TAKING A BREAK...

Just wanted to flash everyone 

my beautiful smile! 

 Just spent a lot of 

Dad and Mom's money 

but look what they got for it 

and,

 they say 

I'm worth it!

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Planted one little plant of 

the Chinese Lanterns 

about two years ago and 

this is the first time 

we have had anything to show for it.

I probably will be 

complaining about them,

 sooner than later, 

as I understand they are 

rather invasive,

 but no one would dispute

 that we kind of

 like things that way

 around here,

so for now

I am as

pleased as punch.

  I have never seen one close up 

so did not realize 

that they set blooms  up the stalk.

  

What a fun little plant.

 A few pods

 at the bottoms 

have already turned color...

 ...makes me look forward

 to fall.

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I am taking a break from blogging 

for a couple of weeks.

 When I show you the next pictures 

you will understand why...

"Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time ago...

Peter, Paul and Mary

1964

...this is what 

the Cottage garden looked like 

last summer...

...this is what 

it looks like now.

I have always said 

that I am not a gardener. 

 That, if things 

don't come back on their own, 

they just don't come back

 at all.

Well, apparently, 

they are starting not to come back.

 The flowers that we have had

 growing along side the walkway

 for all the years we have lived 

in the Cottage

 are shutting down. 

 Maybe it has something to do 

with the drought,

 or the excess of rain this winter, 

or the excess heat this summer, 

or something as simple as

 an end of life cycle.

 What is 30 years 

in flower years

 anyway?

 I don't know, 

but they put forth 

such a poor showing and

 are already going to seed 

which normally didn't happen

 until the end of August.

 It looks like

 we may have to do an overhaul 

so will be putting

 all our spare time into 

coming up with a solution.

 It is still very warm here

 so the plan is to work 

in the mornings and evenings 

and regroup during the heat of the day.

  Hopefully,

 there will be something pretty 

and surprising 

coming out of it.  

See you then.

...Judy...

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