Category: Pumpkins

A BIG THANK YOU!!!!

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This post is long, long, long overdue.  This has been quite a year.  A terribly wet spring.  One patch of flowers was planted in mid-May.  More rains came.  And we waited and waited and waited.  The first patch of flowers was replanted in mid-June.  More rains came.  And we waited and waited and waited.  By the second week in July, everything was in the ground.  Then oppressive heat arrived with no rain.  Break out the sprinklers and the water tank.

In spite of all the crazy weather challenges, the flowers came and were beautiful!!

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The Last Beautiful Bouquet

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I was hoping that freezing temperatures would hold off until November 1.  I don’t know why, but to me it makes more sense to end the growing season on November 1 instead of mid-October.  But such is life and seasons in the mid-west.  And with frost last week and a freeze warning for tonight, it is time to say good-bye and thank you to the beautiful flowers.

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Spring Fever

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This winter in Central Illinois has certainly been strange to say the least and one for the records – literally.  We have had a record small amount of moisture (snow) and if I am not mistaken,  February has been one of the warmest since records have been kept.  And lots of sickness.  Colds, flu, fevers, aches and pain.  I was not spared.  In fact, I just finished my second round of antibiotics to get rid of a nasty sinus infection that followed an equally nasty bout of asthmatic bronchitis.  But for the past week I have had a good kind of fever – Spring Fever!!  Last Saturday afternoon I worked outside in shorts and a sleeveless top and actually got sunburned!  And what was I outside doing?  Thinking of flowers of course!

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