Bless My Heart

 Y'all...  apparently I've reached that stage in life where my brain says, "I came up with a really great idea," and reality says, "Oh honey...no, you didn't."

For the past week, I've been patiently waiting on a delivery from Amazon.  I ordered these bright, cheerful flowers that I've been so excited about.  Every day I'd think, "they should be here any day now."

I've been checking the front porch, and even wondering if we might have a porch thief in our area.  

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...(because my past two weeks have been FULL)...I decided to check my orders. 

Y'all...Y'all...Y'all 😀😂

I NEVER even pressed the ORDER BUTTON.

Not once..not at all. 

So, I sat there staring at my computer, wondering if maybe the batteries in my brain slipped out and rolled under the couch.  How does this happen? How do you search and add to your cart but fail to press the order button?

Let's talk about why I wanted these flowers in the first place.  I had this brilliant idea (and I use that term loosely)...I was going to mix these colorful little blooms in with my foxtail ferns that are scattered around the pool.  My thinking?  All that gorgeous color with absolutely ZER0 watering.  

This seemed like a win-win situation to me.  

Low maintenance..High beauty...No hose required.  NO HIGH WATER BILL. Sounds like a great idea doesn't it? 

Can you imagine had I ordered them and placed them in the pots around the pool...Pure beauty!  But just yesterday after I realized I had not placed the order, it came to me, What would the hummingbirds have thought?

Those sweet things would be out there zooming in, doing their usual inspection, hovering over so delicately....only to find out they've been completely fooled.

No nectar, no reward.  Just a whole lot of disappointment.  

Now, I'm sitting here wondering which is worse....forgetting to place the order, or actually placing it and becoming the neighborhood hummingbird trickster. 

Oh the problems we create when we think we've come up with something so clever.  And what was I thinking when I thought this clever idea would work?  Did I forget that my foxtail ferns still would need to be watered? 

Bless my heart!  

Shug...

Always grateful for each of you!!