blue girl?

Here's what my 1st blue girl bud looked like yesterday. Unfortunately, it looked a little brown around the edges after last night's rain showers. It might have something eating it, too...
I'm glad I captured it yesterday. I may have to do some research on rose TLC.
"Caslon" can correct me if I am wrong, but I think I see a little hint of blue in it's shade of pink. Or perhaps it's the name of the rose that makes me think I see blue undertones.
Anyway, it WAS pretty... I hope the future blooms turn out pretty and it's not infested or infected by something!

We came home from Memphis today, and of course the addict had to see what's new in my flowerbed. Yes, almost immediately.....

"Gold Glow" rose bush

(5/9)

...not bad for $5 at Wal-mart. There are at least 3 more buds in addition to the bloom. In the first photo, I believe the blanketflower (gaillardia) seeds I planted have resulted in what I hope will be one plant (the thing growing to the left). The Blue Girl Rose is running behind this one. It doesn't get the sun quite as early in the day. No buds on that one yet, but the leaves are coming in. I read that it doesn't tolerate the extreme heat quite as much, but hopefully the spot I chose for it is not too shady!

I baked tilapia and sauteed yellow squash for dinner tonight. I love sales on fresh seafood at Publix! If my dishes would just do themselves, I would be a very happy girl. We went for a walk with Bear, who asked for the stroller, but around the halfway point decided she wanted to run free. She only wiped out on the sidewalk a couple of times.

"blue girl" rose bush

soon-to-be-purple tulip

soon-to-be-white tulip

daffodils, day lily peeking through, and "gold glow" rose bush

sunflower sprout, wildflowers or maiden pinks, another sunflower sprout

no self control here....

of course, that should not come as a surprise to anybody. i went to pick up bread, lunch meat and a hot wheels car for baby bear, who has been doing really well telling us when she needs to use the potty lately. i parked where the best spaces are available... at the entrance to the garden center. i should have known better. here's what i came home with (in addition to the things i went in for):


baby bear helped me plant the "blue girl" rose bush next to our back patio. i fell in love with it the last time i fell prey to temptation in the garden department. as for the "gold glow", yellow roses are my all-time favorite color rose. i'm still trying to decide where to plant it (by the mail box or on the side of the house, near the current daffodil bed.) but the price was right for both of these and i just couldn't resist...

by the way, i want my rose bush to do well so badly that i used the whole 40 lb bag of potting soil plus at 5 lbs of coffee grounds to improve the rocky, clay-like soil we were stuck with by the builders. (they were oh so generous to add extra gravel for us).

3:52 p.m. I decided to plant the yellow rose bush in the side bed while Bear napped (she went down late, around 3 p.m.) I spent a lot of effort digging it up and improving the soil last fall, so I hoped that would make it easier for me dig a hole deep enough. The ground by the mailbox really needs to be tilled; hubby has agreed to do that part for me, and it hasn't been long enough since we used round up there to mess with it just yet.

I broke through the mulch to find at least 3 HUGE earthworms within a square foot area. Who knew that earthworms would ever make me smile? Two of them burrowed away quickly, and I picked up the third (I was wearing gardening gloves)and moved it to another part of the bed.

Of course, I observed the mess as I entered the interior of our home and realized I am going to have to ground myself from adding to the garden for a couple of weeks until it's time to plant the veggie patch and mailbox bed. I do intend to water the seeds and new plants, but the interior needs as much TLC as I've been giving to my plants, if not more. I'll just have to open the windows to let the fresh air in more often!