there were 5 blooms this morning… what a wonderful sight to behold…

four of the morning glories…

four were two different shades of purple and there was a lovely blue one as well…

two of the purple morning glories…

to top that off, the water lily is rising above the water in the pond…

water lily bloom rising up…

every morning is a new surprise in the garden, although tomorrow I had better get out there and water and fertilize everything…

we have a bit of a tradition at work… we celebrate birthdays by circulating a card for everyone to sign and then pick up a rose for the birthday person… it is always fun to try and find a way to surprise them, because everyone knows the plan… today we had a lovely gathering and gave a colleague a beautiful orange rose…

we got some great pictures of the group and I got a couple of nice shots of the rose…

birthday rose…

used to be George’s job to pick up the roses for me when I couldn’t get to the florist… now I put on the big girl pants and get them myself, lol…