Flowers, hearts ~ a beautiful day

Yesterday while I was out doing errands I stopped at HD to see what they might have to brighten my garden. As I was in the parking lot, I see a lady with one of those heart planters that I found the other day. I just looked them up online and after going through roughly 40 pages online for the HD garden center, I found it. They are $19.95 each.

Here’s what I did with mine today and I know my dear husband smiled with what I did. I hung them. (The house needs pressure washing and painting which I’ve already talked with my BIL about. He offered to help me with projects, and my nephew has done the same and I am oh so thankful for their help. I have a 5 gal. bucket of plum cottage paint, if it’s still good. We did use it on the caravan and it worked.)  I hung some shells I already had in the center of the hearts. Very Florida.  This little room is where I hang out to do my needle work and where I am right now on the computer. A 6’x8’ space. It used to be the front stoop.  These make me feel happy and loved.

Since my 64th birthday is coming up on the first day of spring, I bought flowers to celebrate.

Four Pentas

Two fantastic, beautiful Tex-Mex geraniums = 6 plants for right around $16 with tax.

I then stopped at the grocery store and nearly had a sob fest there, but I prayed and made it out of there just fine. I’m telling you the tears can just sneak up on you so dang fast. I swallowed and blinked as I prayed and went about my business.

After I left there, I stopped at the place where I’ve bought plants before. Three gallon pots are $5 each and some of their orchids are also $5.

I bought a Bush Daisy.

A Thyrilla ~ what a wonderful sweet scent it has. I wanted to add some yellow to my gardens and these two fit the bill.  I believe that I can root cuttings from both of these also.

Here are the two orchids and I don’t have a clue as to what type either one is, these were $5 each.

Here’s the group except for the orchids. I used Christmas bonus $ from my boss.

Sunday I planted probably 75 or more little containers for seeds. I hope they start sprouting and give me lots of lovely goodies to add to my main garden, herbs and flowers.  I want to pack out the main garden, so I’m hoping for success with the seeds.

Here is our front entry patio. You can see the geraniums adding their pop of color. The scraggly bush in the right side is a crepe myrtle. The tree in the corner is an avocado grown from seed.

Another view, looking west to the main garden.

Upper half of this picture below is where the pentas are, along with bulbines yellow blooms, liriope super blue, spiderwort, white yarrow groundcover and a few other things.

In the foreground is more spiderwort, a couple of roses, a mallow, hibiscus, herbs and where I put the bush daisy.  Other things are here as well.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to and I am enjoying our lovely weather while we have it, as summer will be here before we know it.

Happy gardening and Happy Spring.

FlowerLady

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"Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees."

Robert Frost, A Prayer in Spring