Then in the afternoon we went to "look" at furniture with no intention of actually buying that day. Well as luck would have it we didn't have to wait for our next paycheck to buy the furniture because they gave me 0% interest. I was going to just pay it off before summer but I decided since it's 0% interest, and the car is not, we are going to pay extra into the car and just do the furniture in payments. So anyways we got a nice big sectional couch, a king sized bed with a mattress free of springs (all memory foam and latex), and a matching trunk to put all our extra blankets in. I'm pretty happy with the stuff we got, it's comfortable and I can finally enjoy being inside the house without my back hurting from our miserable old couch, which was retired to the other side of the living room.
I also got our old queen sized bed moved to the guest room so now Hotel Alves is open for visits. It was a hot and muggy day so it was quite a workout getting everything moved.
Also on our list of activities. Flamingo Gardens had free plant day for members. We have been members now for 2 or 3 years and this is the first time I have got an ad for free plant day. I think the idea is genius. We paid 75 bucks for our dual membership and they gave us two free plants. Retail value, maybe 30 bucks. But they actually grew them there so it didn't cost them that and it lures people into renewing their membership every year in hopes that they will do this again. I got an almond bush, doesn't grow almonds but it has white flower spikes that smell like almonds. Natalie got this plant with fragrant purple flowers. I forgot what it's called but I have the card for it at home. Both of our plants attract butterflies. I'll post pictures after I figure out where I'm putting them. I'm thinking they'll make a great addition to my expanding butterfly garden which happens to be doing so good that a group of people stopped in front of my house yesterday to look at it.
I also planted a honey mango tree yesterday and a couple more papayas. I moved a couple of my pine trees because I think they were too close. After all the work in the heat I had to jump in my pool to cool off. The pool is feeling great this time of year and will be for another 7 months.
Some pictures I took Saturday morning. Pictures of the furniture and free plants on next blog.......
This is my frog pond. Nevermind the 3 pots with the weeds in them. One of the things I need to work on.
My lily pads. I thought I bought the one with the purple flowers, that is what they told me at Flamingo when I bought this in February. Turns out I got yellow. The flowers aren't as spectacular or big and they close a lot, but they're still pretty cool.
The little white flower next to it gross on my bog moss.
