The Deck in July

July 20th, to be precise. What a difference! Bob and I eat breakfast out here whenever possible, and Bethany and I make frequent trips outside to look at the flowers.

This is one of the first pictures taken with our new camera. The old one collapsed of old age, and the new one has about a million features, so there's a learning curve.

 The Deck in Spring

This weekend we spent a good deal of time buying plants, transplanting plants, re-potting plants, watering plants, and generally being enslaved by them in one way or another. The violas had wintered over on the deck in great shape. The giant pot of pink cranesbill geraniums hid out indoors until yesterday. The hanging pot of million bells is situated as near the humming bird feeder as possible, to lure them in.

We keep a rock in the birdbath to give bugs who fall in a way to climb out and fly away, rather than leaving sad little drowned corpses.

 Bethany and the orange slice she put out to attract orioles - so far, a couple of wasps and a stink bug.

Last year petunias did wonderfully - I'm hoping they do as well this year. I've chosen white, shades of pink, and purple. Also bought a big pot of lobelia and split it several ways.