Fun Tree!

 On the way into Hays,

along Highway I-70,

there is a hill.

And on top of the hill,

there is a tree.

It is a VERY large tree!

And it looks, for all the world,

like a buffalo!

Isn't that the coolest???

Since I first saw this one,

I've been noticing lots of trees around

that kind of look like that.

Rod and I saw one waaaaaay off in the

distance on our way to the butcher yesterday.

It was too far away to get a good picture of though.

Also, speaking of plants.

Last year I "chaos" planted the flower bed.

All that means is I dumped all the seeds

from the various seed packets into a bowl

and then sprinkled them liberally on the dirt.

There was this one plant that came up.

The leaves kind of looked like a squash.

And since we had random squash coming up all

over the yard (remember the spaghetti and

zucchini from the chickens?) we just let it

grow, not knowing what it would be.

Well, it turned out to be nothing.

And when I cleaned out the bed last fall,

it was still green, so I left it.

This spring it was still alive and started to

grow and then got these big buds on it.

Kyle and I decided it was likely some sort

of weed and considered pulling it.

But I didn't. No reason. Just didn't.

And it's a good thing!

It turned out to be a DEEP purple hollyhock!

There's another tucked in the bachelor buttons,

it has buds, but since it is so shaded, I don't know

if it will do anything.

We think that's why last year it didn't bloom.

It was buried deep under the zinnias.

But this year it got a head start!

Pretty, eh?

I also tucked some tiny little pansies under the

bachelor buttons hoping they will shade them and

keep them cool enough they can continue to bloom.

So far it's working.

I forgot to take a picture and I just watered out

there, so everything is wet.

Anyhow.

I'm nearly finished with my computer tasks this 

morning, (bill paying, ordered new garments,

some phone calls... that sort of thing) and now

I'm going to get dressed and head to the farm

to do some more weeding (shocked, I know...)

before it gets too warm.