I got to get out of the house for a little break this weekend and bought my very first mum of the season. And I say first, because I am sort of obsessed with buying mums in the fall.
I always buy a mum with just buds on it, because in my mind it will last longer if it's not in bloom yet when I buy it.
So much for that theory. I bought this on Friday and took the picture on Monday and in that short time it felt the need to get all perky and bloomy.
Thank you all for your comments and well wishes for my son this weekend. The good news is that it looks like I don't have the dreaded pink eye after all. Yee-haw!
And the even better news is that my son is feeling much better now. So much so that we took him out to a local Labor Day weekend festival on Saturday.
In the rain.
Looking back, probably not the best idea to take a kid who was getting over ear and sinus infections out in the rain, but we were all pretty stir crazy at that point. I may not have to find space to display my Mother Of The Year award after all.
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend.
Cottage Dreaming
glad your kiddo is better...love the mum...I love them too....have to get some this weekend if i see any here in Oklahoma 🙂
Olive Cooper
Great you do not have pink eye and your kiddo is better.Pink eye is terribly contagious. I like mums too but am resisting because I have enormous begonias still in my planters. Do you plant your mums after the season? Joe planted ours last year and they bloomed all summer. I ignored them because they were way on the hill but good save by Joe. You are always MOM OF THE YEAR for me lovey.
Kim K.
Yes. You are always Mom of the Year. I'm glad you were able to stay pink-eye free. I'm ready to rip out our window boxes (honestly, it's Chris that will be doing it). Bring on the Mums and all that's fall!
Debby
Glad that Max is feeling better. I always get pink eye is anyone near has it and I get it bad. So glad you didn't. The mum is so pretty.
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
Your mum is gorgeous, Pam! I've been putting them out...love mums in the fall! Glad to hear you don't have the dreaded pink eye...
Debbie
Your mum is very bright, and pretty.
I never did get "mum" of the year...that's okay, my kids never complained, and they liked me anyway.
Glad you don't have pink eye...euw.
xo
Happier Than a Pig in Mud
I picked up a mum this weekend too! The petunias HAD to be replaced. Glad to hear everyone's doing better:@)
Shabby chic Sandy
I need to get Mums or something--I am still keeping my petunias and pansys and a few other things blooming--but soon it will be a flower graveyard around here.
Glad Max is feeling better!
NanaDiana
LOL- You would just spray paint that Mother-Of-The-Year award and turn it into a planter or something anyone-who you kidding?;>)
I have always bought mums like that,too-budded but not blooming. I quit after I got the wrong color ones two years in a row-they were NOT marked right-UGH-
Have a great night- xo Diana
Joanne Noragon
Stir crazy trumps pink eye any time, and a good time was had by all.
Vickie @ Ranger 911
Aaaa, rain, cold weather, etc. None of that stuff makes you sick! It's the germs and they are out there lurking even on the most beautiful day of the year! I'll bet it did your son more good to get out of the house. You too!
I yanked out my straggly annuals today, but no mums for me yet. I'm finally enjoying my morning glories!