Good friends and neighbors, flowers and trees are more beautiful and stronger than hate and ignorance. That’s the way it has been so far in my life. Charlottesville, may you heal quickly.*

June: black-eyed Susan vine

monarch butterfly on zinnia

crocus

Lisa and Andy (City Market #7)

caterpillar on black and blue salvia with black-eyed Susan

Dogwood Festival Parade, Charlottesville, Virginia

summer garden

Tom’s rose, Awakening

City Market #5

Real Charlottesville

tulips and birdbath, Charlottesville

crape myrtle and oakleaf hydrangea
*All of these photos were taken in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia.