Dear Reader:

Saying good-bye to my flowers is starting to become as difficult as it is to say good-bye to my children and grandchildren when I leave on mini-vacations. Intellectually I know I will be gone just five days…but emotionally I worry if the gerber daisies will have enough to drink or if the day lilies will be okay without the withered day lily blooms being pruned and dead-headed daily.

I even bought some Peat Moss  and spread it all around the gerber daisies to help keep the moisture in while I am gone. Am praying we get some rain Thursday or Friday.

In one article I read it said to clean up one’s garden about a week before departure so you will return to a clean-looking garden. Treat the garden like your home…make it a nice place to return to after your trip.

On the day you leave… water all the plants thoroughly in case it might be the last watering before you return.

Plants and flowers are quite adaptable….most of them will readily adjust to change….after all the will to live is equally as strong in plants as animals. Place hanging baskets in shaded areas until your return after thoroughly watering.

Timing is everything….Ernie will be coming to cut the grass the day after I return home next week so I am pretty sure my five day departure will just be a slight “hiccup” in the normal routine.

Like a parent fussing over her children when leaving them….deep down we know the flowers will do their thing….without a care in the world. It is us humans who do all the worrying for both of us.

So until tomorrow….We must remember that God takes care of His creatures and plants and they will do just fine while we are gone because He is never gone from their presence..

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise when I checked my clematis vine to see a bloom…only to realize it was a passion plant vine instead….my first bloom of the season!

*My first wild, yellow sunflower bloom of the spring season popped open yesterday also…so pretty. The stalk will grow almost ten feet tall before the summer is over.

*After talking about getting a Rebekah statue in my garden Jackson gave me one that had been in her yard….’Rebekah at the Well.” Love it! Thank you Jackson!

The small statue is perfect standing beside the water fountain and hosta! Welcome to the garden Rebekah! Take a drink and rest awhile!

*Isn’t this periwinkle shade of blue beautiful on this hydrangea?

Now do you see why it is so hard for me to leave my garden. Every day a new bloom appears bringing beauty into the world and my life. I will miss you Magic Moon Gate Garden….Be back soon! Behave while I am gone!