The Death of our Poppies.

Years ago we were gifted some poppies by my MIL which we planted in the front garden, right in the centre because they were big, red, and beautiful. And then a few years ago I noticed this strange black sludge appear on some of the leaves. It spread to the flowers, and the stems, and across to all of the leaves, and then it withered and died in a puddle, and never returned. It was too late into the season to be from a late frost. It wasn’t from lack of water, or nutrients in the soil. I have no idea what did it. Last year our Peonies turned black and died shortly after developing flower buds which never opened. But, it has returned this year, better than several years previous. How odd.

I’m still sad about the poppies though. They added not only additional height, but a pop of colour, and a different textured leaf too. We are very green and purple here. Not much red, orange, yellow, blue to speak of. I also liked that they opened fairly quickly but lasted a while when in bloom too. We do have roses in the fall, and Day Lillie’s, and actual Lillie’s but those are late summer blooms. The Dahlias will present colour well into October, early November if I don’t chop them down when cleaning up the yard in preparation for winter, and the falling leaves.

So I guess we do have some variations in colours, but not right this second is what I am griping about. I also need to do a few hours of weeding, but lack the motivation to do so. Perhaps on Sunday once this week is done I will venture outside in the morning and pull up weeds for an hour or two.

Hard to believe we have made it to June. Half way through the year! My oh my. School comes to a close soon and the kids will move up a grade each. They’re not so little anymore. I can still recall events from when I was in grade six. I think I remember stuff from before that, but I can no longer tell if those memories are real, misremembered, or manufactured due to repetitive dreams. Funny feeling that. Not knowing for sure if memories you think you know are even real. Ha. So odd.

Lots going on around here this week. Stay in touch. Ciao Bella!