General Discussion & Chat: ۞ Sweet Interruptions ۞192, 1 by purpbutfly

purpbutfly wrote:
Good Morning Ladies!!!
How are all of you doing???? Me?? Oh same old, same old. Taking care of Mom, she has been a bit cranky lately. Her knee is hurting her a lot and she is bored. Well, if she would have had this surgery done in the winter time then she would be able to be outside working with me. Plus they cancelled our visiting with my brother. They are doing budget cuts so they took one weekend a month from visiting.

I go to Curves Mon - Fri and then over to my daughters to pick up Taylor. I can't believe that come July 11 Taylor is going to be 8 years old. Man it seems like yesterday she was born.

Well ya all remember when I told you the racoon got into mom's pond and ate all but 2 fish. The weeds were about 3 feet high in back of the pond. So I got out there last week and tackled the weeds. I have been working on this area for 4 days now and hopefully today I will finish. I still need more plants to plant in back of it. However I left a foot wide space between the fence and Cannas (got from BJ when I lieved in Marysville) to plant Hollyhocks come fall. On each end of the Cannas are Butterfly Bushes one Pink Delight and one Black Knight, in front of the Canna are 2 Birds of Paradise. On the left side of the pond (if you can see those Iris) I am going to replant the Iris and there is a Rose of Sharon. There are other plants around the pond and I think I am going to get some Alyssums. Sitting in the pond is a bird bath that I made and the turtle is spitting water into it. Every afternoon a Ruby Throated Humming bird comes and drinks and baths. I tried to get his pix the ohter day. I was withing 2 feet and just ready to click when my mom decides to stand up. URRRR!!!!! Yesterday he was in it but I was in the garden shed and couldn't get to my camera without scaring him away. Today I will keep my camera in my pocket and see if I can't get his pix.

As you can see from all the black weed blocker exposed I still need more plants. My SIL is going to bring me some of those purple leaved Cannas. I don't know what else to plant in there. It gets the early morning sun until about 11ish then is shaded thru the hottest part of the day, then it gets the late afternoon sun.

After I am finished with that I will start working on putting in the 250 gallon pond which will be on the opposite side of the yard from this one. Doug is coming up today to stay until Wed. He is going to finish the cement walkway in the front garden and then help me with the new fish pond.

I have been reading up on the trip to Cookies, and I am so bummed that I can not be there :( It sounds like ya all are going to have a GRAND time.

Well Ladies hope you all have a good Thursday

After looking at the pix, I realized you can't see the Iris'. They are to the left of the Rose of Sharon.

This message was edited Jun 17, 2010 5:56 AM