Razzle Dazzle ‘Em

On Tuesday mornings, the first thing I usually do is take a crack at Malcolm’s Trivia Game. This week, he put it up early so I decided to follow my friend Shelly’s ritual and have coffee on the porch. The way she describes it, it always sounds so peaceful and I could use some of that! Damien is always talking about de-stressing and it sounded like a good idea.

At first my eyes were drawn to a brightly yellow colored bird bouncing on the front lawn and I watched it as it jumped around to the side of the house where I had planted some sunflower seeds. There I saw another yellow surprise…my first sunflower!

I have a total of ten sunflower plants, but this is the first one to bloom. Forget the coffee, now I was starting to think like my friend Thorne, and wanted to take some cool pictures of flowers just like she does.

I took this one of my lilies, which, despite my interference, are in full bloom and gorgeous.

The red ones are called “Razzle Dazzle” and they are indeed razzle dazzling Hysteria Lane. I’ve never had anyone comment on my gardening until this year. I also have this big patch of daisies. Someone told me daisies are weeds, which explains why I’ve grown them so successfully I suppose, but I like their cheerfulness.

I also grew these Bachelor’s Buttons.

Like most other bachelors I know, they’re a little too wild for my tastes. I like the color now that the flowers have bloomed, but the plants look like weeds. I’m not going to plant these again next year. If I want “wild”, I’ll stick with these wildflowers, which also may or may not be weeds. I’ve lost track, sorry.

Earlier this spring, I decided to plant a fruit and vegetable garden like Crystal did. I’ve never seen hers, but I have no doubt it’s more successful than mine. All that grew are these two kohlrabi plants (Kitty’s favorite! haha!)…

And these two lettuce plants that I’m not really sure I want to eat.

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