Oh DEER.... And, The Saga Of The Weird Hydrangea

Hi Sweeties!


Oh my gosh..... I can hardly believe this!


My sweet and adorable Hubbs bought me TWO Limelight Hydrangeas for my birthday.


I was soooo ExCiTEd...


I love that yummy springy green, don't you?

We live in a little town.


We DO NOT live in the country.


We do NOT live in a forest.


We do NOT live with wildlife.


However.


It seems we've been having some visitors in the AFTERNOON.


DEER!


And, they decided to EAT all the tops off of my new hydrangeas.... A new PeeGee too...


And, went over to my porch.....rambled on through the shrubs and ATE

the tops off all of my geraniums too.



HOLY MOLY!


So, now my question is....


I know enough to fill a thimble about hydrangeas..... I can grow 'em, but don't know about the "old wood" VS: "new wood" business.


I just know all of you smarty green thumb chickies will have the answer for me.



Are they going to be OK?

Ok...........here's question number 2.



How the heck did this happen????


Yep, they ARE two different hydrangeas.... I have them all across the front of the house.


BUT.


I have NEVER planted a lace leaf hydrangea.


Not that I don't think they're pretty, but I had one at my old house and always wanted those big 'ol mop head ones.


Honestly, I'm going to go through some pictures, but I KNOW it wasn't there last year.


Another mystery at the Cottage.


Have a wonderful day DeAR OnEs...


xoxoxoxoxo

Spencer

Silly Deer.

A Little Old Town Tour For You! :-)

Is this the cutest darn garden gate? It even has a door plate? Wow!

These homes are in my daughter's neck of the woods here in the Northwest. It's not the architecture of the South or the East Coast, but soooo pretty, I think!

You can click on any of the photos for a bigger shot!....you know you want to! ;-)

This home belongs to that lovely gate...............dreaming of that wall and landscaping........ :-)

I'm in love with black shutters!

Mmmmmmmmm......aren't those the prettiest windows???

This old gal needs some TLC, but my daughter and I both just love this home!

This home is enormous!!!! And, many of these homes have a view of Puget Sound........YUM!

High on a hill with a beautiful view.......

I always think it would be fun to live in a place like this! :-)

They just don't do windows like this one any more, do they??

Just look at all the detail!

A more modest home, but still.........way bigger than Bellamere Cottage!!! :-)

Something is just WRONG about that apartment building.....

Stately!

Wooops.........didn't seem to get the close-up shot even near the "full" shot.....sorry! It's sooo big and part of it is cut off in the snap too! YIKES! Hmmmm.......I'm thinking I'd have a really big sewing room in this one!

Doesn't this just make you smile? It was soooo cute!

YUMMY!

Cobblestone and two different kinds of brick........so pretty, but they're pretty darn bumpy!

Gosh, I wonder how long ago this was planted! HUGE!!!

So crisp and clean......I loved the little trees on the porch and the black shutters........little Bellamere Cottage has black shutters too! :-)

This is my very favorite. It looks so dear, doesn't it? This little gal has it alllll! Well, except black shutters!

My daughter and I both love to drive around looking at homes.........I always wish I could go inside. What kinds of treasures to they have? How is it decorated? YEP....that's why I LOVE blogging..........I get to peek inside so many of your homes. It's so much fun to see all the darling little ideas you gals come up with. It's like a dream come true......without having to knock on doors and ask to peek!

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday.

Blessings and hugs,
Spencer