Waking Up

This year I planted new flowers in my flowerbed. I am an avid gardener and I just enjoy the peace I recieve when planting new flowers into the ground.

This year I planted red tulips with orange edges along with some orange day lilies, a pink lily, and also a yellow lily.

In the shade I planted a bleeding heart which I hope will start producing some lovely flowers soon. I've had green/green Hosta lilies as well and received some varigated hosta lillies from Lancaster, PA to add to my garden.

Overall I am quite happy with how it all turned out. I do my utmost to take pictures every year of the various stages of my garden. I'm attempting to get it to that "perfect" stage in which everything is where it should be. I am happy to admit that it came quite close this year.

Out of all the pictures I took of my "2008 Garden", I like this one the best. I love how the mulch adds such contrast to the tulip itself. The mulch looks like a bunch of mere lines that surround the beauty known as the orange tulip.

Another thing I like about this photo is how the tulip looks like it is "waking up" from a long sleep. The tulip was in that stage between being completely open and starting to wilt and being a closed little bud on the tip of the long green stem.