Flowers * From * My * Garden

Hi there everybody. Hope you are having a good day. Been a little warm here of late. 90's plus. It is finally going to be in the low 80's, I guess 10 degrees makes a big difference. I have the fans going constantly, all day and all night just to get some relief. I really need to get a new window air conditioner, especially when the different people come here to help with the care of JP.

I do have a window unit out in the garage...does not work well though. Runs for about 10-15 minutes then starts spitting, so I have to turn it off.......it's old, got it in 2005....yeah, guess I need a new one. A portable air conditioners would be good, then I could move it around the house...(I am thinking I can, don't know if that is possible though.)

So in this blog, I am showing my flowers from my garden. The first photo is my first rose of the season. I just realized, I probably planted that rose bush when we first moved into this house. So it must be at least 30 years old!!! Yeah, we will be in this house 30 years July 27th.....wow, how time does fly!!!

My peony bush is thriving, always blooms abundantly. I get many vases of peonies....but then they shed their beautiful petal all over the place....I decided to use the petals as mulch......why not, won't hurt. Above is my Iris....only got a few blooms but they sure were gorgeous this year.

Alliums. I like these guys very much, but they don't keep their purple very long. So I was driving down Richmond Street last week and noticed at Dairy Queen that someone had spray painted their Alliums in the garden.....what a good idea. Got to try that.  So below in the next two pictures you can see my spray painted Alliums.

Here's another view of the painted Alliums. Cool huh??

The rose bush below....just not sure what is doing. 2002 it was blooming beautifully. Then we had a new porch put on the house along with siding. The workmen stepped all over this rose bush, so bad that I thought it had died. A couple of years later it started to grow back, but very wildly and there were never flowers on it. We would always cut it down to size, cause that is all it did was grow, but no roses. Then low and behold the last couple of years it has been blooming. In this picture you are seeing more roses then it has ever produced.....now sure how long this will last, but it looks nice to have a little extra color in the front yard.

I have so much more to do outside, but it is hard leaving JP alone in the house, never know what he is doing and need to check on him. Probably by the time I get everything done....it will be fall and time to prepare for winter. 

Below are my Columbine's they grow along the side of the house....I wish they looked like this all summer long, but no, their blooms are gone now and they look like weeds, but I let them dry and the seeds spread and then I get more Columbines growing the next year.

So I think I shall close here for now. Before I do, a bit of an update on JP, he is not getting any better and is getting harder for me to take care of, I am wearing out. My 11 hours a week just is not enough to get things done while someone watches him. I do appreciate their help though, the girls tend to JP, give him a shower, do dishes, wash the floor, vacuum, fold towels....what ever I ask. So that helps, they will feed him too if I show them what to make.

I guess Community Care is still trying to find a place for him....assisted living may be the answer for him and then there would be people care 24/7. I am told, then I can be like a wife and come visit him then go home...sounds wonderful at this point, but I wonder how lonely I will become????? JP and I have been together 50 years, 48 of that we have been married......so I am not sure how this will all pan out.

So I shall close here for now, take care and talk later. Keep looking up, I am pretty sure things will get better....as God is working behind the scenes, we just can't see Him working for our good.

Cheers ~ Louise
 

Some Pictures.....

Greetings to you all!!! Thought I would add a few pictures today of things that are taking priority in my life at this point in time. As the weather is not cooperating, that I can go outside, maybe later on today. So here I sit at the ole' computer. The above picture is of Kylie, our little Schnoodle, we are always greeted at the back door with her adorable and longing eyes as she says, "where have you been, why did it take you so long to come home???" She keeps us occupied that is for sure.

So here is our new/used 1996 Dodge Caravan. Sitting in our driveway. We are really enjoying our new ride and find it so hard to believe that we were blessed with such a great car. Although in the next few months we will have to sink about $500 into it. The transmission oil needs to be changed and the back brakes need to be fixed as the mechanic feels the car sat for quite a long while before we found it. We already had an oil change and new wipers put on the car.....$77 there. I guess when you invest in older stuff there will always be things that need fixing.

In this picture, is where I am at with the fountain.....still lots of work to do, but it is getting there. I got the pump going, you can see the water fall in front of the green frog. I think I am going to take the fountain apart and try and dig a deeper hole for the pond before I get any farther......but at least you can see where I am going with this project. Eventually I will have my fountain garden, a Tomato garden, a patio garden, a fire pit garden and a front yard garden and a shed garden......whew, that shall keep me busy for the summer. In another post I will take pictures of all my gardens. There are probably some I don't know I have yet. LOL!!

This is my little patio garden, in the forefront is a tomato plant, irises in the back and a few little plants behind the irises. I had two rose bushes, one did not make it through the winter....I am not sure I will plant another rose bush there....not sure what I will do yet.

In this picture are my brown irises in the front yard garden, along side of them are my pink peonies. In this garden are also, rose bushes, some yellow flowers, blue bells, mint, strawberries, balloon bell flowers, lavender and tulips and violets. Quite a variety of flowers but I need to keep it all under control, because it has all grown WILD!!!!

Well I guess I better think about closing in a bit, as it will be time to get JP ready for work. Looks like it is getting ready to clear up outside. So I can get a few hours of work done and then walk Kylie around the block, her favorite thing to do. Tomorrow Kylie gets her hair done, a shower and a shave and she will look like a new puppy. I also change her pillow cases on the bed, so they are all new and fresh..........no, she is not spoiled, is she?!?!

I also have to get some cards together for my Hospice group I am involved with....the cards are made, I just have to add the Hospice inserts and that won't take too long to do. We have usually met at the Atlanta Bread Store. This meeting will be at a lady's house. She has a hard time getting out of her house, so we are going to meet at her house this time around.

So you all have a great day and keep looking up for your redemption draws nigh. Cheers ~ Louise

PS. Just as I thought, my "spell check" is in Google.....guess this is where I have to come to make sure I have spelt my words right!!!