before & after

it was such a beautiful day yesterday--so warm & sunny that i decided i just had to be outside for a while.
so i went to our local nursery and loaded up on flowers to fill some of my sad, empty pots.
here are a few pictures...

i love this bicycle planter but it was looking pretty pitiful...

now, it's so pretty!
(pink ones are supertunias, yellow are gerbera daisies, purple are artist blue)

here's my big pot on the back porch looking sad and lonely...

now, doesn't it look like it's smiling?

(dracaenas in the back, orange hibiscus, blue daze on the left, scarlet verbenas in the middle, yellow melampodiums on the right, and lavender alyssum in the front)

i have the same pot on the front porch so i did the same thing to it.

this hibiscus was even bigger--i can't wait to see all those gorgeous orange blooms!

i also got a pretty yellow wreath for the front door.
doesn't that look springy?

after mckinlee & planted yesterday, we went for our first bike ride of the year and to play on the tire swing not far from our house.
i guess all the pollen in the air and the weather change that came through did something to her, because she is all congested and coughing this morning :(

now that i'm all ready for spring, it feels winter-y again.
(as my darling niece would say "yuckity!")

i will be posting more pictures soon of our flower beds that are getting a spring re-do
(and mckinlee just said to say that i will also be posting pictures of her & her new phone--when it comes in!)