Date Night is totally different now..

We have had a little bit of a problem with

~date night~

They have closed down

~Borders~

it was truly our special

~place~

I would read magazines for hours

 the Hubs would grab a book..

and we would both have a

~latte~

We could go any night of the week,

he always bought a book..

I rarely bought a magazine..

I always told him I was a

~cheap date~

he loved that about me...

Well what are we suppose to do now?

We  don't have another bookstore in our area

so what else do we enjoy...

plants!!!

We have been checking out the nurserys

in our area

for a place to call our own..

a great one is in a little town called

~Sumner~

this is where the Hubs grew up...

~The Windmill Gardens~

That's our cute little red car with the top down

well actually it has no top to put down, but

~remember we are on a date~

I get to go where I want and he gets to

get me there how he wants..

They have all sorts of interesting things there

Shopping within shopping

lots of good inspiration

A great little restaurant

Oh my this was good

On a date he will let me stop anytime I want

to take pictures of interesting stuff

Mt Rainier was out in its

full glory

he doesn't even holler to

~hurry up~

But this car has no room to bring home plants...

and they were a bit pricey...

again I am a

~cheap date~

Well yesterday

I took him out on a date

to the nursery I discovered recently

not far from our home

Rodgers Country Nursery & Gardens

One of my favorite gift stores

Country Wishes

with great prices

and always a big sale room

oh this place is heaven

They state that they were

~green, before green was in~

everything organic there

We were big Miracle grow users before...

now we know that our plants  will be

much better off and will last much longer

if we use organic

Remember Chris

..The gal who came out to help

us plant the fountain area

She set us straight...

 we are just so in awe of her

~creativity and knowledge~

yesterday while on our

~date~

we got some trees

from Chris

it was pouring rain so hard they spent their

first night in the garage

these are to go on the outside of the stone

at the entry

This winter the flax didn't make it

so we thought a short tree

on either side would

look nice

a Japanese dwarf maple

~acer palmatum kamagata~

is what we liked,

Chris agreed it would do fine there..

and not block the view

It will be bright orange in the fall

and not get any bigger than 4 feet tall

~Isn't this beautiful~

I can't wait for fall

So it seems

we have now found 

~our new spot~

and

 I'm not the

~cheap date I used to be~

I hope Tracy & Chris

don't get sick of us

We wouldn't go anywhere else

for plants, garden advice or

~date night~

Oh and they love our dogs..

~Bonus~