Pretty pots and purple in spots

Sorry no posty post yesterday. What a day! Still working for that new client that hired me to find houseplants for every spot in her house imagineable! Yesterday was the end of the really hard stuff. I've had three VERY arduous days there. My hands are sore and my back was bothering me all night last night. Better today, luckily.

So I arrived there yesterday with two more ivy topiaries and a large parlor palm that I had to plant in ceramics that we had already bought. We also had purchased a very large ceramic pot that turns out? Wasn't nearly large enough for this enormous monstrosity that we had mail ordered for this spot in her living room. This thing was HUGE, I tell ya! A 7 foot tall lady palm that was easily 2.5 feet around at the base and five feet wide in its foliage. HOLY tree!!

Needless to say, I had to go buy the biggest pot they had at Marblehead Garden Center (and you'll be proud to learn that I did not buy myself one thing on that trip there yesterday!), and then drive back and then commence grunting and groaning to get the ding dang thing into that huge pot. Luckily, the husband was home and was able to help me carry the thing into the house. GOOD LORD! What a job! Ridiculous!

So that was yesterday. I was SHOT by the end of the day. Done. Finis. Over. Bye, bye. So happy to stay home last night with the dogs, watch movies and go to bed early! Dead asleep by 10pm. That's unheard of for me!

On Wednesday I did a boatload of errands and also did some shopping for two jobs! Whee! My upstairs neighbor hires me to do her planter every year - spring, summer, fall and winter! Love her! So, I did up her fall planter on Wednesday:She had seen a planter I did up for a silent auction for a local charity and asked me to do one just like it for her! So, I did!

She also asked if I'd donate something to an upcoming fundraiser for a friend of hers who is gravely ill. So, of course, I obliged:I decided to do one similar to hers just for the sake of ease; and it's just pretty, you know! I love that blue planter its in - got that on sale for $18!! What a deal!

Now, of course, I couldn't redo her pot and make it all pretty and then just keep mine by our back door looking all sad and scraggly. So, I treated us to some new fall goodies:

There are a number of pretties in there; variegated sage, variegated curly juncus grass, variegated sweet potato vine, a curly kale and a purple aster. I adore asters. They are the very best thing about fall aside from hot apple cider and cider doughnuts. MAN, do I love a good, warm cider doughnut fresh from the orchard place! I'm hungry, can you tell?!!

Anyway, I also bought a couple asters for each garden plot I have next to the back door, as well, just to spruce things up:
I just adore the frilly foliage and flowers. And, of course, they're PURPLE!

A random nasturtium has seeded itself in one of those same plots:Those round leaves are so adorable!

My eggplant is coming along:


And, still getting pretty hydrangeas:

Next time we'll take a look at the jungle that is our house! I got two more pretty plants for us when shopping for my client (of course!)...

Bye for now from plant obsession central! : )