A May Monday

Good afternoon everyone. Well, it's afternoon here anyway. It's breezy, warm and humid, summer is here the beginning of May. We did get some much needed rain last night and that was a good thing.

We do our errands on Monday mornings. This morning we were almost to the bank, when we saw a pile of broken 2" thick pavers. Oooops, turn around and let's load them in. Boy were they heavy! We also got 5-6 huge marble tiles that had chips out of them. We then proceeded to the bank, then back home as we didn't want to drive my car on the rest of the errands with all that weight.


When we started out this morning we saw a 6'x8' section of privacy fencing curbside across the street. We checked it out later and ended up bringing it home. It still has life left in it. DH invented what we call a wheelie, years ago, for hauling sheets of siding etc. and I suggested using that instead of trying to carry the thing across the 5 lane road. Every time we use the thing I start laughing because it makes the job so easy, and is a hoot to use.

After we got back home from doing our errands and I was bringing the groceries in from the porch, and DH had parked the van, I heard him talking with someone and wondered who it was. It was a friend of ours and he wanted to know if we wanted to buy a stained glass window he had. We both had seen it and do like stained glass, but it has been awhile since seeing it, so DH went to his house, and came back home with it and he also bought a rubbermaid shed for rakes. We got both things cheap. The stained glass window is broken, but still a unique bit of beauty. The shed needs a little repair to the doors as the knobs that hold it to the unit got broken. DH can do that. Now we have to figure out where to put it.

Here's the fencing and shed.

The stained glass piece fit in our front window perfectly,

so that's where it is for now.




Yesterday morning we both puttered outside, helping each other with different projects. I'll be working Wed-Sat this week, so probably won't be doing much outdoors tomorrow as I've got some other things to take care of.

I did get some flower pictures taken after recharging batteries. :-)

My 'Incense' passion vine is full of buds. I just love this flower.

The next four pictures are of Kathleen.

These are Vanda orchids, in morning sunlight.

The next two photos are of the Dwarf White Orchid tree,

the blooms are delicately scented.

I love the shadows close up in the second picture.




Here we have the Cardinal Vine and it is wrapping around our carved Tiki out of a palm that we found years ago. I look forward to collecting seeds from this vine so that I can grow more of it around the gardens.

Here is a canna grown from seed. I have no idea which color the flowers are. A second canna has popped up in the pot too.

This is our hamelia patens that I started from a cutting. It has grown up and over the lattice arbor and onto my sheds' roof. The bees, butterflies and hummers love it. I've even noticed a new plant about 2 ft. away coming up and was surprised to see that. I'll have to dig it up and plant it elsewhere.

So, that's it for now from our part of the world.
May you all be blessed in your lives.

Hugs,

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL