Mumsy

Watering isn't my thing. I once had a vision of Doug on his deathbed, saying something to this effect: "Beckie, you have to water the plants. Or they will die."

Watering is Doug's job, and he does it well. He does, however, forget the potted plants on the front porch and in front of the garage. They are about dead.

Okay, totally dead.

Being as it is now fall (or so close to fall that people like me, who hate summer, can pretend it's fall), I decided it was time to get some chrysanthemums to "liven up" the space. Ha ha.

And since my garden is pretty much the same - nothing new blooming there, although the flowers are still going strong, bless them - this is my flower time for the week. Maybe for the month, if things continue as they have been.

Mums are currently all the rage at the stores - almost every store you come to has a display. So I got two:

From Smith's, a grocery store

From Lowe's - I love the orangey-yellow color

 And now my porch doesn't look like a tribute to dead plants.

Although something really has to be done about those windows. They look very strange, don't you think? Maybe some wide trim? Doug thinks maybe an entire redo...trim would be way easier!