It’s been in the 80’s all week, which means too hot to do much outside for most of the day.  I just went and got the mail out of the box, deadheaded the hanging basket of petunias and verbenas the kids got me for my birthday — yes, I just had a birthday, yay —…

I took all of these on Monday, 6/17/19 and tried to capture anything in the yard that looked interesting. Clearance hostas I bought last year.   fish with a ground cover.  have had this for awhile   peace lily in bloom.  this plant came from my stepdad’s funeral climbing rose bush that was here when…

This edition of Doodads will take you on an abbreviated tour of the yard, as I walked around on my way out to the mailbox. The first picture is the growing fancy Asiatic Lilies I planted in the fall.  These are going to be gorgeous!  They were planted in suet cages to keep the ground…