Some of the plants I see

 

This is the "landscaped three tier garden" at Lake Tomahawk now. I was wrong that they'd saved the lavender plant. At least the top tier still has some roses and a rather spindly rhododendron.

And one last bloom was ready for me to lovingly capture it where it was sheltered under a big tree by the lake's sidewalk.

My efforts last Sunday were to repot some orchids. But they were too long and gangly, so I cut each in half. We shall see if either half lives. And I ran out of orchid mix, and noticed at the bottom of the bag it had just regular dirt. So I threw in some potting soils as well.  One more to plant still, and I'll be darned if I buy another bag of that mix at $7 plus. I'll try the last one in the old soil after I clean it out a bit.

Yes, AC, I also was too late for this beautiful Rhododendron. Rained a couple of times before I got to it and this is all that's left!

But I turned a corner to see this lovely planting. Their peonies have shed many petals like the ones near my house.

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Today's quote:

I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.

 -Betty Williams, peace activist, Nobel laureate (1943-2020)

More life in beauty with changes

 

A beautiful rhododendron near my apartment.

This is what's left of my mountain laurel, which was over-pruned this winter before budding.

The knock-out roses are pretty hardy, and everyone likes seeing them.

But right in front of the roses are the Peonies. 

These photos of the peonies were taken on Wed. May 10. They looked so beautiful, and had a sweet scent. I even noticed they'd enticed some ants to do whatever they do to peonies.

By Wednesday May 17 this is what they looked like. We had a little rain, and they were just too heavy to hold their heads up. Fortunately (I guess) our manager made sure nobody cut them for themselves, so we all got to see these sad flowers.

Today's quote:

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." Mahatma Gandhi