Yesterday was a freakishly warm day. It was perfect for gardening.
In the morning, I went out to my garden. I planted the Blue Sea Holly roots that had been sitting in my house for a week and a half. Only one of them died during the wait to be planted. I also moved some already established plants. I weeded a little, but I haven’t gotten my garden muscles back yet, so I couldn’t sustain that effort for very long.
Some of my plants were still showing damage from the snow. I removed a squashed rosemary and I tied two other evergreens with pantyhose. I had a ton of pantyhose that Michele used in a game at our last Activity Night at school. I used almost all of it to fix one of my garden treasures – my Umbrella Pine.
After all the fun gardening in the morning, I decided to have even more fun. I went to visit the legendary Lilypons Water Gardens. This mail-order garden center is known for their water lilies, lotus, and other plants. It’s only an hour and fifteen minutes away. I have wanted to visit for a long time, but had never done it. Until yesterday.
It was great to be there. They have huge ponds full of lilies and other plants. A visit in the summer when everything is blooming would be magical.
Since I’m supposed to be saving money for a new oil tank, I was not irresponsible and did not buy a lotus. Not. I got one called ‘Chastity’. It’s a small red lotus. (Actually it’s pink, but the industry calls dark pink lotus flowers red).
Um. And there’s no picture of the lotus?
(Even without the boom, it seems it would be polite for the company.)
Holy cow – it all look so lush and green.
What kind of game needs a ton of pantyhose? Red Rover – bank robber style? “Red rover, red rover, put the money in the duffle bag…”
I don’t know why, but all the pantyhose made me think of our local mystery – the shoe corner. People are always dumping shoes there. Sometimes the sheer quantity of shoes laying around is amazing!
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_eeaa5082-cc8a-558b-a683-d4d0272b3d86.html
Sorry for the thread jack. 😉
Did my comment not get posted because I had a link in it? Or is it because you’re approving them all before showing? What’s up?
Did you have pantyhose over your head when you wrote it? It might not have recognized you.
How did you know that? Stupid Mac with its built in camera…
Sorry. I don’t know why, but it was stuck in the spam box.
Greetings–
Thanks for visiting us yesterday and enjoy your lotus!
Margaret
Holy cow! Margaret is president of Lilypons Water Gardens everybody!
Thanks for the comment, Margaret!
Hello, Margaret! 🙂
Aren’t you glad you really did enjoy your visit to LWG? ‘Cuz if you hadn’t, and had said anything to that effect here, and dear Margaret net-searched for their business name and found your blog posting…oooo…awkward moment. But now that you have enjoyed your visit, and the president even thanked you for coming…I guess we’ll all know where to look for you on weekends or any time you have 75 minutes each way plus shopping time to throw around. Congrats!