The Pansies Are Back!

I adore pansies

And they adore the prairie

Except for summer

When it is far too hot 

The back flower box can be seen from the breakfast room

And pansies are always planted there

For pansies always make me smile.

But come summer, the pansies must be replaced

An I usually plant begonias

Begonias don't bolt, if they don't get watered every day they're okay

They like our summer heat.

This year, however, I planted

petunias

They were pretty when they were first planted

When it wasn't too hot

And it wasn't too dry.

They bolt and get too leggy

I've stopped planting them

But somehow, this year, I had petunia amnesia

Sigh

But the winter pansies are at the nursery

And so I bought a flat

To replace the petunias in the back window box

(I love the autumn shadows on the back of the house)

And with a couple of leftovers

I pulled the petunias from this pot

And replaced them with pansies.

There is something comforting about pansies and fallen leaves.

After pansy planting,

A girl needs refreshment

And since it was half past three

I put the kettle on

And with a wee bouquet of pansies that I picked from my just planted plants,

I decorated the table in the breakfast room.

Since I was celebrating pansy planting,

I used the china Spode Camilla with the gold trim

And since it was fall, the nosh was pumpkin bread

Old fashioned pumpkin bread

Just pumpkin -- no raisins, no nuts

my grandmother's recipe!

Pansies planted

And admired both inside and out

And a cup of tea to warm one up.

For it feels like fall on the prairie this weekend.

The duvet has been put back on the bed!

It's good to snuggle under feathers!

It's Monday and I'm sharing my window box transformation with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Met Monday and my tea with Yvonne at Stone Gable for What's On The Menu Monday