I glanced out the window and voila!! There are 2 lovely magnolia blooms on the tree in our yard. I have no idea when this tree was planted. The previous owners of our house brought it as a sapling from North Carolina, I think. It’s lovely and I really dig it when the blooms happen each Spring. They are kind of mysterious and fleeting.

The bucket tomato garden is coming along very nicely. They do dry out pretty fast on the increasingly hot days, but I just dump in their fair share of water and they perk up. 3 of the 4 buckets have actual real life tomatoes growing already I didn’t get a clear photo of the sweet 100’s, the tallest of the plants with the most little tomatoes growing. I’m comfy back in the air conditioning, so you can just use your imagination.

This one is growing in an old bucket I painted bright orange. It has a funny welded on drainage thing on the bottom added by it's previous owner. It's working very well with it's herb of choice, Rosemary.

These Roma tomatoes are growing in an old bucket painted with a kind of geometric gold and silver design. The herb that keeps them company is pineapple basil.

Spring means planting stuff.

I go to all those things they call mega-stores and their pots are soooo expensive and not very interesting. Therefore, I took control of my life and my plants. I went to a place near our house that’s a consignment place with lots of groovy used items, or pre-loved if you are a touchy feely type.

I got some starter plants, growing from seeds is hard work! I got herbs and 4 kinds of tomatoes. My lovely mother gave me some little trellis thingies, and I have a very cool deck that makes a great place for my little gardener dabbling.

Now, all I have to do is keep the squirrels out of the pots and all will be well in the world.