Leaps and Bounds

My garden is growing by leaps and bounds with all the rain we've had this summer.  Everything is lush and green.  The lettuces and kale have totally filled in the  garden bed and are making delicious salads.  

  The blossoms on the zucchini plants promise good things to come.  

  And thanks to netting over the plants, the tomatoes  and begonias have not experienced any hen-pecking.  

  The dill flowers are exquisitely delicate and beautiful.  I just wish my cucumbers were ready so I could try my hand at dill pickles.  

 

  Meanwhile, the white hydrangeas have helped themselves to a seat on the bench . . .  

  . . . and the purple clemetis is hanging out with the picket fence.  

  And sadly, my cement chicken marks the spot where my beautiful Maggie lays, who left me right before Easter.  

   

    Even more sad is now I have to bury my beloved Sally next to her. My silly Sally . . . gardening will never be the same without you following me around and keeping me company.  

   It is a hard thing to lose my darling girls who have been the sweetest pets and companions. ~ Linking with   Elizabeth and Co. Garden Party