Mums the Word!



Mums and Potted Wildflowers

"Mums the Word!" I've wanted to use that expression for a long time. Well, this was a day for mums, or rather, chrysanthemums. They were on sale for $1/pot at WalMart, so how could I help but buy some? Actually, my husband was out doing the grocery shopping this morning and I called him on his cell and asked him to get some of the mums. So he brought home seven little potted mums, which I promptly replanted in the glazed pots on our patio. So pretty, in bright yellow, purple and gold. If the mums are still on sale tomorrow, I think we'll buy some more.

This has been a week that went by much too fast. It seems like all I did was blink and the week was gone. Maybe it was the beautiful Florida weather? This is the perfect time of year, with temps in the 80s and a cooling ocean breeze. In fact, Monday morning was so cool I had to wear a sweatshirt when I sat out on the patio early in the morning. The other mornings have all been a little warmer, so no sweatshirt was needed.



This afternoon I took photos of the planted mums. Yep, I take photos of everything. I also took photos of the pale blue skies dotted with small white cotton-ball clouds. The sky was so beautiful today I was almost tempted to take out my oils and paint some sky-scapes. But the day was too nice to do anything more than take a few photos, listen to the birds, watch the butterflies and blue dragonflies and read.

I have a lot to write about from this past week, but for now I'm just going to stick with the mums. I'll write about the other things tomorrow.