Yippee! A Holiday Weekend

Yea! The first holiday weekend of the summer.  Now do I get stuff done around the house?  Play? I guess a little bit of both.  A little laundry this morning.  Refresh the paint on a little lawn art that I have.  Water the flowers. Put up my flag banners on my front porch.

While looking around I discovered that some of my peonies were finally opening up.  I love my really full pink but I also love a single white that I got about 15 years ago.

This is also is a shot of the new flag I got for the side of the garage at the Portland Porch and Garden Extravaganza last weekend.

This is the combination that I put in my large planter this eyar.  A couple of coleous with burgundy and lime colors. A lime and a burgundy sweet potato plants and blue fescue and some nicotiana.  The pot is a large plastic one.  So last year I filled it about half full with pine bark mulch and then put some landscape cloth over it.  Then I put in the potting soil and compost and planted it.  This made the pot lighter and didn't take quite so much dirt to fill it and the plants did fine.  I have also heard that people have used foam packing peanuts as a filler or using empty water bottles in the bottom.

Well, I think it's time to run some errands and then maybe have some fun by going down to the HomeGoods store.

Have a great weekend and remember to find the time to honor those who have fought for our freedoms.