THURSDAY IN THE GARDEN WITH DANTE: IN THE EVENING

Today, Dante is going to show you around the front garden.  Last week mama planted some flowers in pots, then she added the kitty birdbath, and the rest of the garden cat ornaments.

"These are de urns on da front steps.  Mai brudderbean, Ryan, giffed mama dese flowahs for Mudder's Day, and she took dem outta da big pot and put sum in dese two smallah pots called urns."

"Mama put out her garden cat ornamints, too, but she sais I am da best wun of all!"

"Heer I am on de rite side of de garden.  Mama took dese pichurs in de evening, so da lite casts purrty shadoes.  You kin see de weigela bush blooming wif brite red flowahs."

"An' rite in front of da weigela, mama plantid dese dubble impatience in a big flowahry pot.  Sum of dose impatience is red, and some is wite."

"Den I went to de udder side of da garden where mama plantid more impatience -- dis time pink an' wite ones.  She also putted sum purpull petunias and sum loebelia in dere."

"Den mai sisfur Domino came alonged, but I tole her dis wuz mai gig an' she shud scram."

"Mama tooked a shot of da whole leff side of da garden.  You kin see the urn on da front porch, an' da hangin' plant (da flowahs is jus' startin' to bloom in dere).  An' you kin see me gardin' da pots on da walkway -- but bestest of all is da kitty birdbaf.  It dubbles as a drinkin' bowl when da wedder gets reel hot!"

"Dese is just sum of mama's garden cat ornamints.  She's got moar, but we saves dat fur anudder day."

"Speekin' of ornamints, I mus' now purrform mai ornamintal dooties."

"See me posin' wif da posies?"

"An' heer I am feelin' a liddle blue -- cuz it's de end of our garden post for dis week.  But I'll be back again next Tursday, doan worry!"

"An' jus' wen I fawt it wuz over, wun of mai woofie furiends, named Rascal, camed ta visit.  We jus' chatted fur awhile an' den his mama said dey hadta go home."

"See ya next time, y'all!"