Do You Need Another Flower?

Discovered this delightful perennial Phlox at the farmer's market. I need another flower like I need another hole in my head, but this beauty queen somehow found her way into my car and later into my garden...

So, I'm pacing around the barn yesterday, marveling at how a horse will stand still while she's getting a new pair of shoes. Did you know that they nail horseshoes right onto their feet??

I'm a cowgirl wannabe. I know just enough to be dangerous when it comes to horses though I gotta say... whoever first experimented with the idea of nailing shoes onto a horse's foot must have been a real, true psychopath.

And, the first horse to ever get shoes? Well, she was far too obliging, if you ask me.

Annuals aren't in the budget but when it comes to flowers, I have no pride. I can't remember how I suckered Wunx out of these Geraniums. I'm just glad I did.

The horse shoe guy (as you would probably expect) is kind of an oddball. But I had to laugh when I read the front of his t-shirt: "I don't need another horse. I don't need another horse. I don't need another horse..."

Wild Asters and Goldenrod signal the change of seasons.

Plug the word flower into that statement and I suppose you've pinpointed my passion.

I was emailing an herb gardener this morning and that got me thinking about all sorts of new excuses to dig in the dirt ~ when just 2 weeks ago I announced I was done for the season!

False Sunflowers (perennial Helianthus) and Baby's Breath are lovely, late season bloomers.

So, back to the matter at hand...
Do you need another flower?

Let's approach this rationally. If there is a spot left in the yard where you have not yet dug a hole do you really need me to enable you on this subject? :)