on health and wellness, nature, gardens, and grandkids, because in my world they are interconnected!
Even though our summer was hot and sunny with very little rain, most of the perennials and annuals in my and my clients’ gardens were beautiful here in zone 5. Here are a few of my favourites…
Although we are currently well into September, many of these continue to bloom. The peach colored shrub rose, for example, has been blooming all summer in a pot on my back deck with lots of buds, promising even more blooms
As I was tending to a garden recently, I looked up when I heard a strange sound coming from a nearby rose bush…
this chubby bumblebee was not making his usual buzzing sound, but more of a squeaking sound, as he worked his way into and around this rose. The typical buzzing sound is caused by the vibration of a bumblebees flight muscles, but I am not sure what the squeaking sound meant.
Perhaps his muscles were a little rusty due to the heavy rain we have been receiving. Or maybe this particular bumblebee is a senior citizen with arthritis, he sounded much like my ankles in the mornings LOL