Floral Tax News

Allow me to start off this entry bitching.

Okay.....so I wrote my bitch session all out and then deleted it like a good girl.Now I don't know what to write about.......

How about my roses?  Here's a shot of their progress thus far.  I sure wish we had known what we had when we planted them.  As you can see, they are all different types and look rather odd because they are all different sizes and growth patterns...or whatever.  But we got them from a neighbor that was moving a couple of years ago and she had cut them all down to the nubs, so we didn't have a clue.  Oh well.  No big deal.  It will fill out better soon enough.

 I have one pink one that has opened and the others are loaded with buds!  I hope I get to enjoy them before the Japanese Beetles move in!

 We did go and get plants for the garden and some of my flowers, yesterday.  I got 3 of my new favorites, Mandevilla.  I love them and the Hummingbirds love them.  It's a Win-Win for me!!  The plants get huge and trail down with clingy vines.......gorgeous!!

 Then I found some of these!  The 1st time I ever saw them, was last year in Alaska.  Terri & I found some at a greenhouse up there.  Purply magenta with green edges.  They are SO pretty and I was thrilled to see them at the Depot of Home yesterday!

 I got really radical with my Azaleas last fall and trimmed them WAY back, cutting off most of what they had going for them.  They haven't been flowering that well, so I didn't figure I had much to lose by trying it.  It worked out very well!  They are full and beautiful.  I just wish they kept blooming all summer.

 I would write more, but the day is wasting away and I must go pick up our taxes.  Yes, they are done and my finding of various deductions that I had overlooked saved our butts!  Put us in the 'black', thank God!!  Whew!!!  Another severe screwing averted.