Howllow fellow basset hound and Zinnia lovers.  I had no clue howl much I love Zinnias until I was visiting a friend’s home last summer.  Back when life was carefree and nice folks visited for a spell and talked about flowers…Ahhhhh – the lazy carefree days of summer.  So, I made a mental note to follow her careful instructions.  She said, “I had a few packs of seeds and my husband just opened them up and dumped them out in the front yard.”  OK, that sounds like my kind of gardening!!!

Grandma and I made a *beeline to Lowes.  It was near the end of the summer so we were not going to plant them then but I wanted to make sure I did not forget about their glory so I bought 5 packs of the giant Zinnia seeds and tucked them away for 2020.

*The phrase derives from the behaviour of bees. When a forager bee finds a source of nectar it returns to the hive and communicates its location to the other bees, using a display called the Waggle Dance. The other bees are then able to fly directly to the source of the nectar, that is, ‘make a beeline’ for it.

I know I just posted this picture not too long ago.  Now I want to show you the Zinnias.  They are the grouping near the sidewalk with the semi circle of rocks around it.  That is 5 packs of Zinnias with some other old plant in the center.  I just kept it there.  It took about 4 weeks to get this much green.

In KY and maybe lots of places you never plant flowers or really anything til after Mother’s Day.  Grandma and I follow that rule pretty carefully.  Soooooo….

It’s Mother’s Day and true to form it is still chilly!

I missed my Mother’s day blog so – Happy Mother’s day to all of the residents of #bassethoundtown.  We had a lot of fun.  We have taken to calling the pandemic “the damn panic”.

So, back to the Zinnias – here we are at about week 6ish…

5 packs of joy…

Lookie we have a humming bird!  This one comes every day!!!

That was fun!  I never thought I would get to take a great picture of a hummingbird!

Now the Zinnias are getting even bigger…and more and more visitors.

Even the rare Grandma is sighted.  hahaha

This is in July – Gov Andy said we could go and visit Julian!  He is up at OSU getting ready to start Medical School.  OMGAWD!!!

This was taken a few days ago!  They are GIANT!!!

This was this morning!

You would not believe the wild life around them.  So far the insects have left them alone and for the love of DOG and all thing sacred the deer leave them alone!!!  Zinnias for life!!!

Daisy Lynn doing the Waggle Dance…

Here we have the Mayor watching her Mom cut some for the Grandma.

Whatcha think?

Who knew that 5 packs of seeds could bring so much joy to so many?  Crazy to think about it.  We love watching them grow and we have so many nice visitors.  Bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and lizards.  Our own little ecosystem.

More loving seeds later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB doing the rainbow waggle dance;)

 

 

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Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and wondering if we are all OK in #bassethoundtown.  Yes, yes we are.  Whew – ya never know now a days with the Covid 19 and the horrible way this has all been handled.  What a debacle.  What kills me is that close people I have trusted and respected for decades have fallen down a rabbit hole.  Makes me very sad and almost weepy.  But forge on we do.  Forging a new direction with new ideas and in some cases much enlightenment and less people.  One last thing on this mini rant – I wish the critical Father in the ICU with Covid19 some of that enlightenment.  His kid traveled to Florida with a large party group and contacted the virus.  He brought it home and gave it to both of his parents who blessed his travels.  Wonder if that kid thinks it was worth it?  Enlightenment vs entitlement???  That is the question.  Who has the answer?

Forging on…My blogging system was acting up, so if you were wondering that is why I have been away for a little bit.  I am back now with tons of notes all typed up but they are mostly old news now.

What is not old news is our very own Daisy Lynn turned 8 and as promised I have some really fun stuff to share with the residents about her.  What a blessing she is.

Entitled?

Maybe a little bit – Teeehehehehe…

More loving being back in full force forging forward forever…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB sending rainbow healing energy to all who want it!)

PS – Reported by Axios today…Sunday August the 9th…

As the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed five million today, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned that the death toll will “definitely” be between 200,000 and 300,000 by the end of the year.

The big picture: The U.S. has the highest coronavirus death toll in the world with over 160,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil has the second-most deaths with just over 100,000.

 

 

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