Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Well look at you!


It's been a pretty crazy week. We had some relentless rain here in the place where I live and that rain would not let up until it made it's way into our new home and soaked a portion of our only recently cleaned carpet. It's like if the rain could talk it would say, "Welcome to home-ownership!" It's been a little frustrating, but we're powering through. Literally. I just used my first power tool today. Bobby's drill. Bobby has been helping as much as he can, but without time off this summer and his medical boards coming up, he doesn't have much time for home improvement- or in this case, maintenance. So I'm drilling holes in the dry wall to give the walls some air.

Yesterday I was out in the front yard playing with Sophie and checking on my gladiolas (they're coming along nicely) and I found this gorgeous lily. I was thrilled! I'm finding that I really enjoy gardening. I have no idea what the heck I'm doing, but it's still a lot of fun. I inherited these from the previous owners. There were a lot of weeds to pick and I almost picked these but I thought I'd wait and make sure they weren't something I'd want to keep. I'm sure glad I didn't pull these beauties out. Right next to these are some hydrangeas which have always been one of my Mom's favorites. I was so glad to see them come up and I'm trying really hard not to kill them!

7 comments:

Holly Moore said...

That is gorgeous! I'll bet it smells amazing!

Sheryl said...

Absolutely beautiful!! What a fabulous surprise. I tried Chicken Carbonara again this week with penne pasta instead of the spaghetti, big hit!

Unknown said...

so pretty! hydrangeas are one of my favs too, I'm sure they loved all of that rain!

Sara said...

i hear you LOUD AND CLEAR on the annoyingness of the blasted rain! why must there be SO MUCH? couldn't it just sprinkle every now and then?

good job w/ the power drill! i used david's once and i felt so...well, powerful! ;)

hayley said...

So sorry to hear about the rain. That's crazy! But what a pretty flower. It looks so exotic. That's awesome you are having fun gardening. My husband and I are into it, we just somehow seem to kill everything! But it's still fun:)

Cari said...

I'm sorry about your water problems. I can so relate. What a gorgeous lily!

Sarah said...

You've got some cool flowers!
I love using screw guns, too.

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