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My husband has been reworking the fountain we have in our back yard. He raised the base and repositioned the whole thing a bit, adding new plants to soften its look; the bottlebrush was already there, but he added three hibiscus plants. One gives peachy-orange blossoms, one yellow, one red; unfortunately, right now they’re regrouping for a new blooming spurt and don’t have any flowers to show you.<\/p>\n

I guess we’re not the only ones who are happy with the new arrangement, however. \ud83d\ude09 Bisou has discovered that she can now get at the running water, since the new height means that the plants don’t block it any longer. She popped right in for a sip or two as my husband was making sure everything was running as planned. LOL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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