Late Summer Garden Tour

 

Welcome to my late summer garden tour!

Things always look beautiful at the very end of August and into September. Last fall when we had unseasonably warm weather, things looked good even into October-- we planted lots of plants the week after we lost Trace and they did fine. 

 

It never ceases to amaze me how my dinky little plants grow and grow all season long...they never stop growing until it freezes. It is just awesome. 

 Before/After

 

Another before/after

(my russian sage and sweet potato vines totally overran some of my new perennials--will have to move some of them next spring...always learning!)

 

My zinnias that I started from seeds in May. They are by far my most favorite thing ever...so happy and cheerful and they look good late in the summer when everything else is struggling. They love the hot, dry sun! 

Last fall I picked all my dead flowers for seeds and I remember telling myself that the next summer I wanted my yard to be full of bright flowers to remember my sweet baby by. I am really happy I did that...how can you not be filled with joy by seeing all those happy flowers? 

I still need to update with the other parts of my yard...hopefully I will get to that now that we have these beautiful cool evenings with nice light! :o) 

Thanks for stopping by!

A little Christmas Color

Are you ready for a little Christmas color? It seems so dreary and brown around here that I know I sure am!

My sisters in law sent me this bright flower arrangement thinking of us and Trace. I thought it was really fitting for Christmas....but not in a totally-evergreen-and-red-carnation-poinsettia-Christmas sort of way. It really made me happy.

(...and it made someone else really happy too because the first time they delivered it to the wrong house and the person just accepted it...what?? I hope they enjoyed their random flower arrangement and thanks to the flower shop for getting me a new one).

I love it. I am excited to plant flowers this spring for Trace...maybe I will do a flower garden by his tree? We shall see. The thoughts of those warm sunny days are getting me through these dark December days.

In other plant news....my begonia is re blooming again! After Trace's funeral it looked bad... real bad and so I just hacked it down to almost nothing. I was ready to toss it when I saw a huge begonia blooming on my favorite show, Boardwalk Empire. This was right after I said to Scott I needed a room like Nucky's solarium for all my house plants and then boom! they cut right to Margaret and the peach begonia that looked just like mine was in the background. It was a sign, I'm sure of it. Or maybe I am the only weird one who pays attention to house plants in tv shows? :o)

At any rate, I'm looking for all the signs I can these days and those little peach buds on my begionia are making me pretty happy. They are like Trace's sweet face telling me everything is going to be all right.