DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Our Very Wet Cottage Garden, 2017

Welcome!!

I waited for awhile to do this post because I was hoping it would FINALLY stop raining BUT no such luck!!!!

This is how much rain we got since Sunday when it rained all day and temps. barely got out of the 50's.......

Yep!!! That is 2 MORE inches of rain!!!

Wait!! We got another inch of rain overnight Tuesday!!

We are now up to 3 inches of rain since Sunday!!

And more rain and showers are predicted until this coming Sunday but with some Sun too!!!!!

I think we may need to build an ark!!!

I did end up taking pictures of my back yard Cottage Garden in between the rain drops and the few times that the Sun actually did pop out for a rare appearance!!!!

But first, I want to Thank Jillian, over at Vintage & Co., for featuring my post, The Patio Project, Joe's Side, Part 3, from the Let's Talk Vintage Link Party!!

Thanks so much Jillian!!!

I also want to Thank Kathy, over at Life on Lakeshore Drive, for featuring my post,Summer Patriotic Decor, Part 1, from last week's A Bouquet of Talent Linky Party!

Thanks again, Kathy!!

Please take some time to stop by and link up to these great parties!!

I wish that I had better photos to show you of our back yard Cottage Garden and hopefully, I will once this rain stops and my flowers start to bloom and grow.......

You may remember that I live in a townhouse and have a tiny back yard.......

This is the left side of the garden when you look out from the Patio.........

My tribute to my fur babies who have passed on.......

You can see that the Sun actually was out in this photo........

For a brief moment!!

I planted petunias in the large pot in the plant stand under the arbor.......

Begonias are planted in the pots on the chairs which I use as plant stands but I think that the begonias are getting water logged and maybe I might have to put those pots under the Patio Awning until it stops raining!!

The back left corner of the yard....

You can see that my perennials are coming up......

I planted impatiens in my flower bags and they are filling in nicely....

And this flower box is also planted with impatiens......

I apologize for how sloppy the yard looks as things need a good sweeping but everything is so wet!!

Looking through the yard.....

I planted petunias in this pot.......

I planted more impatiens and begonias......

The hostas are doing well under the Tree......

More impatiens are planted in this pot....

Over in the right hand corner.......

See all the mulch in the walkway????

That is because of this robin's nest in the tree!!!

You can see Mam Robin is giving me the "eye"!!

Decorated large fly swatters from Dollar Tree that I made hang on the shed doors......

I just bought these 2 solar Hummingbird lights using a gift card from Amazon that was given to me for Mother's Day from my oldest son, Joey.......

They are really pretty at night when they change colors!!

Gnomes frolic around the birdbath.......

And to think it looked like this only 3 months ago!!!

I will be back to share more of our Cottage Garden as my flowers start to bloom and grow and I will be doing an Evening post showing all the lighting in the back yard......

In my next post, I will be sharing some changes that I made and what I planted in my pots in the Patio.......