Year Two Day Twenty Three - Rhodedendron

Dear all, 

I said I wouldn't spend *too* much time in the garden this summer but I have had a rush of enthusiasm of late due to recent bout of fabulous weather and long balmy evenings. 

One of my all time favorite flowers is the rhodedendron; synonymous with the UK spring and fabulous blocks of bright colour. 

 While we were in Home Hardware yesterday, I spotted an entire shelf of rhododendron's, who despite looking a little parched and past it were on sale from $70 down to $5!

Darren understands fully my obsession with flowers but was quite happy to nudge me over to the $5 section and within 2 minutes I was standing at the cashier with a huge 3 feet tall shrub. 

Darren has also fixed up a watering system in our garden using a sprinkler hose; a long hose with various punctuations along the length that squirt out water. I had previously planted some geraniums, marigolds and herbs ( on sale in Rona) and had done a spot of weeding, so the border is looking pretty snappy! The rhododendron is now in and looking lovely with a good does of miracle grow and water. Hopefully she will survive the winter and we will have a pink explosion in our garden. 

And in other news:

1. Happy Birthday Canada! It's Canada day and on a gorgeous evening, we walked down to Millennium Park to watch the fireworks. Last year we watched them from Rupert's which was also a fabulous view but it was nice to be in the mix with the crowd and only a 5 minute walk away. 

Neighbour John followed us down and we found a great spot over looking the grain elevator's. John had already cased out a great observation area after a fully comprehensive reconnaissance mission with his dog early in the day. Despite the mosquitos, it was a great evening and the fireworks were pretty spectacular. 

Happy Canada Day!