Passion Vine Flower

Good morning Bloggers! 

I wanted to show all of you these beautiful purple flowers that grow on a vine along the fence line in the backyard. It's called the passion vine flower, I think, or at least that is what all the Google searches have led me to believe it is called. Here's the picture.

Gorgeous!

I love them! We first discovered them last year. Brooke, my middle child, found them actually. She picked one off the vine and brought it in the house to me. I asked her where she got it from and she showed me. I couldn't believe it! There were TONS of them! And they were all just beautiful! I don't know where they came from. We had lived here for just over year and never saw them before. I'm so glad they came back after Winter. Especially since my black thumb had nothing to do with it!

Also, I wanted to let you know that our second sunflower has gotten its' first bloom of the season!

It's so pretty! I'm so proud!

We haven't had any of the other sunflower seeds that I planted sprout, but I know it should be soon. Don't worry your pretty little head either because you know I will be posting photos and tracking the progress for you all to see. 

Alright. That's enough rambling for now.

Have a great day and a safe weekend!

Must be doing something right!

I'm so happy to inform you that one of the seven pots I planted sunflower seeds in has sprouted!

First signs of life!

I'm so excited! I can't wait for the others to sprout! I really thought it was going to be like another week or so before we could see any action, but I am glad that we don't have to wait much longer!

As, I have said before, Take that Black thumb!!

Flower Power

I am so proud! The rose bulb that I planted is really starting to come up! Which of course makes me super excited because, just like with the sunflowers, it was basically just a seed and now it's getting so big! I love it!

Also, this morning when the kids and I were heading out the door for school, Brooke noticed that I sunflower had lost its petals and she was upset about it. I told her it would come back though, which made her happy again.

Our second sunflower is getting ready to present us with its first bloom, but the other flowers in the garden don't seem to be doing as well. It's kind of hard to tell really. We all know I'm no expert in the area of gardening. I am very proud of what we have accomplished thus far though. So are the kids, especially Brooke. She's such a flower child.

Also, here is a pic of the sunflowers I am helping Paige grow.

Paige is very proud.

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Take that Black Thumb!

In general, I suck at growing anything beautiful in a garden. I try, really hard, but somehow for some unknown reason - Everything ends up dead. It's really quite sad. However, my mom gave us some sunflower seeds and what do you think happened to those poor defensless seeds? They grew! Hell yeah! And they are still growing! One of them has what appears to be the makings of a beautiful flower on it! It's so exciting!

 So I say, "Take that Black Thumb!"

 Here's a pic so you can see how tall they have gotten.

And one so you can see the magic that is taking place!

The kids have been so great at helping to make sure we water the plants everyday. Brooke is especially excited to see one starting to bloom. And everyday after school she reminds me that the flowers are as tall as bean stalks! God she is too cute!