Today was such a nice mild summer day, which made it a perfect day for painting on my back patio.  I have been working on my little patio garden and found a couple new plants to liven it up including this pretty one!

Of course its no surprise I was drawn to this funky planter as stripes and bright fushias are my faves.  I found it at our local Home Depot and just had to have it.  Last year our patio had a lot more flowers, herbs and I tried growing a variety of veggies.  Unfortunately we had a problem with pesky little squirrels stealing our veggies and burying them in our planters.  I don’t think they liked the habanero peppers though, because we often found those tossed into the driveway off the porch.  Anyways this year I decided to go much more simple with just a few festive flowers to brighten up the space.

Pop of bright red with some Gerber daisies!

I love how it looks like there are purple hearts inside.