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 We live on the Gulf Coast and yes, we're feeling a little wetish and blustery today. Sally's eye crossed over roughly 100 miles from us to the West. Even so, these things are wide. Pensacola is 67 miles away and they're suffering too much water. It's astonishing the difference 67 miles can make. Also the most important thing around here is drainage for large amounts of rain water. Older developments & sub-divisions frequently were built without much attention to adequate drainage, so two neighborhoods in the same area came suffer differently if one has better drainage planning then another. Roadways through town were reworked over the past 10 years for that very reason--- better drainage. Today's Garden Pic photos: I saw this Purple Shamrock with a blossom perfectly centered in the leaf and took this photo. Garden Flower Arrangement: Next, I had this Lavender color Glad randomly decide to bloom this week, so I snipped it and put it in this vase with  lavender t...

It's supposed to thunderstorm later this afternoon/evening, so I've been mowing the front yard. I did the back on Memorial Day. In fact, I spent 3 hours working outside. Not just mowing, but I had around 9 hybrid day lilies that I needed to move to sunnier locations on the south or east beds. They'll be happier.  Day lilies prefer a good amount of sun. Today, now that mowing is done, I want to work on moving some of the Bugleweed to a shady back bed. (I'm on lunch break right now.) Today's Garden Pics:  First: What I See When I Look Out Our Sliding Glass Door: This beautiful, huge Curly Parsley with the Red Salvia behind it! So pretty! I have an arrangement of 3 pots on the patio, all with herbs and either red Petunias or Red Salvia or both in them. There are two types of Parsley : Flat & Curly. I like the Curly because it's showier! In the deep south, Parsley winters over. I planted this one last spring. Parsley is a bi-annual, meaning...