Lazing Around

It's the second night in a row that I've crashed on the couch right after dinner, and due to iphone malfunctions (mostly my fault) I didn't wake up as Keith called me on his way home from work. Sadly, we missed the opportunity to go out for drinks, but I'm hopeful for tomorrow night. It's a three-day weekend with Memorial Day on Monday (I always feel sinful for not being patriotic), so tomorrow we can go for drinks. It's been so long and a proper celebration for finishing school is in order.
On my to do list, is read more books. I've been consumed with text books, so I haven't read for pleasure in a long time, and with all the books that are on loan from friends, I still feel like I haven't had time to choose anything I've picked myself. Maybe it's better this way. I'm not sure I possess the creative decision making skills necessary for choosing a book right now. A lot goes in to selecting the right book to read--especially the right summer book. It's got to have a certain tone and setting. Movies are like that too. One of my new summer favorites is Little Children. Here's somehin gso romanticly nostalgic

Garden Time!

I love this perrenial mix because it is infused with color and there's so much texture and varying degrees of height. I recently picked up some shade-loving perrenials (sadly my garden is part sun to mostly shade). I decided to be a little adventurous and chose some unknowns. Jacob's ladder in "Stairway to Heaven" (yes, like the song) and I'm thinking of using it as a border along the terracing beams that Keith just "installed". I'm hoping they'll be happy there. I also bought a pink geranium and some other small blue perrenials to put around it. I wish I had written down their names! Finally, I chose New Guinea impatiens in "cherry cream" for a container planting.