Strolling through Lowes

Ah, spring! A little early and only lasts for a short while, but it's here. Florida works like this... 30 minutes of spring (defined here by a day that you can actually open up the house because it is cool enough and not too muggy), 30 days of spring/summer, which means half of the days require A/C and the other half require heat. Some days require both: cold mornings, hot afternoons. More like Sprummer.

Then 10 months of sweltering, humid, hotter than holy hell Summer (yes a capitol S... it's that hot) followed by 30 minutes of Fall... once again we open our windows. And then 30 days of fall/winter.  Or Fwinter. Yep, more days that are half cold, half hot, with mixed A/C and heat.  Not complaining really, just telling it like it is.

On my way home from work today, I decided to stop in Lowe's and look at the flowers.  I've been seeing them from the street on my ride home and finally took a few minutes to go inside. Good decision.

Begonias, bougainvillea, hydrangea, lilies, roses, impatiens, all in their beautiful spring bloom.

If I only had a green thumb. As it turns out, I can kill just about anything I get my hands on. If it isn't me that kills it, it's one of the bazillion idiot squirrels we have in our neighborhood. I watched one bite off every single bloom of our gerbera daisy a few years ago.  The disturbing part was that it didn't eat the bloom, it just bit it off and moved on to the next flower until one by one, that stupid squirrel reduced my beautiful pot of daisies to a pot of leaves and stems.

I almost bought some flowers today. Almost. I had visions of planting the little seedlings and brightening up my kitchen view. Instead I bought a sweet bird bath. I'll post that after I assemble and set it up.

Here are some more flowers to enjoy...

 Tulip tree

 Impatiens and begonias

 white bougainvillea (gorgeous) look at that hint of pink on the petals!

and pink and fuschia bougainvillea. I'm jealous of all you gardeners out there who can maintain a beautiful yard. Happy Spring to you. I'll stick to admiring your gardens.