In My "Mature Years"...

 I really DO enjoy spending time taking in the

beauty of our simple yard and flower beds.

  I forget names,

 I forget to water,

 I never fertilize....

 so easy-to-care-for perennials are what are called for

here at Gatescroft.

 I spent the early (cooler) morning hours this morning

deadheading our white rose bushes and picking a few mulberries

to add to some other mixed, fresh berries for a healthy, fruit snack.

 But mostly, I just like to stroll around with my cell phone camera

and capture the latest blooms.

 Frequently, while editing the photos, I see SOMEthing to tweak, rearrange,

pull or trim back--

like the foliage of these two plants below

that I've already forgotten the name of!

This appreciation and desire for tending yard and flower beds came late to me. 

What interest, skill or activity have you acquired or developed 

in YOUR mature years?

Isaiah 58:11 
The LORD will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. 
You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose waters never run dry.