day is in store for us right here in the heart of Illinois. It is 55 degrees and bright sunshine right now. Still no rain in sight and we are still almost 9 inches below normal on precipitation for this year. However, the rain we got last week has helped to green things up a bit and make the weeds less noticeable. Fall is right around the corner.
I have been weeding through my enormous photo collection that I have on my computer which amounts to several thousand.
Here is a picture taken in October 2005 at the flower garden in Urbana close to the University of Illinois campus. This was a beautiful place to visit and you could gather seeds if you wanted to. I remember the fall was beautiful that year. Jim had received his first round of chemo and he was in remission at the time. We were making the most of the time we spent together.
I hope this day is filled with sunshine for you. Stay safe and be happy!!
Beth
That's a lovely flower garden. I have a ton of photos on my computer too. It's so easy to take a lotwith a digital camera compared to how it used to be when using film.
ReplyDeleteLoaded a lot of mine onto discs so I can keep them safe. Love the garden, I miss having my own and fresh tomatoes. Sad the summer is waning. I enjoyed "most" of it. Ha. We will have a nice day here to do outside work. Love it. XXOO
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers and sweet memories.
ReplyDeleteLove the flower garden photo. We have had the heat on for the past two nights! The rain came down hard all day yesterday. Beautiful sun out today!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo. I am sure it contains bitter sweet memories for you. Here the temps are cooling down and I am so not looking forward to fall...makes me start think of the holidays and the stress that goes with it. Have a awesome day Beth!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Joanne
enjoy that gorgeous weather!
ReplyDeleteThere was another fire here that destroyed a home...I've never seen a drought like this one. It's still in the nineties for us most days. I have got to wonder what fall and winter will be this year at this rate. Love the picture you have there. Archives can be fun to go through. Bless you my friend.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo. The temps are a lot cooler here at night too, 50's. I am so looking forward to Fall. It's sunny here, no rain in sight.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were going to say that it was your own garden Beth LOL It doesn't seem so long ago when it was last fall, perish the thought.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture, Beth. I love the happy feelings I get when I see something like this. Glad you are having weather you can enjoy.
ReplyDeletea lovely picture that must bring back memories.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden, Beth. I am glad that you can tie that beauty to a good time in Jim's journey. Blessings- xo Diana
ReplyDeleteHi Beth
ReplyDeleteLovely picture - Fall again soon, already? we only just seem to have got summer here. But the days are getting shorter, dark earlier and light later in the a.m.'s
Enjoy every season we must. Happy Thoughts wished for you too.
Nita.
Beth, I like the movie sleepless in seattle too. thanks for visiting my blog. I love that garden !! no room for weeds. xo, Susie
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful garden.
ReplyDeleteI too went through LOTS of pictures on my computer and deleted about 75% of them!!
A bittersweet photo for sure. sandie
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture and memory. I love looking threw pictures.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful garden!
ReplyDeleteLove that garden. Glad things are greeing up again. Winter might be intense this year:) Catch up from the drought of this summer:) 55 sounds perfect right now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty garden photo. I am looking forward to fall.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty photo! Going through photos is so time consuming. But once it's done it's a very good feeling :)
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sweet memories for you beth, now he lives in your heart. it's a beautiful image, enjoy the gorgeous weather you are having!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the photo & the memory. How nice that you shared that together. It is warming up here for the next few days. But, yes, Autumn will be here soon.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful photo. I missed coming by what with her majesty and all her drama...so this is a treat for today. xox
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to photographs, I would much rather be behind the camera lens rather than in front of it. I do not personally enjoy seeing photos of me for the most part, but I feel like my kids and grandkids will want to see me in photos when I am long gone. Just like I really enjoy looking at old photos of my mother, father, grandparents, etc. So I force myself to be in photos now. I do a lot of self timer photos to make sure that we are ALL in the shot. Enjoy your photos... enjoy the memories that they hold.
ReplyDeleteIt's cooled down again up here, too. What a joy to have the windows open again. :) That looks like a lovely place. Enjoy your day (even though it is Saturday by the time I got here). :)
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