Firefly Petunia Hagging On

I first noticed it the other day when I was walking up the patio from raking the leaves. I saw pink flowers in the hanging basket that contains some of our firefly petunias. The pot out from had some flowers I knew because I saw them but I thought that the ones out on the back patio were long dead. The flowers stood out in contrast against ht mostly dead stems and few brown tree leaves that got caught among them. The sun was shining bright on them too. It was a really neat surprise to see that the plant had come back at least a bit. I went out this morning to have another look at it and I saw it still has a few flowers. By this time the tree’s and other plants are mostly bare. Our tomatoes are still hanging in there too though. We have had our first freeze and the nights are much longer now so it was certainty a nice surprise to see Mother nature doing what it has evolved to do. It hangs on. A long time ago I learned to try to look for the positive in the dull boring days. Seeing this…

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