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four things | seventeen

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This week was better than last week though my garage door is still not fixed. We decided to have both doors reinforced so maybe they are waiting for the parts…. It’s amazing how one gets used to a luxury then when it’s out of commission, we think we “suffer”. It’s just a nuisance.

I managed to go for a walk everyday this week except for Wednesday (I always skip Sundays). I did get my steps in since I went to two grocery stores and managed to backtrack several times at both.

We had a rather cool day yesterday in the low 60’s so I made veggie beef soup from the leftover roast beef we had earlier in the week. What we don’t finish today will go in the freezer and my future self will be happy for some homemade soup.

Onto this week’s four things…

what I’m watching

I bought some flowers for the front porch and deck plus two tomato plants and a lonely dill plant. It’s been nice weather, not too hot, not too cold, a few showers and plenty of sunshine. I’ll be watching to make sure they have enough water and don’t get too hot later on.

Pepper is checking out the dianthus on the front porch.

From left to right: Calibrachoa, Celosia with Creeping Jenny and Petunias, Lavender with Celosia.

I love lavender and hope to plant them in the ground. I’m just not sure where so for now, large planters are their temporary home.

what I’m loving

Great things do not just happen by impulse,
but as a succession of small things linked together.

Vincent Van Gogh

what I’m doing

Yay!!! My knitting mojo has returned. I have no idea where it went but I’m so overjoyed it’s back!

I’m working on the Trailblazer socks I started at the end of January and then just stopped in February. Maybe it was the dark charcoal grey yarn. Who knows? Fortunately I keep good notes and was able to pick right up where I left off. I’m on the second sock and am halfway through the heel flap. I hope I don’t hit another mental roadblock as I really want to knit something else.

what I saw on my walk

These metal sunflowers replaced the racing bunnies in carrot cars at the mailbox. Once it warms up and stays warm at night, one of our neighbors adds plants at the mailboxes and street signs so these flowers are a placeholder for those.

I posted a picture of this before but I thought I’d show both sides of the birdhouse while those irises are in bloom.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, caregivers, and all the motherly people out there. I hope you enjoy your day!

Mums the word

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When I was outside early this morning, I noticed how much these chrysanthemums were glowing.

Pepper noticed them too, and needed a closer look.

This is the third year these plants have been in the ground and they finally had some spectacular blooms.

I had almost given up on them but they came through for me. Of course I watered them a lot this summer.

Patti nona

Saving plants

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Our weather has turned much cooler this week. In fact it’s supposed to get close to freezing tomorrow night.

Just to be on the safe side, I brought my outside plants in for the winter.

I’ve had that asparagus fern (in the middle) for at least 10 years. I repotted it this spring and left it outside all summer. It really flourished!

The coleus on the left has also been around for a few years. I was surprised that I could keep that planted alive that long. The bright green one was pinched off the one of the plants from the planter on the right and just stuck in the soil. It took root and seems to be quite happy.

The planter on the right was new this year. It’s getting tall but scrawny. I think I’ll need to cut some of those plants back and hope I don’t kill them.

They are sitting on the “formal” dining room table for now. If we get company this fall or winter, I’ll have to find another place for them so we can sit at that table instead of crowd around the small table in our kitchen.

I think I need a new garden flag as that one sticking in the planter is so faded. “It’s Always 5 O’clock Here”

Do you try to save plants from one year to the next or just leave them outside and let Mother Nature do her thing?

Patti nona