Mums the word

Ok, so I got all moved into the new place today! Moved in but not unpacked. There's a little tiny flower bed in front of the porch that is quite sad, with no flowers. First things first, gotta have flowers even if it is the end of summer. I found these nice little mums ( 2 for $5) at my favorite place to shop, which is Fred Meyer aka Freddy's.

What a concept, planting flowers in Sept, who woulda thought? Not me, it's gonna snow soon anyway. It's time to cut plants back not plant them. But when you move every couple months you work with what you got and make it what you want.

The mums didn't cut it for me, I had dirt on my hands and I just wasn't quite satisfied, so off to the nursery I went to see what other hearty fall plants were out there. I mean it seems kinda silly spending money on something that could die just like that on the first frosty night. Which could really be any day now, or night.




While I was in the nursery picking out just a couple little plants, some lady looked at my hands full of kale and pansy's and then said to her husband " they're just gonna die anyway, right?" They left empty handed in their car with California plates, and I left with some fabulous color for $6. that I am hoping to enjoy for the rest of the month. Welcome to Idaho.



Justification: that is only $2 more than a latte, and $1 more if you leave them a tip. And they will be enjoyed much longer than it takes to suck down a latte, that may not even be a good one. More on that another day.






Where are the pictures of the kale and pansy's, you might be wondering? Well, I got side tracked , blame it on aadd. I took pic's of Tiny and Bridget instead, enjoying the summery- fallish day. I'll put them on tomorrow.

Bridget doing her morning stretches