Saturday, May 8, 2010

Trying some flowers! (& an award!)

So today I took some of these...


and planted them in all of these...!

(No, not my sneakers!)

The big bag of mixed flower seed was given to us as a gift, and I bought the marigolds and cosmos at Lowes today with some potting soil. I've never planted *anything* before, so I'm excited to see how these turn out!! (Hopefully good!!) I've got them in a good spot for morning sun and will be watering them every morning when I wake up. So ... fingers (and flower stems) crossed for me! I'll keep you posted on my flower progress. :)

I planted the marigolds in the big brown pot, the cosmos in the green one, and the mixed in the two smaller ones. I chose marigolds and cosmos because I read that they were good 'beginner' flowers, and do well in containers. Lets hope so...

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In other news --

I recently received this award from the awesome, bomb-tastic Shelley Ann at Painting the Memories! Yaaaaaaay!! She's an awesome gal who writes some really fun blog posts and has just done an awesome book review on The Lovely Bones... go check her out! You won't be disappointed!! :D

The rules for this award are -

*give this award to 10 (I'm only going do 5 - me too!) sweet and friendly bloggers
*make a post about the award including the picture and mention the person who gave it to you
*put the award on your blog
*let your nominated 10 (5) know you've awarded them by leaving a comment

I'm bestowing upon these five lovely blogs -

Sunny Sweet Pea
Me: Daily
From Lazy to Lady
Have We Met?
Teasingly Diverse

Yay for weekend awards and good stuff! Speaking of weekend stuff... I hear Matt in the guest bathroom with a ratchet and some other tools... argh... think I'll go investigate this a little bit! ;)


5 comments:

Amanda said...

aw, THANK YOU lady! :) happy weekend! hope your flowers thrive.

Gnetch said...

You didn't get the award I gave you! I'm gonna steal your alcoholic beverages now!!! *gets a cab*

Haha. Seriously, congrats. And keep us posted on those flowers you just planted. ♥

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

Fun! I'm horrible at plans and flowers but I always wished I was better because they always end up so beautiful. Happy weekend lady!

Gabby said...

Good luck with the flowers!

I'm not much of a green thumb. I kill many plants.

Shelley said...

youre so sweet!

and i really hope your flowers turn out bomb-tastic! :)