Scenes from the Garden

Sunday was a beautiful day that the Lord had made - so I rejoiced and was glad- and after church headed out to enjoy the wonderful weather. It's not often that the temperature is in the lower 80's with a cool breeze in July and I wanted to take full advantage. With a clear blue sky, the garden was looking especially wonderful (please ignore the weeds), and since I had my camera in the car, I stopped to take a few pictures. The insects were LOVING my zinnias and I had a variety of bees, moths, and butterflies, including a beautiful swallowtail. I could have sat there all day and watched them work- but I had weeds to pull.
Note to the viewer: pictures were taken before I pulled weeds- although I'm sure by now we have more anyways so this is an accurate picture of what our garden looks like.