Flower Friday

Yes, I know it's Saturday but we took these photos yesterday of some of flowers that we see on our walk. I chose flowers that were more like wild flowers than those in flower beds.

Today it is very humid, I had sweat dripping off me just walking the dogs. We will wait until later this evening to go out again.

Before lunch today, Beckett wanted to go out so I let him go outside. He went and laid under the cedar bush. Poor boy, I forgot he was out there until lunch time when he started crying at the step. At first I thought is was on the TV, then I realized that Beckett had been outside probably for about an hour.  He's now asleep laying on the cool tile in front of the fireplace.

Friday Flowers

These flowers I did plant, but last year. I didn't get around to buying any flowers for the bed beside the garage. But these marigolds that I thought were annuals came back this year.  They're stinky but they're my type of plant as they require very little attention from me.

Friday Flowers

The clematis that grows on one side of my house. I didn't plant it, the previous owners did, they sure picked a great spot. It loves it there. I had to add a larger trellis and last year I had to add bird netting to hold it up it was so heavy. It's a little less spectacular this year but so lovely just the same.

Flower Friday

My bleeding heart (dangling heart), this is something I planted. I think it loves this location. It's at it peak right now; it gets kind of tired looking after the summer heat gets to it.

Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart

 I'm not much of a gardener, I've dug up a lot of what the previous owner put in. He had beautiful flower beds all nicely trenched. I filled those trenches in so the yard was easier to mow. Now I have these violets all over the place. They are very invasive; it wouldn't be bad but they die away to nothing and in the spring the areas where they grow are just mud.

Violets

Violets

If you want to see some other flowers hop over to:

Hailey and Zaphod's;

Molly and Mackie's and

Dory's Backyard


I hope to go back to the cemetery this weekend as the tulips should be perfect.

Three Day Quote Challenge - Day Two

Today's quote you can file under the heading of "Things my Mother Told Me". When I was much younger, we kids would always say, I wish it was summer, I wish it was Christmas, or I wish I was old enough to drive and my Mum would say, "Stop wishing your lives away; it will fly by when you are older. Enjoy your youth."

"Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment."

I found the quote when looking for one to capture that idea of what my mother told us so many years ago. It sounds simple but it is pretty hard to do; don't we all just wait for Friday. I know I find it hard; especially now that I have completed 35 years of military and civilian public service time. I've paid all that I can into the pension but have two more years to do before my civilian pension is not penalized. That combined with the Rhine River cruise that I'm doing in September with two of my sisters and one of my brothers-in-law has me wishing it was already summer and wishing I was already retired.  That would be two years of my life gone, think what I might have missed. I'm going to try and take my own advice and enjoy each day.

All Things Collie is also doing the challenge if you want to read their quote of the day.