Why I take Pictures of my Garden

People probably think I'm a narcissist. I'm always taking photos of my flowers. Even of my veggies sometimes - though, I didn't plant a vegetable garden this year...it did so badly last year. Let me clarify. I do NOT think my garden is the prettiest garden on earth and I'm a rather poor gardener at that. But when my flowers bloom I just adore them.

You see, even people with gorgeous gardens don't always appreciate them to the fullest. I have seen so many lovely yards that no one even goes out to look at except to work in. I'm outside every couple of hours walking around looking at my flowers, veggies, or bamboo. There's a piece of me in those beds out there. A piece that says, "look the world is really a mess right now and there are so many ugly, busy, or unfavorable things that vie for my attention. But I really don't want to focus on them. Over here in this corner, tucked away from the world, visible by my eyes only is a lovely rose, or lily, or forget-me-not just living a simple life, growing, blooming, and fading away."

Isn't that all any of us are really doing?

At least, I can take a photograph and save that pretty flower, look at it, cherish it, and share its loveliness with my friends. Look now, because the time will come when winter covers us up with a blanket of snow and there won't be naught but grey skies, and white earth.