Flowers always cheer things up

I've never had my 'own' yards to plant flowers in, and well technically I still dont, since we are renting and the yard is so small, there isnt even really anywhere to plant flowers. There are a couple pretty Rodies in front of the house, but the rest of the "free space" is so old and dingy looking. But I decided that i would clean up tiny little area by the front door and plant a few small flowers to make it look a tad bit better :)

Last weekend while Kelsi and I picked up those basil and catnip seeds I also bought Black-Eyed Susan seeds. Those are the state flower in Maryland and I thought it might be nice for Brandon to have little reminder of home :) Plus, they're cute.

So I bought a couple little garden tools, a hand shovel and little hoe thing, and some potting soil and also three things of marigolds. I know, how boring, but I love the yellow to red tones and I think they're cute. So today I finally got myself out there and cleaned up the gross ground and added clean soil and planted all the marigolds and the black-eyed susan seeds among and in a line behind the marigolds. Hopefully it will all work out and they will grow, im not the best plant caretaker so I'll learn as I go, but i'd love for them to live!! :D Here are some before and after pictures...


This is the sad little aread before..

And this is after, not the most amazing thing but definitly better, and hopefully even better once the other flowers start to grow..