. . . bare . . .

. . . it's nearly the end of june . . .

. . . so ~ the party's 

pretty much over . . .

. . . gone are the pink geraniums 

and alyssum . . .

. . . and . . .

. . . AND . . .

. . . adding insult to injury . . . 

. . . my valentines day topiary 

got crunchy and died, too . . .

. . . bye bye to this view 

from my front door . . .

. . . no more 

overflowing flower pots . . .

. . . i was fully prepared to toss 

all these plants today, also . . .

. . . but yesterday, 

my home teachers 

talked me out of it . . .

. . . saying they still look great . . .

. . . i'll take their word for it, 

for now anyway . . .

. . . they ARE green, but . . .

. . . as soon as the flowers open, 

they fry . . .

. . . we'll see how long 

i can keep the ivy alive . . . 

. . . because it's no fun 

to be out there watering it . . .

. . . oh, well . . .

. . . only four months 

'til i can plant again . . .

{i learned a valuable lesson today: 

five weeks is too long to go 

without balancing your checkbook. 

that's two hours i'll never get back. 

and please keep your quicken comments to yourself. 

i'm old school. 

the end.}

{it eventually balanced ~ to the penny.}