Flowers and Music Go Together

This is what this grouping of flowers looked like last evening. It is not what it looked like this morning. A raccoon attack changed all that. All the pots were strewn about with the plant out of them, trampled and torn. I've replanted everything using this photo as a guide but some of the plants are very bedraggled looking and some broken off entirely. They knocked over two pots from another grouping but did no damage to them. I love having wildlife around but, like the foxes, would like them to stay off my deck.

I have planted all of my garden except for squash and cucumbers. I will do that in a little while and then my gardening is over except for maintenance. Maintenance is time consuming but enjoyable. The digging and removal of couch grass was not so enjoyable but it's over for now.

A couple more bouquets have entered the house this morning. The perennial bachelor buttons (larger than the real ones and comes only in purple) looks great with the golden mound bush in a clear vase and I have bouquets of sweet lily of the valley in both bathrooms. One is especially pretty mixed with the end of the forget-me-nots. Bouquet has two meanings when it comes to lily of the valley. Oh what a great scent!

Flowerparts by Bob Schneider is one song for the day. The other is These Flowers by Martha Wainwright. Enjoy the flowers and the flower music.

Wanderering Duo

An earlier post today. I've been outside all day gardening and such and now have roofers putting a roof on my house. I have a headache and am tired so don't feel like walking. I may have to though because the roofers are making noise and that's not good for the headache.

I had visitors today. My neighbour has a new dog and he's turning out to being a wanderer. He takes their old dog with him and I think they may getting into trouble. They went onto the road after my house and that's where the trouble might occur. They could get hit by vehicles if they continue to go on the road.

I planted some hardy flowers today but I won't plant anything yet that doesn't tolerate frost. Not with the spring we've been having. I've got a lot of the yard work done and now have to get the mower going. The work never ends around here. You just have to keep on keeping on to stay on top of it all.

Music for the day: Flowerparts by Bob Schneider is appropriate for the day. I know a Canadian singer-songwriter who I really, really like by the same name but was not familiar with this American fellow. I like the music though. True Colors by Cyndi Lauper was a song from the late 80's or early 90's that I always liked. It's up today for all the colourful flowers I planted.

Coincidence Number Fifteen is another one featuring twin brothers. Twins brothers, same heart attack
John and Arthur Mowforth were twins who lived about 80 miles apart in Great Britain. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both fell severely ill from chest pains. The families of both men were completely unaware of the other's illness. Both men were rushed to separate hospitals at approximately the same time. And both died of heart attacks shortly after arrival. (Source: Chronogenetics: The Inheretance of Biological Time, Luigi Gedda and Gianni Brenci)