Spring came early to the Midwest. And we got cocky and planted-up the slope next to the lake house. The one we’ve been prepping for the last few years. Yup, by the end of May, we’d planted 110 prairie perennials + 1 annual that I couldn’t resist (a corkscrew plant, which Laura has in her Mobile courtyard as an perennial). And weren’t we so smart to get a head start on the season. Outsmarted — outstarted? — is what we were. To keep the wee plantings alive through the many, many droughted and 100+ degree days, we drove the four hours to the lake house house in the country every. single. weekend.
Except for that weekend when we went to Mobile and I got jealous about Laura’s perennial corkscrew plant.
Anyway, this weekend, we think we have a guest who will take over the watering.
Isaac! Where ya been?
All summer, we’ve invited him to visit. Stay a few days, just once in a while. Nope. Busy. But this weekend, he’s planning to blow into town for a couple of days, so we gave him the keys and said to stay as long as he likes.
Sorry, Gulf Coast, but…
ginnygram 