We had a really nice sunset this week. I took this picture so the tree would be in it. I just liked how it looked.
The next day at sunrise we had a lot of clouds and it rained all day.
Back in October in this blog post, I told you how a woman destroyed my daughter's garden and killed her Sunflowers. Well, one sunflower plant survived and this is what it looked like last month. The new maintenance/landscapers kept messing with her garden and actually pulled some plants up that were in the garden and took the leaf blower and blew the crap out of her garden before I got out there and yelled at him to stop. A few weeks later he came back by doing the same thing so my daughter sat outside and when he tried to hack up all the green stuff from around the garden she asked him not too and she sat there to make sure he didn't. Then she expanded her garden to encompass all the green stuff that was growing around her garden.
This is what it used to look like. Just one fence length in the back by the table, all she did was add an extra, small fence length to the back (now there's two of them) and put the fence length at the end so it's more of a rectangle now rather than a square.
This is what her garden looks like now. She added a flag that she got for Christmas too. There's a bunch of arugula growing in her garden right now.
Management hasn't said a thing about her garden and they've seen it and stood by it looking at it. So I don't think they care. Hopefully people around here continue to leave it alone for the most part.
The garden looks really nice. I hope people do stop messing with it.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too.
DeleteWow that little green spot looks so great in such a short period of time. Just shows your daughters got a green thumb and cares. Precious came home yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that.
DeleteWhat a struggle to have a little garden! Fight the good fight.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part people leave it alone but Shasta is a jerk.
DeleteWell done, your daughter. Maybe others will follow her example - that would be nice.
ReplyDeleteThat would be nice.
DeleteI think the little garden is CHARMING! May it flourish in 2026!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteThese photos are lovely, Mary.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year and I'm off to bed on New Years Day.
Happy New Year.
DeleteFor goodness' sake, why is that guy so adamant about obliterating the only patch of greenery in your barren courtyard? especially since the management people don't care?
ReplyDeleteOn a side note - happy new year!
I have no idea. Happy New Year.
DeleteThe restored garden looks great. Yes, hopefully nobody else will try to ruin it.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI like the garden.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThe first picture is a stunner. Boo for people messing with the garden but it's great one flower survived.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThat garden is like an oasis!
ReplyDeleteit's sure growing a lot after the rain we had.
DeleteI love taking pictures of sunrises and sunsets! We have some really pretty ones over the mountains.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing them. You should post them.
DeleteThat's a good idea!
DeletePS: I just realized I wasn't following you. Fixed it on Bloglovin'. :)
what a beautiful garden patch! It looks cheerful and I'm glad a sunflower is showing off!!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeletePretty sky and a pretty garden!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteEverything in our garden is dead as it has been minus five or six over night so it all froze.
ReplyDeleteYeah I can see where that would make things stop growing.
DeleteGod forbid someone wants to add some color and flowers to an otherwise dead looking courtyard. Her garden is lovely. I hope she's able to keep it without anyone messing with it again!
ReplyDeleteRight? lol
DeleteHello Mary.
ReplyDeletePretty garden and I love the sky capture.
I wish you and yours all the best in 2026, a happy and healthy New Year!
Thank you so much.
DeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteSame to you.
DeleteHappy New Year to you! Really enjoyed the first picture. That struggling garden - I do hope people leave it alone. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThat's a nice looking garden. Hopefully nobody will mess with it. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteGosh, I hope so.
DeleteThat picture is great. I hope your daughter's garden continues to thrive. Yikes, some people can be terrible about destroying other people's work.
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes they can.
DeleteYour first two photos are breathtaking, Mary! Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteWow! You have taken some amazing photos of sunsets this year. I think that first one is incredible.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteBeautiful sunset and sunrise pictures. Lovely story about the resilience of the sunflower plant, the little garden, and gardener.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that.
DeleteThank you for being one of my incredible friends who light up my world. May 2026 bring you, your family members, and relatives in the U.S. endless joy, unbreakable health, boundless success, and love that overflows. Here’s to new beginnings, bold adventures, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Cheers to us let’s make 2026 unforgettable! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteWarm greetings from me in Indonesia.
So happy to have found your blog this year. I hope you have a great year.
DeleteI'm so happy we connected this last year. You create the best posts especially rat day. LOL Wishing you and your family the very best for 2026.
ReplyDeleteI am too. Thank you so much, I appreciate that.
DeleteThese are lovely photos :-D
ReplyDeleteThank you, I hope you are better.
DeleteThat's a great photo! Are those actually fireworks? Glad the garden got restored too.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, those are fireworks. My camera doesn't take great night pictures. lol
DeleteLovely photos
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