A BIG THANK YOU!!!!

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

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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