MYSTERY GUEST FrontYARD

i was driving to Henry's to buy some fruits, still in my sweaty clothes from doing an hour of Alicia Chudy's TKB, when at a stop sign, i saw this!

Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel's pastures and the plain of Sharon. There the LORD will display His glory, the splendor of our GOD. (Isaiah 35:2)

i parked the car, got my camera...and had a field day! (Even the sidewalk offered up colorful and fragrant blooms.)

GOD blessed the whole GODventurez with the gardeners being present -- doing their thing. Buenos dias, senor! Puedo tomar fotos? And Vicente welcomed me...a sweaty, smelly stranger with her camera in tow. (My little Spanish sure came in handy!)

This vaseful of sunflowers just came from the garden...no Michael's silk flowers here -- they're all real!

These delicate white blooms in stark contrast with this cold, wire fence... (Rosa gently let them out of their confinement.)

Peach trees, chilis...with much sunflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the Word of our GOD stands forever. (Isaiah 40:8)

Everywhere i turned my head, i saw "eye candy." And my trigger-happy finger clicked away -- while the gardeners smiled at my oohs and aahs.

Nopales... Senor Vicente asked me if i've ever had cactus salad... si!

The flowers are springing up, and the time of singing birds has come, even the cooing of turtledoves. (Song of Solomon 2:12)

Edible, when sun-dried or oven roasted... (This is the center of a sun-scorched sunflower with its gazillion seeds.)

These delicately shaded flowers were in long stalks, shooting towards GOD's blue skies... And if GOD cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't He more surely care for you? You have so little faith! (Luke 12:28)

The variety of GOD's creation is seen here with these other-worldly cactus shapes.

Sun-lit sunflowers...the attention-grabbing focus of this garden.

Tree stump surrounded with blooms... i like the wildness of this garden. i prefer it over the manicured, clipped-to-the nth-degree Japanese or English garden.

Red bell pepper... ready to eat.

Vicente and Rosa have creatively packed their yard with so many kinds of beautiful flowering plants. They've even thought to put this old wheelbarrow to good use -- charming...que precioso!

Yellows and purples always go together well... (Actually, GOD's rainbow of colors ALLways go well together!)

Easter lilies still producing in June...

The sideyard fenced with platano trees...

Platanos -- the fat variety!

Bringing the garden indoors...

Vicente and Rosa... blessed indeed with green thumbs and a love for each other.

So if you're in Chula Vista (San Diego), stop by and appreciate this sunflower garden, created with much hard work and tended with much TLC. Vicente and Rosa are warm-hearted, hospitable and down-to-earth. Maybe Rosa will also offer you glass of jorchata juice!