Fresh, Clean, and Pure Friday #2

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I started this friendly blog hop because in many ways I find myself and those around me trying to incorporate new things and behaviors in our lives for the purpose of cleaning them up.  So many of us are concerned about what is in our food or any other product that comes into contact with ourselves and our families.  As I began to think more consciously about what is fresh, clean and pure to enhance my life, I began to wonder what other bloggers are doing to freshen up their lives.  So I created this outlet for those of us interested in this way of living to share their fresh thoughts and ideas with others . . . plus find great new blogs!

Fresh, Clean and Pure Friday is for any blogger that has a post related to ANYTHING FRESH!  (all solicitation posts to sell stuff, to promote giveaways, or to just display coupons, etc. will be deleted).

So you may be asking, "What exactly do you mean by "FRESH?"  Just fresh food?  Well, that certainly could be one thing that qualifies as something fresh to post about, but here is a brief list to guide your decisions on what "Fresh" topic to post!

• fresh scent/s
• freshly prepared food
• non-packaged or preserved food (however canning or freezing 'fresh' food can be included)
• fresh new look/outfit/design/decor
• a fresh new quilt made, or any new hand-made treasure
• a fresh new beauty/exercise routine
• fresh cut flowers
• fresh new outlook, beginning, start, idea, experience, goal
• anything recently made or produced
• newly harvested 
• fresh, clean and pure:  water, air, make-up, rain, products you use/recommend
• anything unused and free from dirt, soil, impurities

. . . that's just to give you an idea of what 'fresh' things or behaviors that can be included in your post!

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Wordless and "Wow" Wednesday

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Continual brilliant bounty from the garden!

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Shades of Pink in the Garden

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I don't know what color is most beautiful to you in the garden, but to me, without a shadow of a doubt, that color is PINK!  I just adore the loveliness of all the different shades of pink dominating my gardens.  I also plant flowers in soft yellows, blues or whites to harmonize with the pinks.  However, I never use orange flowers, and only have one red flower variety:  ruby red double Knock-Out roses because they can withstand this Southern humidity so much better than my other roses can.

I haven't posted about my garden since Spring when my bleeding hearts, daffodils, azaleas, and iris were in bloom, so I felt that it was long overdue to 'take a walk in my gardens'!  So come along and see what bloomed this summer on the acreage!

One of my David Austen roses

Simple Vinca . . . it's the ONLY flower that the deer don't eat in my garden!

A David Austen old-fashioned rose bud

Another David Austen rose variety trailing in the arbor that hubby built for me.

Pink yarrow next to the gardenia with a fairy visiting!

A glorious close-up of Sunrise/Sunset Echinacea

More clusters of pink yarrow

One of my brilliant pink daylilies

And finally, a fluttering butterfly that is naturally attracted to Ruby Echinacea!  

Wasn't he/she nice for sitting still long enough for this camera amateur to take a photo?

I hope that you have a beautiful day . . .
and that you can get outside and smell some fresh flowers!

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