New flowers

The powerful rain we got from the tropical storm really battered our marigolds. So we picked up some new flowers on Labor Day to replace those that died. The choices that were available were snapdragons and mums. We got some pink, yellow, and white snapdragons. We put them in last night. Once again, we were reminded just how buggy it is in our yard, especially in the evening (even when the sun is high). We got all the flowers in, but we also got several mosquito bites each, especially on our backs (I think they can sense our vulnerabilities), despite using lots of bug spray.



After we finished, Brian put out our sprinklers to water the new plants. He also tried to disuade the fire ants that recently took up residence on our front steps, but in response to his efforts, they started swarming towards the door. It was a heated fight, but I think we can conclude that Brian won, since there are many fire ant carcasses on our steps today.

Overall, I am happy that we got the new flowers in. I was startled by a toad who was nestled under one of the snapdragons (I found him when I pulled the flower out of its planter)--it was a big toad! He hopped off to hide in the bushes. Oh, along with the snapdragons, we also planted a bush with red flowers (see picture above).