The photos in this gallery are from our former home - the home that we lived in for 20 years. In 2001, Steve made me a garden in our small backyard. I filled it with roses, perennials and lots of love. I spent many hours in that backyard tending to my flowers and watching the birds. When we moved to our new home, I left most everything in the garden behind - I took a few perennials but that's all. It never bothered me to leave the house, but I missed (and still do) my little garden. After hearing from our former next door neighbor that the couple who bought our home had moved and the house was vacant, we went back to see if there was anything left in the garden. I couldn't believe my eyes when I walked through the gate, for all that is left is a yard full of weeds - no sign at all of what once had been my little Secret Garden.

The flowers in this gallery are what prompted my love of photography - I must have emailed hundreds of pictures of this little garden to all of my family and friends, and they were all so sweet and kind to always pay me compliments, which made me want to work harder at gardening and photography - and some of those early pictures were truly awful!!

Anyway, I just wanted to create a special gallery for the garden that brought me so much joy. I'm now looking at my current backyard and thinking "hmmmm .... I think it's time ....."