They promised us rain today and while it is very cloudy and there have been a few sprinkles there has been no rain. I have been spending as much time as possible in the yard planting and fertilizing hoping that this year’s garden will not be as disappointing as the last years was. Of course if the garden does not pan out this year it won’t matter because next year I will try again. Gardens are always a surprise; all of the flowers with the exception of the pink dianthus in the photo above were planted in years past I don’t even know what most of them are but they came up this year and they are beautiful. There are a few plants that have yet to flower I can’t wait to see what they turn out to be.