"Remembering Winter"

 
If♪ deep in December it's nice to remember the fires  ♪of September that made us mellow ♫, then in June it is nice to remember the chill of winter that made us cozy inside.

I took this photo on a very cold day.
The waterfall was still falling into the pond keeping an air hole open for the fish hibernating peacefully below.

Scotch Broom in Bloom

Spring can be so lovely.

 

After the  Rain

July 4 Sunset

The real show was in the sunset on July 4th, before the fireworks even began.
I am not a photographer at all. I just take photos of things I want to remember.
I have a simple camera and show these only to share things from nature that I think are pretty.

Sweet and Fragrant Rose

 I have wild roses in my yard. They are a native plant of the Jersey shore. But I also love cultivated roses.
This rose was slow to take off because my soil is very sandy as I live close to the ocean.
But using water from a fish pond really helped it take off.
I forget the variety but its an old fashioned rose with lots of perfume to it.
Wild strawberries are on the ground around it.