Guara--a delicate perennial this Old Coot added to the garden last spring. #guara #perennial #perennials #flowers #flowers #posie #posies #garden #gardener #gardening #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #nature #outdoors #backyard

A red Daisy for Elvira Daisy, last June. #flower #flowers #posie #posies #gardens #gardening #gardener #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #outdoors #nature #daisy #daisies #red #pennsylvania #summer #spring

The Variegated Cannas that were Best of Show in this Old Fart's garden last summer. #garden #gardens #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #summer #canna #cannas #cannalily #cannalilies #flowers #posies #flower #posy #spring #autumn #fall #greenery #vibrant #festive #pretty

Gorgeous Shrimp-colored Impatiens this Old Fart bought at Klinglers' Produce last spring. #impatiens #flowers #posies #summer #spring #growingseason #warmweather #porch #porchsitting #nature #garden #gardener #gardening #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #hot #klinglers

The fence row behind our new house was filled with Roses of Sharon when we purchased it. #roseofsharon #flowers #posies #gardens #gardening #gardener #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #nature #outdoors #yard #yards #backyard #backyards

A lovely corner of Hostas, left for us by the late owner of our home. #hosta #hostas #flowers #posies #gardens #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #nature #growingseason #summer #spring #gardener #gardening #centralpennsylvania #greenery #plants #plantings

These new, variegated Cannas were the Best of Show in this Old Coot's Garden all summer. #canna #cannas #cannalily #cannalilies #flowers #posies #gardens #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #outofdoors #nature #beauty

Corner Pocket Garden, by the Apartment House, last spring. #gardens #gardener #gardening #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #flowers #posies #plants #plantings #growing #growingseason #summer #spring #lewistown

Dusty Miller's gorgeous golden blooms, last summer. #dustymiller #flower #flowers #posies #gardens #gardener #gardening #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #summer #spring #nature #flamingo

#February 6, 1564
#OTD Christopher "Kit" Marlowe, English Elizabethan #Poet & "Writer, is born.

He died young at 29 - from a stabbing in a bar fight.

His #Poem, "A Bed of Roses," was published posthumously in 1599.

"Come live with me & be my #Love,
& we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, & fields,
#Woods or steepy mountain yields.

& I will make thee beds of #Roses
& a thousand fragrant #Posies,
A cap of #Flowers, & a #Kirtle
Embroidered all with #Leaves of #Myrtle."