Flowers Counted Among the Joys of Summer

One of the best parts of summer is seeing all kinds of flowers. Whether a bouquet or a single bloom in a pretty crystal glass, flowers make summer an extra special time. 

Look at the incredible beauty of the inside of a gladiola, shown both above and below.  Seeing such exquisite beauty makes one extremely grateful to the Creator for gifting humans in such a special way.  Flowers are such amazing creations. Each one is a different design, color, and fragrance. Not only are they here on earth for our utter enjoyment, many can be eaten or used for medicinal purposes.

Fresh flowers in a vase on the kitchen table are definitely among summer's joys. They perk up a freshly laundered tablecloth.

They are a special part of a bride's wedding day. They welcome new babies, help celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, and console us when a loved one dies.

A stop in the spring at the Christmas Tree Shops turned up a large package of gladiola bulbs from Holland. There was no guarantee they would bloom this year but into the ground the bulbs went anyway.

The handy husband around here did the planting. It's a great arrangement. Wife buys, husband plants!  And voila!  The freshly planted bulbs bloomed this summer after all! We now have multi-colored flowers on the tall and stately plants lining a backyard walkway.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO NAME THREE OF YOUR SUMMER JOYS IN THE COMMENT SECTION.  DON'T FORGET, OKAY?