I went
back to look at the posting I wrote about the end of summer last year, and I am
going to sound like a broken record: Wasn’t it just a couple of days ago we
were at the Biltmore for the unveiling of the International Rose Trials
winners?
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Miracle on the Hudson took top honors at beautiful Biltmore |
Then
wasn’t it just yesterday we headed out on a 10-day road trip in early June that
took us to Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Cambridge, MD, Longwood Gardens and
DC?
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The wild onions of Yorktown |
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Another amazing Virginia Beach sunset |
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American Pillar (a hybrid wichurana) at Longwood |
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Mama Robin in DC |
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I always feel like somebody's watching me |
So what
happened to the rest of the summer and how come next weekend ushers in Labor
Day?
Well, I
don’t have any answers. Once again summer seems to have evaporated.
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My roses were spectacular (if I do say so myself) |
But at
least I have some wonderful photographs to remind me of the time that seemed to
go by as a blur.
Enjoy my
summer snapshots and join me in savoring the final days before we feel a nip in
the air.
Because
I am certainly not ready for mums, pumpkins and black cats.
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Gorgeous wildflowers everywhere |
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Bees were wild about the 86-bloom spray of Lyda rose |
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Our hydrangeas died to the ground but these Annabelles survived |
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The view from the mountaintop garden was just as spectacular |
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Golf was good
|
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Goodbye summer :( |