Happy Little Flowers!

Sunday we spent the day working on the yard.  Our back yard is a mess due to dog traffic, and a busted sprinkler system, but thank goodness for handy friends, we'll hopefully have that fixed by next weekend!

I finally got to plant my flowers in the planting beds.  Mom and I had gone shopping for them last weekend, but I needed some time and good weather to get them in the ground.  They're still pretty little at this point, but since I got an earlier start this year, I hope they'll be big and brassy in no time!

This is the back yard area that Charline and I got set up last year.  Unfortunately, none of my perennials came back this year except the Hosta.  We're not really sure what happened, but hopefully we'll have better luck this year.

I love the pansies with the "faces," and anything in unusual colors always catches my eye!

Gerbera daisies are the best!  I love how big and bold their colors are.  

Riley wanted blue flowers, and I found these awesome bluish-purple pansy!

Hopefully this foxglove will return next year too!

Some patriotic petunias.

Ok, this is one of my favorites.  It's called a Rattanya, and mom and I couldn't believe the shape of the petals.  I actually took a pic with my phone and sent it to Charline to ask if that's what they were supposed to look like.  I think they look like they come from another planet.  The purple is almost neon in the way that it glows, and the petals look like tentacles.  It's crazy!

More pansies!

And gerberas!
I'll post more pics as the flowers fill in.  I love watching them get all full and crazy.  Hopefully we can keep the dogs out of there, and get our grass fixed up to get the whole back yard looking spiffy!