tonight I spent a bit of time in the garden…

sadly, not to plant, just to sit and read…

while I was out there robins were singing and the goldfinch family came by for a snack, and sang for their supper…

while enjoying the music of the waterfall, I also spent time watering… particularly as I haven’t had the energy to plant the rest of the haul from Saturday and Sunday… hoping to keep them alive until Saturday morning when I am sure to get them into the ground or pots…

the pansies that are planted are very happy…

the lily of the valley are blooming and smell lovely…

two exciting things…

the poppies are thinking about blooming… quite slow this year, but I am thrilled that they came back on their own…

and the coneflowers have started to grow… this is also very exciting because I was sure they weren’t going to return… we’ve had them in the garden before but George would pull them out every spring because they look much like a weed…

my plan is to let everything grow for a while, until I am sure it is a weed or a plant I want to keep…