The poppies have bloome

      

    I love Poppies.  I had some beautiful Salmon colored ones but they died out.  These have such vibrant color.

                     

    

    I wanted a japanese iris so I got these last year.  They didn't bloom last but this year they did.  I had forgotten what color I got.  I thought is was the blue ones but these are pale yellow.

               

  I will get a better picture of this tomorrow but this is a flowering maple.  This scraggly indoor plant looked terrible so I decided to let it die, but it refused to.  All winter it sat on my basement landing.  Occasionally my husband or I would put some water on it.  I tried pruning it back so it would be more attractive but it just always looked scraggly.  This year it is blooming again and the flowers are so pretty.  So it wants to live.  I will get a new pretty pot for it and give it another chance.

   

    

  Look what a week has done for my tomatoes.  I want to get some pepper soon and plant them in some containers also.  Easier on my back.