Beautiful white peony.
Delicate pink peony.
Flaming poppies.
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More Glimpses from the Garden
The Stately Irises
Delicate Lily of the Valley
A Cluster of White Lilacs
Some Garden Glimpses
This is what has happened in our garden this week:
Burgeoning May
Burgeoning May
©2018 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
Winter’s ragged blanket withdraws
Washed away by April’s tears.
Crocuses open their purple petals
To a smiling, unbroken, blue sky.
Breezes gently nudge the trumpet daffodills
While drowsy bees awaken.
Squirrels and chipmunks stretch and yawn,
Aroused in budding branches
By the joyful serenades of robins
And red-winged blackbirds
Responding to the warm coaxing
Of a burgeoning May.
My Last Pansy
My Last Pansy
© 2017 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
Jack Frost stopped by last night
Wielding his wintry wand,
Touching all the flowers
Of which I had grown fond.
The bright dahlias fainted,
The dainty asters swooned,
Sunflowers bent their heads
While the east wind crooned.
Yet one purple pansy
Remained steadfast, alert,
Tucked in the rock garden
In its warm bed of dirt.
Did Jack Frost miss it?
Was he just being kind –
Leaving a memento
Of sweet summer behind?
First Frost
First Frost
©2017 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
Crisp brown leaves now litter the lawn
Rimed by frost in the early dawn.
The dahlias bend, their flowers curl,
Sagging low, as around them swirl
The icy whispers of winter.
Flocks of Phlox
It is nearly fall now as all the phlox are in bloom in our garden.
Dazzling Dahlias
The yellow dahlia is as large as a dinner plate! Every day there are new discoveries in the garden.
Glad July
Glad July
©2017 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
Jaunty plumes of glad July
Beckon to bees passing by-
“Hello! Hello! Come and see
What garden pleasures there may be.”
Crickets chirp an invitation –
“There is nectar here for your libation.
Colours there are to entice your eye,
Brilliant hues and perfumes to try.
Come once, come twice. Pause for a sip.
It’s worth your time to make the trip.”
Pansies curtsy as breezes play
And rare is the bee that stays away.
Morning in the Garden
Morning in the Garden
©2017 Mollie Pearce McKibbon
Brown-eyed Susans on the hill
Are nodding in the sun.
Waving daisies at the gate
Are stretching one by one.
Blue cornflowers by my door
Raise up their sleepy heads.
God is walking in his garden
Awaking all the beds.
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