WANTING TO MAKE A QUICK TRIP TO MANHATTAN meant heading out around one in the afternoon. As far as I knew the rain wasn't expected until this evening. By 2:30 there was a downpour while I was driving into town. A HEAVY rain that made it difficult to see. Caught me off guard. Our car windows fogged over and I had to drive slower than usual.
The streets were flooding which made me extremely tense. I found a way to Raising Cane's where we ate chicken in the car. Salad tonight to counter balance the chicken.
Star Buck's Green Tea for our 4 o'clock break followed. Right on schedule. Yesterday, I had planned on having Tea @ 4 each day like royalty.🫖 Work this into my daily drama.
Off to MENARDS for a couple of decorative containers and the hunt was on for LAVENDER. They had zero. Drove over to a country Nursery and they had a few small plants of English Lavender which has purple flowers and a Rosea which will have PINK flowers! I don't believe I've ever seen PINK LAVENDER.
This huge Nursery was nearly out of Lavender. Getting close to the end of June and some plants sell faster than others earlier than late June.
LAVENDER must be one of those.
THE TOMATO PLANTS AT THIS COUNTRY NURSERY WERE HUGE. Almost what I would call MONSTERS. I have never seen Tomato Plants huge like this. 🍅Eye opening. Gorgeous to see and I can only imagine what the fruit of this plant taste like. I'd like to return to this Nursery when I can doddle. Take it slow and stay a while.
Noticing the THYME, I debated if I should get some or not. On the way HOME, the skies were full of clouds with sunlight streaming down on the golden wheat in the fields. We stopped so Hunny could snap some pictures of the beautiful Kansas sight. I can see a oil painting coming on.
When we got back to town, I stopped the car where I know is the half mile marker to HOME and told my Hubby that I would walk HOME from here. This way I'm pretty sure I got a mile in walking between shopping and this 1/2 mile HOME. I worked up a terrible sweat that took some time to cool down from.
NO NAP. I have to retrain my body to go to sleep at night instead of taking a nap that wrecks my sleep pattern making me stay up until 2 in the morning after waking from the nap.
Back to shutting down around 11 at night and waking around 7 or so. I've been a night owl for a very long time, but I know I can train my flesh to sleep at a decent hour. Crack the whip.
🪴The new plants will get taken care of tomorrow. I think we have our container garden complete. 🌿In the herb department we have mint, peppermint, cilantro, thyme, rosemary, basil, now two types of lavender. I wonder if we should have picked up some oregano?
🍅🫑🎃Several types of Tomatoes, 3 types of Bell Peppers as well are in containers. A couple of pumpkins have been planted in the ground. Excited about the pumpkins. It's been probably over 40 years since we grew some.
Well the creative juices are flowing. Thinking about how to create flowerbeds with some character in the future. Giving thought to how to decorate our small COTTAGE and garage.
2 comments:
How big are your pumpkin containers? I did not know they could grow in pots!
Hi Sandi. The pumpkins are planted in the ground. grins. The herbs are in containers.
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