Storm Damage

Last night we had quite a storm come through Mesquite about 2:00 am.  We had high winds, rain, hail, and tornado sirens.  When Randy and I got up and looked outside, this is what we found.

It will be a few days before we know for sure of any damage to the garden, but overall, it looks really good... just a few snapped rose branches, squished flowers, and a couple of broken potato plants.

Randy went out and raised the fence as much as he could.  He propped up the fence with boards.

The petunias and Gerbera daisies got kind of squished.

Driveway side view

View looking up the driveway from the alley.

Corner opposite the driveway along the alley

Wow! That sure looks different.

The remains of the old fence section

The poles snapped at ground level.

New fence in progress

Looking better already

Tyler Azalea Trail

Last weekend, Randy, Daniel, and I took a day off and went to Tyler to see the azaleas.  Daniel and Randy drove and we had Wendy's on the way.  The scenery was beautiful.  Just getting out of town for a few hours was refreshing.

My favorite picture

Black petunias

Yellow and pink petunias

My two favorite men

Watering the flowers was fun.

We called this turtle shell plant.

Very tall trees

Daniel taking a picture of me taking a picture of him taking a picture of me.

:)  :)  :)

Black and lime green petunias

Watering cans at the well in someone's backyard

The well was lots of fun.

That's some fancy landscape.

A bottle tree

Garden Marker Update

As previously posted, I made signs for the garden.  Unfortunately, they didn't hold up as well as I wanted them to.  So... it's back to the drawing board.  This time I'm going to try painting each sign with acrylic paint.  Hopefully the paint won't fade in the outdoors. Check back later for a progress report.

Sign first placed in garden

Before going to the garden

After a couple of weeks in the garden

Painted stick

Petunias

When first planted, the petunias were red and white peppermint and dark purple and white peppermint.

After growing together for a couple of weeks, the colors start to mix.

In some of them, the white took over.

Purple on white...

Or white on purple?

We never know what colors will be waiting in the petunia patch, but it's guaranteed to be beautiful.