Morning Tour, Steaming Fall of Hearts, ET, Spiderweb and Challenge

 Morning folks.

I did my tour around the front 

yard, mostly, with coffee in hand. 

thought I would share some of 

my pretties.

However, I ask that you overlook

the messy porch.

Work still to do in the yard

and once done I will clean

and pressure wash it. 

I picked up the large candle

holder at the Helping Hands

thrift store up the street on a 

Tuesday, which is 1/2 off day.

I got this baby for 2 bucks and I 

knew exactly what it was going 

to be used for.

I E6000 glued a wire basket I 

had to the candle holder and 

bought a coconut liner for plants.

Next, some time back I picked up 

this iron piece for 4.99 at 

Goodwill. Same, I added the liner

and planted the plants for the 

front porch.

Here is one of the plants I got

from Deana, on my run to 

my old stomping grounds last

week. It is a Foxglove.

Opps, at this view you don't get

a shot of the water of beads 

streaming out of the pitcher.

Water streaming out to 

water the plants.

I dug these up a month or so

ago from the yard, they still

remain in bloom. These are

of course, a wildflower or to some

a weed. It gave something in 

bloom to a yard that had 

nothing. Did you know, that 

there is a law in TN that prevents

you from picking or digging 

up wildflowers? HAHA

but this was in my yard to 

begin with.

This is just one of the Elm

trees I found and planted in 

a pot. In the fall, before cold

sets in, I will plant in the yard.

This one seems to be holding

its own.

White sage. Also, from 

Deana.

Still my favorite set up as 

far. I had the sedum in a pot

from when I moved from my long

time owned home my childhood and 

never replanted it. It does well in 

a pot so I have left it.

I did pull up a bit and put around 

the mailbox. 

My mom had some of this growing

on the side of the house, she 

called it "Live Forever" cause

apparently, it is hard to kill.

I must admit, I have not killed it

EVER!!

This type of sedum grows sprouts

from it that will turn either

rusty red or pinky purple.

Not sure which on I dug up.

The story I heard many, many,

(and I could go on and on about

the amount of "MANY's), is that

this plant will shoot out stems and 

bloom with whatever color you have

two weeks before we have our

first cool spell in the fall. 

I have found it to be pretty much

on that schedule. 

Later, I will put shoes on and

go tour the rest of the yard.

It is coming along, slowly but

unlike the old me, I move slow

these days.

This is really cool...

A streaming water fall of hearts.

Nice. I thought I would make a 

heart shape rock bed for my hearts but

after seeing this....maybe not. 

Nature is so funny with its humor.

So, I will continue with that and say,

that I don't think ET made it home. 

I found him in my dirt.

Took this pic the other morning

on my tour of the yard. YES, I do

a tour daily to see what is growing and 

blooming. HAHA

Anyway, I caught the dew still 

covering this spider web.

Sending out a challenge to all~

while out walking around the 

lake, beach, neighborhood or 

like me, the yard, look down and 

find a rock. Let's shoot for a heart

shaped rock but if not that, a rock 

that reminds you of something else,

like ET! Share it with us all.

Your thought for the day is~

think happy thoughts. If something 

hits you wrong, try to find something

happy about it. Don't let the negative rule 

you.

Pam