While snuggling with Miss Paige on Sunday we saw a commercial for the Tour de France. Our conversation went something like this..."Hey mom! I want to do that!"
Her face was all lit up like this was the best thing she had ever seen on television. She went back to being engrossed in the commercial.
After it was over she turned and said with a very serious little face, "You want to do it with me?"
Oh how John and I laughed and laughed... Sweetie, I'm definitely not up for the Tour de France today. I do hope that you keep dreaming BIG.
Promised to take her for a bike ride this week. I'm such a sucker for cute curly headed little girls.
What is a Green Wizard? Well it's a coneflower, Rudbeckia fulgida 'Green Wizard'. My favorite description reads, "This unusual black-eyed Susan is the black eye without the Susan!" I try to buy one packet of quirky seeds each year. I started six from seed. Two plants made it thru winter. We didn't have blooms last year but we do this year. The pollen will come off of the bloom soon and then I will enjoy this black cone for the rest of the summer. Here's a link to one of the many purveyors of 
So hope you enjoyed visiting my garden today.
Kate well she's just gathering bugs. She's knows beneficial insects and isn't allowed to capture them. Bugs.....good for hours and hours of fun.
Pretty little purple hot peppers on a compact plant...not sure on the variety(I'll double check tomorrow!) Peppers are about an inch long and each little plant produces a bunch. Okay I just can't stop myself from thinking this. Peter piper picked a peck of purple peppers. Glad I got that out my head sorry to put it in yours.
