I got to spend some time with Honey's fiance today and had a great time at the Denver Botanical Gardens. The place is busting out with blooms everywhere but the part we both enjoyed the most was the water garden. Loads of blooming water lilies and these cute lil' ones that look like Pac Man. All the water was black, I think by choice ( I hope so, anyway).

Yum yum! We found the Comida food truck at Marisol Imports First Friday event. Earlier today I found some blue glass pieces at the new Goodwill in town. I love this time of year, even though I know the end of summer is getting closer and I'll have to move to an indoor pool. In the yard, we have blooming hyssop, yarrow, gallardia, rudbekia, echinacea, zinnias, blue mist spirea, honeysuckle, tomatoes, petunias, butterfly bush, geraniums, portulaca,lavendar, roses, chicory, mint, 4 o'clocks, that purple sage flower, and the maximillian daisies are about to bloom. The bees are pretty happy these days.

We had our first frost last night and it may freeze tonight so I pulled in some flowers to enjoy.






Those zinnias are so brash and bold but the roses were delicate enough that I didn't know if they would last.

Most of my gardening musings are at my other blog but I am so proud of this little rose that I'm posting it on the blog that people actually visit. This sweet thing is a rugosa rose, one of a bunch of ditch roses that I nudged into my side of the fence and nurtured over the last 20 years. This one is in an area where my dear Yard Man, Sugar, can't accidentally mow or step on and it's blooming verily this year. First rose of the season in my garden. Who knew they were scented?

Join the Hunt for Bees! The Great Sunflower Project is working to 'track and value the goods and services provided by natural ecosystems' so they are looking for volunteers to help them track bees in urban settings. Sounds like fun, eh? Go to their website to sign up and get a free pack of wild sunflower seeds to get started.
photo from: http://www.greatsunflower.org