I'm having a rough day so I've decided to share more flower photos

[Siwsan]

A car came down the street that looked just like the one my much loved sister drove. Before her health took a fatal turn, she used to stop by, unannounced, and we'd start weeding and talking. For a blissful instant I was thinking 'Yea! She can help me with the garden and we can have a good chat." Then my second thought was a crash of reality.

Anyway, wandering out around nature's beauty is a sure way for me to move past emotional walls. The first two photos are from my crab apple and pear tree. The third is an ornamental tree that I keep only because it is spectacular, for a brief period, during the Spring. The rest of the year it is just something else annoying around which I have to mow.

[hueymahl]

1. Thank you

Beautiful flowers. Not having the best day myself, and that was a nice spot of sunshine!

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. Thank you - beautiful!!

[mnhtnbb]

3. Sorry you are having a rough day. Me, too.

My best friend has decamped for the summer to her apartment in Ft. Lee, NJ. She didn't go last year because her husband had a stroke. They usually spend May-October in Jersey and then are back in Chapel Hill for the rest of the year. I'm going to miss her, a lot. She's getting up there in age, too, in her 80's.

Those are lovely flowering trees! Thanks for posting the photos.

[Me.]

4. Lovely

[Ohiogal]

5. About ten years ago when I got my cancer diagnosis

I was a zombie for quite a while! The only thing that seemed to make me feel better was going outside and being surrounded by nature. I found gardening to be very therapeutic.

Beautiful photos, thank you for sharing. You have some nice memories of your sister.

[Fla Dem]

6. Amazing pictures. You certainly have a skill for nurturing beautiful flowers, trees and plants.

Sorry about your sister. I can understand how you had a momentary flashback. But look at it this way, it was just her letting you know she is always with you.

[NJCher]

7. love to see pics of other's

landscapes, gardens, flowers, trees.

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

8. Really beautiful pics. . .

Sorry your day is going badly but your coping mechanisms are beautiful. . . I am truly sorry for your loss.

[GeoWilliam750]

9. They are all beautiful

And I hope that your tomorrow is a far better day

[Scarsdale]

10. Thank you for posting these.

Beautiful. I am sure your sister is there in spirit for you. Losing someone close is devastating. The hurt keeps returning at unexpected times. The beauty of the flowers is always welcome.

[magicarpet]

11. Your photos are a respite from the daily madness.

They make my blood pressure go down.

[backtoblue]

12. Thank you for sharing this Siwsan

Beautiful pictures. I've been doing yard work and tending to my gardens to take my mind off things.

It's definitely therapeutic and good for the soul. Your photos of your flowers are great! Is the white one a dogwood tree?

[Siwsan]

14. It is a crab apple

I have several fruit trees: 2 kinds of plums, a grafted pear that has both red and anjou pears, a yellow delicious apple and the crab apple.

[lunatica]

13. Gorgeous!

Sometimes I think of something to share with my son and the same happens to me. Your flowers are a welcome sight.