Signs of Summer

About a month ago, I made 6 flower pots to put on my back patio and around the pool. Here they are when I planted them.

I am so happy they have really taken off and grown. A few of the flowers died and I will probably replace them if they have left bare spots. But I am thrilled they are still alive and looking good.

Oops, there are some dead marigolds I need to pull up and replace. I can't decide if they are getting too much water or not enough. Any suggestions?

Unfortunately, the azaleas are bloomed out. They went from this . . .

to this . . .

All a part of the life cycle.

Edited to Add:  I had this post in "drafts" waiting to be published for about a week. I forgot all about it. Since then my flowers have taken off and are even prettier.

I love summer!

Take care and God Bless.

Sunset and Gardening

It started raining here on Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock. It continued to rain off and on through Saturday morning. It finally stopped and this is the view out my window on Saturday evening.

And a couple of minutes later as the sun was setting. . .

My small raised garden plot.

It is finally starting to look like something.

This is the second planting of lettuce. It looks pretty sad, but hopefully it will perk up after being in the ground for a week or so. The first planting was enjoyed by some hungry animal. I think it was a groundhog because I saw one out in our yard one afternoon. But, we have also had 3 or 4 raccoons run over on the highway by the house so they might have been the culprits. We got a shock fence to put up to keep animals out. I just hope I'm not the one that gets shocked.

Take care and God Bless!