Rearranging the furniture was a favorite pastime when I was a girl. My sister and I would move things around while Mom was at work, then yell surprise when she walked through the door. This week, I decided to rearrange some plants.
In March we planted five glorious pink Azaleas beneath the living room window. Sadly, once the temperatures rose, one of them rapidly dried out. Hoping for the best we held on for another several weeks. I hate giving up on plants. We finally laid it to rest in the compost heap last week.
My husband has been wanting to buy more Azaleas for the back corner, to intersperse with the hydrangea. I suggested we move the surviving plants, then buy pink hydrangeas to go under the window. Azaleas make me happy, but blooming hydrangea make my heart skip a few beats.
While I was away, Mike made the switch. He tucked the Azaleas around the sword fern near the blue hydrangea, then planted pinkish purple hydrangea under the window. The plants will grow taller, doing a better job hiding the house’s foundation, and as they grow they’ll pop their pretty pink heads above the window. Can you feel me smiling from ear to ear?
New Hydrangea
Azaleas (Back in March)
Relocated Azaleas
Gardening Nirvana 
They will be amazing! I love your blue hydrangea, my sister-ilaw has a flower shop and they’re 6.50/stem….look! your rich!
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Wow! That is steep. How cool that she owns a flower shop. My parents had two flower shops back in the early 1950s in Seaforth.
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Flowers can be expensive here because they all come from Vancouver or out east but she still seems pretty busy. I googled Seaforth…looks very cute!
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That makes sense. Where is your SIL’s shop?
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Corinthia Flowers is in Leduc Alberta, here’s the link
http://corinthiaflowers.com/Welcome.html
Adlele is super talented and has been doing flowers for over 25 years. I help answer phones during busy times like Valentines and have learned a few tricks too. It’s fun!
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Oh what fun that must be. Her site is lovely. Is that your SIL pictured making the arrangement? Thanks for sharing her site.
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too funny, her ears must’ve been burning. She just called to wiish me ‘Happy Birthday’ and said…”oh, I hate that picture”. We are all too critical of ourselves.
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Isn’t that the truth!
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