Jumping Around Like a Crazy Woman

IF I could jump that is what you would say because there is no method in my madness!  First it was getting my little Portulaca into pots. That meant lots of bending and digging into the bucket of potting soil.

Then I had the "separation" talk with my baby beans and told them that they would be leaving the nest in a day or two. They are getting out of hand when they grow indoors.

There are SIX family member birthdays in May and I created cards. My firstborn turns 60! Wow I must be getting old, you think? 

My daughter brought me a tiny bouquet of her bleeding hearts and I put them in a very small shot glass, I never knew she had white ones! SO SWEET! (She will be 56!)

I took a walk up into the old "Rock Garden" that once upon a long time ago was a wonderful place as Mother had planted various and sometimes unusual varieties. Now most of those are gone and currently the Chives and Tansy have taken over just as soon as the Daffodils finished showing off their yellow beauty.  Oh my aching back!

The old birdhouse might be in use. It's too high to see into it and it hasn't been cleaned out in many years. (It doesn't come apart!) The design was poor, wasn't it?

Several years ago I threw some wildflower mix seeds into the garden area and today there is a white bloom. It isn't a Queen Ann's Lace and I think it is Yarrow. Or...maybe it is a survivor of Mother's plantings.

Perhaps I'll get to show you my big black tub flower, Henry's bouquet, some large Marigolds and Beans plus more papercraft soon. Gotta get those beans OUT! I think I'm on SC withdrawal -  beach and pool no more in May and June. I am here and I love it here.  

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The Party is Over...

And autumn is marching in....

The "dock doctors"were here planning stabilization of our dock for the winter.

Engineer John and grandson Alex will fix it soon.

The poop machines that roost above in the tree that the rowboat is tied to - did their "thing."

We have SEEN the eagles up there!

We have also seen the herons up there! 

We need a heavy rain to wash the boat.

I took a walk up to the old rock garden that my mother had planted over 50 years ago. Most of the flowers and other plants have died out but these have survived very well.

The Tansy is going to seed and I love the foliage of this plant.

No need to save seeds - it is abundant here.

Lily of the Valley is producing its fruit.

No need to save these seeds - the plant is all about the property.

I picked a few for indoor bouquet color.

I am saving hundreds of these little seeds.

This is the Musk Mallow wildflower.

James awaits his autumn attire...

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