hibiscus from heaven

The strangest thing...........I saw this plant growing in the garden.  I thought it was a weed... pulled one, left one (just in case).  The first flower opened, but I missed it.  I have been checking and today another bud was finally open.  it is in the mallow family.

 

I took some photos, and as I was posting to facebook...I realized....

this is swamp mallow....hardy hibiscus.  seems as if the ‘’swamp’’ variety of anything is hardy. strange that this is great for bogs and wet areas, and it is growing in a very dry area.. where I am trying to cultivate iris. 

My now deceased friend, Maryann, used to send me Hibiscus plants while she was living in Florida. Maryann died 2007.  I thought of ‘’pennies from heaven”.

I wonder if this is from her....

 

 

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I found a penny today
Just laying on the ground.
But it's not just a penny,
this little coin I've found.

Found pennies come from heaven,
That's what my Grandpa told me.
He said Angels toss them down.
Oh, how I loved that story.

He said when an Angel misses you,
They toss a penny down.
Sometimes just to cheer you up,
To make a smile out of your frown.

So, don't pass by that penny,
When you're feeling blue. It may be a penny from heaven,
that an Angel's tossed to you.

why i do not make dinner at dinner time.....between (5;30 and 7:30):::::

it was 5 p.m. Too early to start dinner, so I walked the dogs.  Afterwards, I spent a few minutes combing the picker stickers out of their ears and coats.  It was 5:40, still early. I decided to give everyone a snack and contemplate dinner. On the way back to house I noticed some weeds that could easily be pulled in the back yard, so I pulled them.

(walk, comb out picker sticker, snack, weed pulling)

I took pulled weeds, a good armful, to the compost pile. on the way home I came across a basket to use for future weed pulling. Picked it up and continued home to start dinner...On the way....I noted the same easy weeds on the opposite side of the dog yard..filled the basket to overflowing and walked back to the compost pile and dumped the basket. This time on the way back home I stopped to checked out some odd weed with big pink flowers..Mallow? (will try for a photo mid week.) looked at the tomatoes and cantaloupe in the veggie garden , and pulled a few more easy weeds again.  (Yes  and back to the compost pile.)

now I am home.. lost the bag of rice I was going to use, found it...and it is now 7:40..... 7:40!!!

just 10 minutes to cook rice, but it is now at 8:10. I have the beginning of dinner, garlic butter rice.... and nothing else.

.-walk, comb out picker sticker, snack, weed pulling 3 times, three trips to the compost pile. wool gathering (daydreaming) at the garden. finally at 8:10 dinner is started. notice I say started.... not finished. this is why I never have dinner ready at a decent time. just too many distractions in life.