A few Peonies linger, they will not last much longer.
I had a walk-about the yard tonight. Ran across this dragon fly getting some sun.
In 2016 the greenhouse in Winter gave out pine tree seedlings for Mother's Day. I planted mine but had little hope that the 2 inch stick would survive.
They handed out the seedlings planted in a small dixie cup.
Tonight that little tree is thriving. It has a strong leader and is about 3 feet tall now. It needs some weed removal but I'm believing it will grow into a nice tree.
Behind the garage, this volunteer Peony has 1 bloom.
The squirrels and chipmunks have been busy planting sunflower seeds.
Tonight I noticed the ants are also gardening, and pretty successfully too.
My herb garden is doing great. My invention of a little water reservoir made from the top of a plastic water bottle jammed into the potting soil seems to be working.
Another happy success is the hop pole in the backyard.
The hop vinecis a volunteer and the pole is the stand that came with the Purple Martin house. Next year this will be even better as the hops will have something to climb from the get-go.
Yesterday I visited the cemetery at West Denmark. The plant I added to Grandparents Ansgar & Frederikke's gravesite is doing nicely.
The Red Verbena that I planted for Dad & Ev is doing very well. I can see it is stretching to the East as it gets almost no West sun.
Verbena is so accommodating. I think Dad & Ev would have liked how this looks.
Today I bought my first bucket of strawberries.
I had a big bowl of berries and whipped cream
as I watched the latest segment of January 6th Hearings.
If I can swing it,, I'm not going to miss any of the hearings.
At first I felt it was my civic duty to watch some of the first one, now it's like a train wreck that I cannot look away from. The depth of corruption and brazenness of behaviors contrary to our constitution is shocking.
The republican witnesses give me hope that our political system can recover.🤞
