Blooms!
Every since I found out we have a peony bush in our front yard I have been waiting for it to bloom. I LOVE peonies and am still kind of in awe of the fact that we have our own bush! I will still point out every peony bush we see on a walk and stop to say hi to them and smell them, but now I have my very own!
This morning I welcomed the first pink lady into the family. Isn’t she beautiful?
I’m going to be out of town the next 4 days, so the rest of the blooms better not be gone by the time I get home. I have given Adam strict instructions on how to greet them and introduce himself to them.
I have also been waiting for the vine outside the kitchen window to bloom. I thought it was going to be a clematis and maybe that’s what it is, but it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Can anyone identify this small purple bud? I’m afraid I may have been a little over zealous in my pruning earlier this spring, but I think it still looks pretty good.
I have discovered a guilty pleasure: weeding. I like to pick at things. Sometimes Adam jokes that I should have been a dental hygienist so I could clean people’s teeth all day because I’m always “helping” him keep his teeth clean now that he has braces.
We’ll see how long my weeding lasts, but I tend to check up on my garden every night and while I’m out there I usually end up squatted down like a two year old picking away. I’m convinced we would have a forest of maple trees in our backyard if I hadn’t picked all the little helicopters that were taking root. I’m a little worried that I may have pulled some baby bean sprouts. We’ll wait and see what’s poking up after I’ve been away for a few days. So far my lettuce is looking really good (though I need to thin it out and that’s hard!), the spinach is just poking through and the pepper and tomato plants I bought are getting ready to bloom!
Adam’s new favorite past time is watching the birds and squirrels eating at the bird feeder. It’s like a little zoo outside our window!