Blossoms on Birch

Want to walk to work with me? I often take Birch on the way to work, because there's not much traffic on that street. And the nicest thing to do in the summer is to enjoy the flowers in the yards along the way. So I'll take you along with me, as I walked to work today.

We start with roses, which thrive in our valley. I wish you could smell them.  I don't stop to sniff them on Birch, but Husband and I always stop by a yard on the corner of 12th and Larch and smell every single rose we can reach, as they're planted all along one side of the yard there. It's amazing, the variety of scents that roses produce.

I've loved sweet peas ever since an elderly colleague used to bring me bouquets of them from his yard in northern California.  They made my office smell wonderful!

Not sure what this is, but the blue is pretty.

I think this flower is related to the onion.  At least it looks similar.

More roses, these being a bit past their prime.

I'm not fond of wire fences, but these gorgeous pink roses prettied up this particular fence.

The beginnings of grapes near our town's fire station, which backs up to Birch Street.

Pansies are some of the happiest flowers around, in my opinion. I enjoy these in their blue ceramic container.

I need someone to tell me how to grow petunias so they don't get to looking long and scraggly. The blossoms at this stage are so lush...

Roses along a wrought-iron fence?  Nice design!

This blossom was on a tree.  I'm not sure what it is...

I love alyssum. I planted it in my first garden in southern California many years ago, and it makes such a nice ground cover.

And, at the far end of Birch was this nice triangular flower. Again, I don't know the name.

And that's it; we've reached 4th Street, it's time to hang a left, and I'm just 2 blocks from work now! Glad you could come along on a walk with me during yet another week that is busy, with stresses so heavy that I haven't had time to blog. I'll get back to something other than pictures soon...