With all the dirtiness inside and excessive shrubbery outside, it's all that much more pleasant when something beautiful shows up. I'd like to do a small post of all those things:
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| The star lily surprise in the front yard. |
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| Pink/purple Rose of Sharon |
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| White Rose of Sharon |
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| Pink/purple Petunia. |
Okay, so the last one wasn't too much of a surprise as I planted it. The others were unexpected though. The lily was unfortunately knocked over by a strong wind a few days after that picture was taken. Oh well. The Rose of Sharon's are doing well, though. We seem to have a lot of them, so we've been enjoying the blooms for about a week and a half so far. I'm sure we have several weeks worth of buds on there still.
As we rip out even more trees & bushes (from the back yard this time,) it is nice to see at least something pretty to encourage us along.
Pictures of the back yard to come!
I had never heard of the rose of Sharon. Who is Sharon?
ReplyDeleteNext time you go to Indiana, you'll have to get something from Grandma to plant. She gave me a tomato plant and I told Olivia that it is her job to water it. She came in tonight with three unripe tomatoes, too. Haha!
You're doing a great job blogging! You are NOT shouting at an empty room!
That's too funny & super cute. Grandma gave us the petunias actually. She also gave us a Big Beef tomato and two Tiny Tom cherry tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks :-)