Since I have been taking care of mom's garden most of the time, I am the lucky one who has been picking all her dahlia blooms. It is amazing how many there are. I feel like every day I go outside and a new one has bloomed. As I am gathering them up I always think that I should be giving them away to our family and mom's good friends. She always gave them away. Whenever I came over to visit she would send me home with a vase full for my apartment. My favorite was the year that she grew the huge yellow dinner plate dahlias at the Bagley Street house. The size was outstanding!

This last month I have not been the most social person. I have not given away as many of the flowers as I wanted. Having a passion (my close friends might say obsession!) for photography led me to take some pictures of the blooms. I want to always remember these because she actually grew them herself. I know from now on I will always grow dahlias in my yard but it will probably take me a few years to get them to be as magnificient as hers.

So here are a few of Sally's famous dahlias. If I have not seen you lately then think of them as a virtual bouquet from me and my mom. Thanks for everyone's kind words and support.

Hanna