All Things Appealing and Nice: Some Summer Flowers and Harvest

Summer Flowers and Fruit! I thought I'd share some pictures of some pretty things that grew in our yard this summer. I'm personally not a very big gardening person. To put it short, I touch it, it dies. :( Fortunately both my mother and sister love to garden so I still get to enjoy pretty flowers and plants along with home grown fruits and vegetables! Enjoy the pictures!

I had to put the roses first. Roses are definitely one of my favorite flowers of all time. There are so many songs about roses and their beauty. I remember in middle school, our choir performed the song "O Lovely Rose" by Mark Patterson which was a beautiful piece. The first line of the choral piece just repeated itself in my head the whole time while I was picturing these roses. This line just suits so well.

"O lovely rose, lovely rose, where does your beauty begin?"

And then, of course, is my all time favorite song for Roses, and one of my favorite songs of all time, based off a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer. The message in the poem and the melancholy tone to it is wonderful, along with the fact that it's melody is gorgeous too. Search it up if you haven't heard it before. It's worth it.

The Last Rose of Summer ~ Thomas Moore

'Tis the last rose of summer,

Left blooming alone;

All her lovely companions

Are faded and gone;

No flower of her kindred,

No rosebud is nigh,

To reflect back her blushes,

Or give sigh for sigh.

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!

To pine on the stem;

Since the lovely are sleeping,

Go, sleep thou with them.

Thus kindly I scatter,

Thy leaves o'er the bed,

Where thy mates of the garden

Lie scentless and dead.

So soon may I follow,

When friendships decay,

And from Love's shining circle

The gems drop away.

When true hearts lie withered,

And fond ones are flown,

Oh! who would inhabit

This bleak world alone?

I don't know what these flowers are called but they are so pretty. They remind of fairy dresses.

Close up picture. It looks so delicate and could be used as great inspiration for a lamp....
I'd make a great fairy lamp. Just imagine it hanging from a ceiling.

Pumpkins! They are a Japanese Pumpkins so they are ripe even though they are green. These taste amazing anyway you cook them. Personal favorite is to slice them into pieces (skin stilled attached but scrubbed clean), wrap them in aluminum foil,and throw them onto the grill or in the oven till done. They taste like roasted chestnuts! They are also good for diabetes I think.