More Clematis in Bloom

Yesterday I composed a post that was nothing more than a complaint, a complaint about those who talk on their cellphones in public places, causing the rest of us to learn way more about their private lives than we'd ever hoped to know.

That post was prompted by an incident in a shop on Saturday. Ken and I learned that the lady on the phone would be hosting a dinner party that evening, she and her husband would provide the pasta, the salad, and a bread to go with "that garlic stuff" that she'd just bought, and the guests would provide the dessert. Sounded like a nice meal, and after having to hear all about it, I sort of felt we deserved an invitation, but we didn't get one.

Anyway, instead of griping about things I can't control, I thought I'd show you my two purple Jackmani clematis vines, now in full bloom in my large flower garden.
They are happy little clematis vines, and they ask so little of me: Occasional watering if the ground is dry, some fresh compost in the spring, and bamboo posts to climb on.

That's a bird bath in the photo, too. It's a rock, of course, that originally sat in another spot in our back yard. When we put in the flower garden two years ago, Ken suggested the rock, with its natural "bowl," would make a perfect bird bath. So he hitched a chain to the rock and dragged it, with his tractor, to its new spot. I often catch birds frolicking in the water, thinking no one can see them.

I have two more clematis vines about to burst into bloom, so stay tuned.