Smiling Faces

Some folks say as opposed to tending a garden, if it came down to a choice, they'd rather have a cat or dog, whose cute face would be there to greet them when they came home. 

All I can say to those folks is this: Who says herbs, vines, plants, flowers, shrubs and trees don't greet you with a cute face? 

For example, just look at the face of the first flower produced by the new-comer to my garden, the Cardinal Climber vine (shown in the photograph posted above.)

This vine, as you may recall, dear reader was planted by Juan V —  just a week ago — which was discussed in blog entries that you may refer to by clicking here and here.