I love to practice in my garden.
I do different things every year with my little waterfall planter.
This year's purple and lavender theme made me happy.
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Catmint and daisies are always a pleasing combo.
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Squazz and I are co-hosting an engagement party here this weekend.
Our gardens decided to give up the ghost this week;
Just in time for Saturday's festivities.
These were once beautiful pink geraniums and bacopa.
They graced a balcony railing on the front of our house.
I threw them in the yard waste pile yesterday.
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This clematis was beautiful.
You just have to take my word for it.
I swear: blooms like saucers.
I had to cut it back yesterday.
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And this?
This is the waterfall today.
It was as if every bloom just gave up and vanished overnight.
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Oh wait.
Here we go.
They'll probably be gone by the end of today.
To petunia heaven.
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The roses?
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Nope.
I may get another round of blooms out of them yet.
But not by Saturday.
At least we have these happy guys.
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And the sunflowers are always good.
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Maybe nobody will notice the lack of blooms around here.
I hate to go get mums this early in the season.
But I may have no choice.
Sigh.
Well, we always have these festive visuals.
Am I the only one out there suffering from a dearth of flowers this year?
Maybe they are in Mental Pause too.
Like Mama, like flower?