Sunday's catch up...

one of my blogger friends sent me seeds from their holly hocks...

and I finally got one to grow and even bloom...

now, I got seeds from 2 sisters...

Jettie and Ellie...

but I have no idea which seed this one came from...

but I love it!

if you have been following along at all...

you know that we are so behind on things around here...

like gardening...

so this morning...

Craig and I started with this...

and before 10am...

we had this...

just as the sun was about to beat down on our little heads...

we had created a potting bench, pot storage and the beginnings of our green house...

a few things blooming here...

these are in the island...

and in the wheel barrow...

we came in for the hot part of the day...

did other things...

Doug and Paula stopped by...

and then, I was editing the photos from the morning work...

and came up with a different plan...

so this is the brain fart...

move it in closer together...

the pot with the lid stores the potting soil...

and we have these to plant, yet...

and my garden tools are in here...

and as you see, everything needs a good scrubbing...

that will happen this week...

;o)

there's also a box of spray paint cans that need using...

my wish for you today:

happy blooms

he provides...

our new roof...

now, to paint the shutters...

later...

He does provide...

I have been praying for some time now on how we were going to manage a new roof...

the old one had just a couple of years left in her...

I had no idea that the answer would come in a hail storm...

and that we would be able to replace it with a new one that will last 40+ years...

we have paid for replacement insurance for years...

and we have never filed a claim...

until now...

you never really know how well its going to pay until you do file a claim...

and it was pretty simple and everyone was so nice in the process...

and that we would have to pay very little out of pocket...

;0)

I know He sent the hail storm...

and that he protected everything else...

you know, we just need to trust more...

if he takes care of the little things...

we need to learn to give him the big things, too...

He makes it all work out...

we are so blessed...

;o)

it is finished...

this is a new rose...

kolorscape...

and some begonias that need planting...

going to work on this area later...

lilies are blooming all over the place...

they finally finished today...

the roof, exhaust fans and bathroom ceiling are done...

and we can now resume our lives...

;o)

need to wash the bathroom down...

drywall dust...

and then put things back like they were...

hoping to get a little outside time in, too...

its going to be really hot and humid here from now on, it looks like...

so have to work in the mornings and evenings...

hope your weekend is fun...

DH is making a Kroger run while I meet with Ann, a fellow blogger...

she is taking 2 babies home with her...

Jasper and Pounce will be heading west...

;o)

and I need to do laundry and the fridge needs cleaned out...

floors...

yeah, no rest for an old woman at all!

;o)

my wish for you today:

may you find some kind of enchantment in your garden

some of the greenhouse finds...

have you seen these?

double wave petunias...

new around here this year...

white was the only color they had...

one of the boy's creations...

and then a few things blooming around here now...

snap dragons came up on their own...

and some lilies...

this is one we bought last year...

and then this...

the jungle...

thinning out later this year...

so many areas need work...

but, that's the fun of gardening...

you are never finished!

;o)

we never got the thunderstorms, so will be watering at first light...

bwahahahaha...

like that's going to happen...

I beat the sun up this morning...

but about ready to head back for a few more winks...

my wish for you today:

shade

forgive me...

I cannot believe I haven't posted since Monday!

I am in here real quick to post!

Craig and I made a trip to the local green house yesterday morning...

its wonderful there...

Miss Fae working her magic...

Craig loved working with her when he was in college...

he did 2 seasons with them...

I wasn't doing any annuals this year...

but he wanted to...

so I let him...

he brought 2 loads home from Walmart...

they marked things down...

and then 2 more flats from here...

we sat in the side yard in the shade and potted pots all day yesterday...

isn't it pretty?

this is our last nice morning...

thunderstorms moving in later and then some very hot and nasty, sticky stuff...

so, I will have plenty of time to let you know what's going on here...

my wish for you today:

a happy garden...

;o)