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In the mood for a garden tour? I certainly am. I just returned from vacation ~ a vacation I didn't even want to take. June is my month to stay home & putz in the garden but sometimes you're expected to do other things, like it or not. I ended up liking it a lot.


Nothing gives me more joy than goofing around outside, when every green bud is loaded with promise.

The Big Rock Garden will be celebrating it's very 1st birthday in just a few days. Johnson's Blue Geraniums are putting on an amazing show! One gallon pots last year, they are 3 feet wide this year and bloomin' up a storm. They'll bloom all summer if you're nice to them.

Speaking of being nice... All day long I kept asking: where's the love? Two, count 'em two, truck drivers called me names for not driving fast enough.

My theory ~ they're just mad 'cause my summer 'car' can go an entire summer on 2 gallons of gas. The Metro saves me a bundle in other ways, too. No way to bring home more than one new perennial from the local nursery! (Look real close and you can see why I bought it. Reflectors look like Poppies blooming in my garden.)

Call it a senior moment.

Or have me committed.

I swear I have never planted Bearded Lilies.

Plus! I have documented proof that I planted crimson red Lupines who decided to bloom purple this year.

Somebody is losing their mind but it is certainly not me.

The next time a good friend suckers you into babysitting, turn it into an arts and crafts night.

These birdhouses cost me 5 bucks for materials and one enjoyable night dealing with my friends [spoiled rotten] kids:

Summer is upon us! Live it up.

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