“Because sometimes doing nothing leads to the best something” – from Christopher Robin movie

There is so much going on at once right now in the garden. The last cream daylily bloomed today.

20180809_084139-1 “Twins” are abounding. (More about that and pics in days to come). I saw a very young (probably a baby) cardinal in our Linden tonight. Both white squirrels showed up this morning. (I only could catch one in the pic below, through the foggy window this morning.)

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The last bloom of the two ‘Just Plum Happy’ daylilies in one area bloomed today. (Still more blooming in another area.) The ‘Patriot’ hostas have finished blooming. Some of the daylilies have started to set seed. (More about that in an upcoming blog, or two.) The Weigelia is reblooming.

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But the best part of today was that it was my Mom’s birthday. I took the day off work and we spent the day together – coffee and pastry at Caribou, shopping, a movie, more shopping, and dinner. The movie we saw was Christopher Robin. We both absolutely loved it. It brought back so many memories. And the line we both loved most was “Because sometimes doing nothing leads to the best something.” That’s how a good garden day feels. Just enjoying “being” in the garden, and then you see this, and that, and putter around, and before you know it you are quite content.

Forget-Me-Nots

Just like our ‘Patriot’ hostas, our ‘Forget-Me-Not’ plants are more than pretty. I planted them the year my husband’s father passed. We miss him. That year, not long afterward, we lost a dear neighbor as well.

Every year the forget-me-nots come back. They are a wonderful link back to our memories of my father-in-law and our neighbor.

Yesterday our dear Missy’s grandfather passed. Our thoughts and love and prayers are with her and her family.

Missy shares my love for gardening and beautiful lilies. We will offer a forget-me-not plant to add to her garden.

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‘Patriot’ hostas

Some parts of a garden are more than just pretty. They mean something. They are tied to memories. That is true of our ‘Patriot’ hostas. I planted them during the years our son was in the Army National Guard. My father-in-law served in World War II, my husband served in Bosnia, and our son served in Afghanistan. We are a patriotic family.

Our ‘Patriot’ hostas have gotten large, been divided and shared with our friends and neighbors, and now they are doing well in many gardens.

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Thank you to all those who have served and those who are serving in our military.