Saturday May 26, 2018

Good morning ☀️ sunshine! It’s time to make the old dwarf crepe myrtle go bye-bye and plant a gorgeous grafted Gardenia and 2 Pinwheel Jasmines in its place. This location is directly in front of my living room window and near enough to the front porch for fragrance. 

The middle pic shows the old crepe myrtle; it just wouldn’t take; 10 years old. 

Gardenia on left ... Jasmine on the right. 😊

Then, the huge Bougainvillea will be hauled out and replaced with triple Fox Tail Palms. They’ll be in front of the side living room window. Sweet.

The old Bougie was hit by a hard frost last January, the first in 15 years. It did crazy growth after that, but no blooms! Mark was just tired of pruning the thorny thing. 😕

Mark hauling the triple Foxtails to the site ... and on the left, er ... right? it’s planted. 😍 

While all this landscaping was happening, I did my plants with Tiger Bloom, laundry, vacuuming and dusting. After that, I took the Scotties for their ride on The Caddy. It’s been a gorgeous day at 84F ... and we’ve enjoyed it. 

Sue and Wayne are in Wisconsin Dells where it’s too hot for adventures away from the rig. Tomorrow they’re going to Duluth, and cooler air. 👍🏻 They walked to the casino for dinner tonight. 

After our dinner, we took the doggies to check the pool at Marky-Mark’s. Mark cleaned the filter while I checked the chemicals. All’s well til we get more rain.