fern gully

this is my escape.

our small 20'x25'ish patio has been quite the haven for me. i have spent lots of time out here and these plants are my little ongoing project. i love it. sometimes i wish i could go back to school and be a landscape architect. (dont worry, dave, i wont say it out loud.) but wouldnt that be fun?? i think i could be good at it.

i sit out here usually at least some point every day. how could you not? all the flowers and birds and butterflies...it will instantly cure a bad mood. and i love flowers. dave nicknamed the patio "fern gully" which, i must admit, seems very appropriate.

it didnt make the picture, but we hung a hummingbird feeder out here and we had little hummingbirds visit us for several weeks. they are gone now, but it was so fun to sit out there in the morning and watch them swarm.

so, its getting that time of year when im about to cut back most of these flowers and replant fall stuff. so stay tuned for some pics of our "winterized" garden...