Hiding in the limelight

Cyrus asked me to stop complaining about it being too cold up here. He prefers cold and snowy over warm and sunny. My Limelight hydrangea is the perfect spot for both dogs to escape the heat.

The plants I am trying to grow underneath the hydrangea are none too happy about the intruders. All of the bleeding hearts died this year—the half that I just moved under there last year, and the other larger portion that for 10 years has been quite happy in the garden by the house.

It was just an unusually cold winter—frigid to warm to frigid—step and repeat.

I think the warm is here to stay (sorry Cyrus!). We are back to sitting in the backyard watching the beautiful June sunsets.