~Hollyhock Beauty~

I sure do love hollyhocks.  When I see them in passing or say, here at my sister's place...I always feel a bit of nostalgia rising up within me. 

Hollyhocks just define the term, "old-english".  To me - they are so charming, so stately and yet so homey.

Close your eyes and listen to the sounds of nature...

Crickets chirping, doves cooing, cows lowing,

bees buzzing.

It's quite a performance and it's all for free!

(quote taken from a Gooseberry Patch book- Simple Country Pleasures)

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Aren't my sister's hollyhocks beautiful??  I've always wanted to "explode" my gardens with charming, "old-english" forms of nostaglia.  BUT...

"...such gardens are not made by singing:  'Oh how beautiful! and all while sitting in the shade'."

~ Rudyard Kipling

Gardens truly take hardwork, time and energy.  And although, I do love the way my flowerbeds turned out this year...with surprises here and there by a few "volunteers", I don't have much space left to work with. 

{This photo is a little bit behind.  I have beautiful Zinnia's on the far end...that according to this photo look non-existent.  I also have several bushy green bean plants - growing beautifully in the center...again, according to this photo -look like they are not there.  Trust me... they are.  Can't wait to pick a handful or two.}

    

                           

But, I honestly think I will be finding room for some Hollyhocks next year.  They've got to "fit in" somewhere.  They just have too.

 : :Thank you, Rachel, for allowing me the pleasure to show off your beauties...