wordless/125x125-wordless.jpg" alt="Wordless Wednesday" border="0" /></a> Grab my button as a reminder to return next week for more photography fun!

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." -Luther Burbank

Stop and roll to this Etsy Twitter Team treasury, sprinkled together by Jewelry Drops . My Peridot dragon pinback button is having a staring contest with the gorgeous girl modeling Mandizzle's silk flower hair clip in sage. Wonder who will blink first?