My Birthday Present

It is a wise man that buys his wife flowers. It is a wise husband of a gardener that buys her PLANTS.

'Pup and I used to have several members of our family that lived out towards Austin. This last month, the last of them came into Houston. 'Pup's older brother (challenged) had been living alone, but was lonely and wanted to be near family. He's now living with Pa-in-law and, we hope, they'll be able to continue to do so for a while.

But with that last family member, went the last chance to stop at all those little nurseries, art shops, antiques and other... interesting spots that we'd promised ourselves that we'd get to "someday".

Or, so I thought.

'Pup surprised me with a quick trip to Elgin (that's as far as we got for the day, it was brutally hot), where I picked up some plants at a couple of places I had really wanted to stop at for a long time. I wanted to post pictures of the places, but somehow, I just can't seem to get the pictures I want posted.. maybe another post.

At any rate, this is what we ended up with:

Plants tucked just about anywhere a plant could be tucked into and still allow 'Pup, his brother and I to still sit in the van.

These are part of the pictures of the nursery I wanted to brag about. I was able to get them loaded. Also missing is a picture of the bro-in-law. Sigh... another post.

Seriously y'all... Elgin. Main drag through town. You can't miss this nursery. The plants were healthy, numerous, varied and wonderfully priced.

I wonder if 'Pup would be willing to take another trip for our anniversary?

Ya never know!