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The salvia are hanging in there…they love the hottest days of the summer.

Royalty

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They say that bees are on the road to extinction. I’d like to report that I’ve seen a record number this year!

Keeping busy as a bee!

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Another flower from my mom’s garden. I love flowers that look other-worldly!! To me this looks like it borrowed parts from an iris, a daisy and who knows what. But it came together so nicely.

Columbine

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Well, maybe it’s not exactly purple…violet, perhaps?

Chives. Yum!

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The details on this flower amaze me!

Phlox spread like a purple wildfire!