ah, much better!

as promised, my mom came by last evening while the kids were at VBS, to help identify flowers & weeds :0) she got us started (our downstairs neighbor, chris, came out to help me - he's a really nice guy) and then left us to finish.....it looks SOOOO MUCH BETTER! being the perfectionist that i am, i'll be back out there this eve to get the tiny weeds that are still lingering....but boy, what a difference! no where near the amount of seeds & bulbs that we planted are growing (i guess that darn crab grass did smother out a bunch), but i'm still happy with what is growing.....in amongst the ones that grew from seeds/bulbs, i've also transplanted 3 mother's day plants (although only 2 made it) and 2 plants that have come home this week from VBS.....please don't ask to me tell you what's what - if it doesn't have a bloom on it, then i've got no idea.....i'm just glad that it's no longer a "weed bed"! and there's still tons of room to plant more here and there.....it WILL stay looking this way from now on - that's a promise! thx again ma!!! :0)

blooms getting bigger
red ones about to pop too
and new ones will be showing their face soon
a mother's day plant from jaden that's still kicking! :0)i found a tenant living in our "weed condo" ;0)
i love praying mantises
the praying mantis is blurry in this pic (he's looking at me, on the left), but look at that hot bod in the background! ~teehee~
some more critters.....there's 2 in this pic - can u find them?
one of the 3 flowers that i'm most proud of growing! ;0)