All I wanted to do was plant my lavender, but I took a tumble!

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous morning here in the desert and by afternoon, I believe it was about 74 degrees here.  I headed over to both Lowes and Home Depot to buy some plants for our railroad tie planter.  I wanted to get some for the bees and hummingbirds, so I bought 3 lavender plants, 2 yellow shrubs, and a couple of red things.  Oh, and some kind of little shrub I'd never seen before.  I noticed a hummingbird feeding on it at Home Depot, so I bought 2 of them for about $3.00 each.  Oh, and Lowe's had a 1 gallon bougainvilla for $3.00 with some frost damage, so I picked that up, also.  I also bought some 6 packs of stock and alyssum.

The previous day I had dug 4 spots along our rock pathway for a couple of lavender and 2 other plants.  I really wanted to alternate purple and yellow, so I bought 1 yellow daisy and something else with tubes.

Hum de hum...I was busy planting 3 of the shrubs when I went KER-SPLAT!  I forgot the 4th hole was there, my foot went in it, and I went face first toward the rocky pathway, just missing my head from one of the rocks there.  I threw out my right hand to protect my face and landed hard on my side.  OUCH!

I laid there for a minute or two (I was alone, at home, at the time) and my faithful black lab, Ripley, came over to see if I was okay.  I quite unlady-like got myself up, dusted off, and looked at my right hand. It was cut in two places and my knee was scraped.  I was a bit shaky, but basically okay.  I went and sat down for about 15 minutes and just listened to the birds making a ruckus over the bird seed.

I tried to lie down, but couldn't sleep, so I went back outside and attempted to clean off the front porch.  I did arrange our two red plastic chairs to get a good view of the bird feeders, then later I went out and put some nasturtium seeds and delphinium and baby's breath out in the planter.  I hope the damn dog doesn't dig everything up!  She's not much of a digger, however, so I think they'll be fine.  I'll go out today and take some pics.