The "Garden"

This year, with my small flower budget, I decided to plant seeds.


This was a stupid idea.

Mostly what I got was a bunch of weeds. Although I did actually grow one portulaca... which M insisted on picking the blossoms off each morning. Nice.

Then, when I had GQ, I had great hopes that my flower/weeds would kick the dust before I returned. Sadly, they hung on through July and August due to some very (un)helpful rainstorms. So, I kept watering them. Not watering them seemed slightly like murder.

And I was not a murderer.

Then, in September, I decided it was Fall, and it was legal to stop watering my flowers. This argument has no actual rational basis, but I wasn't too worried about that. After I stopped watering my flowers, it rained some more. And then, this flower grew:



It's the only one I really like. I know, favoritism. What can I say?

Also, since I stopped watering my flowers, this monstrosity has begun to grow:

It has no actual flowers on it, so I've decided it must be a tree. (No, I am not actually that stupid. Come on now.) It has some buds, but despite the passing days, they never bloom. So, I am thinking I will never know what plant it actually is. Tragic. All of this has taught me one important lesson : NEXT YEAR I AM BUYING PLANTS!