When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realized, I'd passed it to him. I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth. A single smile just like mine, could travel round the earth. So, if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected!

Cindy, I forget the date when I planted my lily bulbs but they are coming up all over the place now. I love when I see the lilies sticking their green noses up out of the ground. Your new lilies are going to be stunning. Be sure and let us see when they bloom. Hurray, a real daylily scape. Isn't it funny how we all seem to not count the poor Stellas? Your scape looks good. Your garden looks great. I love Bowies sleeping place in the fenced in area on top of the leaves. Perfect place for a kitty (or two) to get in their naps :-)

Thank you justgotobeme, we've always had Beagles, my hubby was a hunter (until I convinced him to go out with a camera instead of a gun) so grew up with Beagles... Val, I love memorabilia as well, all our antiques were inherited from my hubby's Parents and Grandparents. It all has a family history, and I think that's very special. Joann

Like Cyn, I am also starting several new garden areas, with wildflowers, and xeric plants, prioritising water-wise gardening and wildlife (especially pollinators at every life stage). I am insanely excited about this as I have never attempted to grow so many different, and often entirely new plants. I think I have 70odd new seed species, as well as all the saved stuff from my own gardens. Cripes, now I have written this down, it is a lot of sowing (and immense amounts of pricking out and potting on etc.etc. However, I am almost retired from pro-gardening and am planning a little plant stall. Not expecting to do much more than pay for my hobby and I am also terribly nervous about this venture. Dealing with the public and selling stuff is going to be a challenge.. I always grow more plants than I need but used them in clients gardens and gave away a load to my offspring. I can't do any of this as daughter's garden is full, D-i-Ls and youngest is about to become not theirs and eldest has become puritanical about only growing edibles. . Seemed like selling some was a good solution...in theory. I really hope you don't mind keeping me company (and holding hands) during this undertaking.