Lazy Day

80*, feels like 79*, 20% humidity, WSW 11 mph gusting to 20 mph wind, fair

I didn't do much of anything today but COUGH. I coughed so hard my back is killing me now. I can't do a thing, I can hardly walk. This morning it hurt but not so bad. It was a beautiful morning and it was Garage Sale day in the community (We can have it one day a year) but I was sore then and didn't walk like I normally would of done and used the car to look. I bought only one thing, a peony division from some old woman for a quarter. But my real mission of the morning was to go to the farmstead to purchase a rhododendron for the garden.
I chose out Nova Zembla, a red with dark spots in the flower. I usually see the purple ones blooming around and this color struck a chord with me. I normally will not spend that much on a plant, I don't think I've EVER spent that much on a plant, but I think it is worth it. It is the last of my purchases for the year of the garden. I have WAY gone over the garden budget.

Yesterday I found a box on the patio, it is the Forever Pink Hydrangea I had ordered from Audubon Workshop when they had sent me the free coupon to try them out. I had already received one of the plants from them, it arrived dead. This one was poorly packed, but at least it is alive. It is tiny for the price they had listed it for......but maybe it will grow.

I have them all on the patio waiting to be planted, which I would have done if my back wasn't hurting. So they will have to sit in their pots until I am feeling better.