Life Is Good!!!

Life is Good and Summer is almost here!!!
Almost the end of May and school will be out soon!!! The rain is slowing down a little "Thank Goodness" enough was just enough!!! LOL We may be able to get the garden in this weekend with no rain insight...
I started the spring off all the wrong way... On Mothers Day I got out the electric hedge clippers and cut my finger. Only 8 stitches were needed. Figuring the finger was still numb I came back home and finished the job. Of course my husband thought I was crazy but I wasn't going to let him near my bush!!! Than on Mon. night I twisted my foot on a rock in the garden, so back to the Dr on Tue. morning. It wasn't broken but badly sprained. Just a little brace for some support. I am just hobbling all over school and home! I am just an accident looking for a place to happen and I am the one that never gets hurt!!! It was my first time for stitches... The flower beds are going crazy with color and not a drop of mulch in any of them yet. Although they are all ready for it. I have so many perennials that it doesn't take much mulch anymore... This beautiful pink perennial came back beautifully this spring although I have no idea what it is. Guess it's time to post for ID on Daves Garden. It was just getting covered up by to many things so I moved it to the back yard.

This is my new favorite plant... I guess it better be I have 21 coming up in the front bed. In 2009 I planted some seeds mid summer and when they got big enough I just put them in this bed before fall got here. Except when all of these beautiful plants came up last spring I had forgotten what they were... they never bloomed last summer so it was hard to ID. This year they popped right up and on came the blooms... They are Burgandy Gooseneck Loosestrife.

I love them and they have a long blooming season and make great cut flowers...

The Salvia May Night is really doing great, I will probably have to separate it again next year or this fall...

and looking great with the Snow on the Mountain...

This is Korean Bellfower Campanula They hang so beautifully, you never get to see the inside of them.

The only problem is they are very invasive. I just keep pulling out what I don't want... But they are beautiful in he spring...

Nigelia or Love In The Mist... this picture turned out so crisp and clear... I have these in front of the front porch each spring and when they are finished blooming I let them go to seed and save all the beautiful seed pods for an arrangement... I pull all the plants up and in the fall sprinkle seeds again and they are back in force next spring... Talk about no maintenance, it is great.

Our Reading Council Meeting went great last month, all of the folded books looked amazing on the tables for decorations. We had 12 books we gave away as door prizes. All the winner were so tickled to get them. They were just so unique and the cost, well lets just say was almost nothing. Each book from the Helping Hand Store was $.50-$1.oo and a little hot glue. We raffled off the wreaths and made more money than we spent on the decorations... That's the way to decorate!!!

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!!!

Lynn