A Dose of Silly and a Dollop of Sweet

Since I am always so serious and scholarly
in my blog posts, today I've got my silly on.

 :-P

Or rather, I'm borrowing my daughter's silly.

Among the tourist pictures Alida and Josh snapped

on their honeymoon in China were some choice signs.

No frolicking?   Those Commies are such spoil sports.

This sign was in the hotel shower.  Alida no longer thinks the "hot" cautions on coffee cups are the dumbest warnings in the world.  Really -- do people need to be told that a shower floor might be wet?

Photographic evidence of our honeymooners being disobedient Americans.

Really?  Those spoilsport Commies strike again.

Now why doesn't Elizabeth Arden have this sign in its front window?

I'd hate to see a 1-star rated potty!

I guess it's not copyright infringement if you call him Spoony?

And who wouldn't want to have a meat patty that explodes in your stomach?  Mmm mmm good. 

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And now for something completely different!

What's hiding behind those bloomin' Rose of Sharon shrubs?

Deep pink, light pink, and white blossoms --

Rose of Sharon is also called Althea bush, and Chinese Hibiscus.

It's tough as nails, and we have zillions of them,

growing along the stone wall at the edge of our street.

Peek-A-Boo!

That Old House is hiding behind the Sharons.

Anne took these shots from street level, looking up at our house.
Would you believe I almost had all these

bushes yanked out last year, until the landscape guy said,

"Ummm. . . don't you want to keep all the Rose of Sharon?"

I do like how the white house peeks through the softly colored blossoms.

It turns out, yes, I did want to keep them once I knew what they were!

They bloom midsummer through the fall, in lovely shades of pink and magenta and white, and from the looks of the picture, below, there are loads of buds still to open!

I am still surprised to look up at our house, and see that it is white.

But I am so glad that it is.

Even if it's just so that the fresh white paint
looks good with all those pretty pink flowers!

While it was tempting to have the Rose of Sharon
yanked out last year to expose

all of the lovely stone wall, I'm glad they are there to dress up

the front of the yard with their crepe-paper-y blooms.
Especially since not a heck of a lot else is blooming right now!

Happy Wednesday!  -- Cass

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