First Blooms

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Not much is going on in life. Just the same real life stuff - consulting with Capgemini, doing things with my family, keeping up the house and the pets, and trying to make some passive income with Poshmark and Pangobooks.

I'm doing some reading too, and I'm almost finished with The Apothecary Diaries Light Novel volume 4. I have some library books that I'm reading, mostly cookbooks, and reading some manga here and there from Hoopla through the library.

I've been doing some outlining for the stories for the fic fests I joined for the summer. Hopefully I can get writing them soon!

Trying to save money as best I can and eliminating eating out as much. We just painted the spare room in the basement which will become Juliet's playroom, and this weekend we'll be moving her in, as well as cleaning and organizing the basement and the garage. It's going to be a hot one this weekend so we'll be staying indoors mostly.

During all of this, there is one thing that brings me absolute joy and that would be my garden. I reactivated my Flickr account so I could post my garden pictures there, and not just on Facebook.



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Every year my lilies are just gorgeous, and they make me so happy. I anxiously wait when they bloom, especially when I plant new bulbs. I always love seeing my purple and white lilies grow and bloom, which they haven't opened yet, but the red and orange ones that I have tattooed on my back have opened recently, plus a few others.



As usual, I did invest in some annuals for the front this year. Petunias are my absolute favorite annuals, especially the black and purple ones. The nursery I got my black petunias from this year gave me a free container of Zinnia's and they came out quite pretty too. Another nursery had these beautiful strawberry starry petunias that I couldn't resist.




The spinach, lettuce, mint and oregano are all ready to harvest. I hope I get to do that this weekend.
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I planted four rose bushes this year, and they are still kinda getting settled, so are the catmint. The lilac bush I planted last year isn't blooming yet, and the new lilac bush is still just a baby. My hydrangeas seem to be doing really well, except for one, which didn't make it. My husband bought me a new hydrangea bush that I need to plant this weekend.



I will have to make sure to water vigorously this weekend as we are going to reach the upper 90s here in the Chicagoland.

Stay cool, everyone.

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love those colors.

[ragnarok_08]

Wow, the flowers look lovely!