I guess by now most of you that live in the US are experiencing a bit of cool weather. Here in Texas it’s not as bad as some place. There are many areas already having snow and I’m glad to be where I am. Cold weather is something I dread each year. I have to bring in all my plants, that will freeze and my house becomes a greenhouse. I have yet to get someone to build a greenhouse outdoors for that use. I’m not as rich as some people so each thing I accomplish has to be planned for financially, after the other things that need done.
So, I’ve moved all the plants that were sitting out on the sidewalk and around the house, in under the porch, in order to protect them from frost. It won’t be long until they will have to be moved inside, because of the low temps and then the shifting around begins. Finding a a place to sit them so they can get much needed sunshine or light, becomes a chore. Each year this gets harder to accomplish, since I manage to adopt more plants during the spring and summer months. I guess I’ll have to build on a screened in porch that I can place a small heater in, to keep the temperatures from dropping too low.
I’m not really sure on how the spelling of this plant is……but it’s a coleus and if it’s supposed to be different, I’m sure there will be some one who, will tell me. Either way, it came up from seed and grew in the flower bed, next to the front porch, last year and then went to seed and one of the seeds came up in this pot. So, I have a member of the same plant growing for next year’s growth and plants and enjoyment.
Storms tore through the DFW area in Texas early this morning, knocking out power for awhile. There was severe lightning and loud claps of thunder following it. The wind was blowing an rain beating against the house in torrents. Once again, our area got a good rain and this gives us more than we’ve normally had during the summer months. It’s brought cooling temperatures, which help as long as it doesn’t get humid right after. The humidity, makes you have to turn the air conditioners back on or suffer.
I planted this last year in a hanging pot and somehow it survived the intense, heat and winter cold we experience here in Texas………so, I transplanted it into this bigger pot, and it’s really spreading. With each rain, I get these pretty flowers.
At the bottom of the picture there are house leeks, that are really growing as well…………and will soon have the pretty light pink flowers on it.
My boyfriend bought me this last year and they almost died during the winter.………isn’t it gorgeous….actually he bought 2 one for either side of the front porch. I love beautiful flowers, and always try to have plenty around me, all through the year. I find them to be uplifting, don’t you? Today, has been rainy and so I have they getting all this nice rain. If possible I will try to save them this year and not let the cold bring them down.
In recent articles, I showed you my easter lilies, and said they probably wouldn’t bloom until May, well it looks like I’m right on that prediction. 
They are just now starting to bud. Speaking of budding, it looks like my chrysanthemums, are budding too. 
Looks like it won’t be long before they will give my nice red wine, flowers.
I always love to see my roses bloom, I know that spring is finally here………As you can tell the buds are ready to pop open in a day or so……
British soldiers patrol past a poppy field in Musa Qala in Helmand province.
These are beautiful poppy’s, I wish I had some in my yard………..my grandmother, grew the big red double poppy’s and the small golden, and mulit-colored one’s.
We went on a walk in this park to see how things were going this year. It’s as if the world has turned completely around and come back to this spot. The birds are hatching their babies, the trees are getting their leaves, and the spring flowers are blooming…………I guess, that’s the way God intended it to be………..It sure was nice to get that rain last week, it brought the level of the lakes up………
We are sitting here waiting for the much needed rain that they are predicting we will be getting tonight, tomorrow and the next day. They say we will get a good soaking rain, which we have needed for some time. Our state is in a virtual drought area and it was beginning to look bleak. Maybe this will give us the water to raise the lakes and streams giving us plenty to use this year.
