Wheeling, feeding and weeding

Our little road trip today was productive.  I picked up auntie and we headed out of town to a funky little gift shop.  I was looking for something special for my Mom's BFF who is turning 80 in a few weeks.  She still loves to garden so I found a gorgeous bird bath with a glass bowl.  The bowl is designed with Celtic knots  which will make her think of mom.  I don't have a picture because the owner wrapped it up so nice for me.  But it's beautiful.  A little more than I wanted to spend but auntie decided it should be from both of us so she chipped in for half.  Yay!  I hope I don't forget to sign her name on the card..........hahaha, I'm just kidding  Then we took an old back road towards the shore to a favorite summer restaurant that serves the best fried clams in the world

After getting home I tried to decide what to do with my little front flower beds.   Last winters snow and ice busted up the rose bushes that were in front.  I tried to cut them back and revive them last summer but it was hopeless so I tore them out.  Now I need to plant something pretty.

See that bare spot where the brown tipped over pot is?  I would like to have something colourful that has blooms all season.  Any ideas?  I know nothing about plants.  At the very right edge of the photo is a yellow potentilla bush but it looks dead too.  But I think it looked like that last year and eventually was ok.  Fingers crossed.  

Abby is pulling hard to get at that one remaining daffodil.  She likes to bite the heads off.  She's killed them all but one 

Now it's time to relax with a cup of blueberry tea and some blueberry nougats.  Yummy