Italian Garden 2007

yes, I know this isn't a beetle, but at least he's cute -
even if he was probably eating my irises

We had a lot of beetles this year, I've never seen the like in Italy!

In May we had roses, oh how we had roses! I was so busy taking the close-up shots of them that I love:

...that I neglected to get any good pictures to show off the mass of blooms along our back fence. This is the best I've got:

how does your garden grow? let me know!

in this series : Garden 2007, April, June, July