Hotter than the dickens

It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional.  ~Robert Brault,

 Yesterday, I decided that instead of fretting and mulching and watering and sweating, I would do something fun.

Knockout rose that gets no attention.

Same bush, pale petals and dying leaves, wow

 My garden is my favorite teacher.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon,

 

My red Knockout rose. I have to move these plants to a friendlier location!

It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening.  You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.  ~W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, 1936