My Mom's Garden

I have spent many weekends at my Mom's house in Southold, Long Island, NY over the past 2 1/2 years. I spent years priot to that being distant from my family. I am so glad that I have reconnected with my Mom and look forward to every visit. I usually go down at least once a month, sometimes twice. It is expensive to go down, but it is always well worth it. I love my Mom so very much. She treats me like a close friend as well as a son, and I treat her as my best friend and my Mom.

Here are some photos of the flowers in her garden.

A humingbird stopped by one day last summer. Thank goodness he/she was hungry. Have you ever tried to photograph a hummingbird? The bird seemed to enjoy the Cardnial flower vine my Mom had growing up a tall poll just off her patio. I remember that weekend well as the two of us were always looking out the window to see if the hummingbird was there. They seemed to show up later in the afternoon.

I'm not sure what this plant is called, but I really liked how the picture came out.

My Mom loves morning glories. This picture was taken in the summer of 2008, early in the morning. Her morning glories this year are doing just fine, and according to her, bloomed earlier than last year.

This is a double flowering pink Hibiscus. Mom has it on her patio and over winters it in the house each winter. The blooms are just amazing. Of course, she'll know the name.. but me.. I never remember, even though she tells me every time I ask.

A pink Peony.. with morning dew on it. I took this picture in the summer of 2008. I love peonies, they smell so sweet and pure. It's too bad that a good thundestorm tears them apart.

This is one of my Mom's double colored Iris'. The picture was taken in 2008. I manipulated the picture to look like a watercolor.

You can't have pictures of Southold, NY without one of deer. They are all over the place. There is no population control and their natural feeding grounds have been wiped away with housing developments. These three don't look so bad, but I've seen some that look like they are starving, their coats all matted, missing fur and you can see their ribs. This doe with her 2 fawn were grazing on a lawn one day when Mom and I were leaving Cedar Beach.