Birds and Flowers

My current apartment comes with a little patio right outside my living room. It's kind of ugly on its own - the wood is painted tan and brown and is dirty and probably rotting in some places. Wasps live inside the railings and spiders just love all those little nooks and crannies out there, so it's not the most hospitable place to spend time. I can see it from my couch, where I spend most of my not-cleaning-or-cooking time, so I wanted to make it pretty regardless of the bugs.

[Brief side note: a huuuuge bug ran across the living room floor last night and really freaked us both out. In spite of searching (well, Justin searched - I was sitting on the couch with my feet up), we couldn't find it then, but this morning, I was it. It was a big light colored bug with long antennae. Thankfully, it was already dead when we found it, though Justin squished it for good measure. =P Anyway, this bug got in under the sliding glass doors. Ick!]



Anyway, I hung up a bird feeder in January and waited patiently for the birds to come, which they finally did. Then, when it got warm enough to plant flowers (which, here in Alabama, was in late March, and in fact people have pansies all year 'round), I did that, too. I have the blackest thumb ever, so I was careful to choose easy plants to grow. I also bought semi-expensive soil, trying to make it as difficult as possible for these flowers to die on me.

And here are the results!