I've
spent nearly all day for the last three days outside, like river
days. Only on river days I was outside 24/7 though usually it was
only 24/3 although I did a handful of weeklong trips or longer. I
figured if these were going to be the last three days on this earth
as we know it*, I would spend them outside tending to the growing
things as if it was just any ordinary day.
Fortunately,
cooler heads have prevailed, for now at least.
Friday
Marc helped me shovel out the yard of dirt for the flower bed and
Friday and Saturday I got it planted. So far...Cinco De Mayo rose,
gardenia, plumeria, hibiscus, spirea, nile lilies, day lilies,
spiderwort, and still room for more.
Sunday I tended to little
things, repaired two wind chimes, repotted a few things, worked in
the Little Backyard mostly. Gave everything a good watering.
Bees
are swarming the cosmos and larkspur with the occasional butterfly
and hummingbird.
*re
Trump's evident desire to start a nuclear war with North Korea
Exactly. Let us do what makes us happiest. Thank you, Ellen for reminding and sharing.
ReplyDeleteSoon your garden will rival Monet's at Giverny.
ReplyDeletewow, loving all your blooms. I always have the orange cosmos , they get the most butterfly visits in my beds
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are beautiful. I'm especially fond of larkspur and cosmos.
ReplyDeleteThe colors in your gardens are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI hope to get myself going and working in my gardens soon. I have done clean-up of winter debris in some areas and even planted seeds. However, I am not inspired to do much of the thing that I most love to do. Thankfully, I have many spring perennials that make our home look pretty. I love those no work plants.
It feels like I write "beautiful" on every post - but seriously - beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThose cone flowers are especially lovely, but the orange and purple combination is really nice, too. I dropped south from Columbus to El Campo and then Hwy 35 last week and the lemon beebalm was thick along the highway. It wasn't blooming yet, but it's close, and it made me think of your garden. I assumed things were thriving, and I was right.
ReplyDeleteWe still have a long wait in Massachusetts, so I'm glad I can enjoy your flowers vicariously.
ReplyDeleteAnd you've offered wise advice on setting priorities in these shaky times.
It's so funny that you and I are approaching global instability in exactly the same manner -- by gardening!
ReplyDeleteYour plants are looking great. I'm jealous of your amaryllis. Ours have evidently come down with a fungus that retards blooms -- I'm hoping we'll still get some flowers out of them this year but I'm not sure. And then I have to decide whether to treat them or just throw them out. :(
OMG, your flowers! It's like a kaleidoscope of color. You have exactly the right attitude for awaiting the big whammy. I'm gonna go get me some seeds and a shovel....and a great lawn chair.
ReplyDeleteI'm extremely jealous of your butterfly and bee magnets. They look glorious!
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