They Call them Winter Pansies

I’ve become aware of the fact that I can prolong the flower view just outside my kitchen window with winter pansies. The ones I planted in the Spring were quite dead with the amount of summer sun we’ve had, but I wasn't quite ready to have empty window baskets. I love how you can enjoy them from the inside as much or more than from the outside. So I went out to the greenhouse once more. The young lady there told me that this variety lasts the longest of all the flowers, even through some frost at times.
I was happy about that, since these window baskets are even kind of protected! Which reminds me . . . I didn’t tell you about something. After checking out several places and prices on a large porch awning, we decided to get a smaller (roller) awning where the BBQ is so that we can still barbecue in the rain. Then my H designed a few frames for two of the other windows and had them crafted by an acquaintance. Next he ordered extra material from where we got the one (real) awning and had the frames covered by someone he knew of in the tent business.
So, for less than the one large awning over the deck would have been, we now have a roller awning on one side of the patio where we can move the table under if we have to and a bonus of the two kitchen windows! With newly filled window boxes, we will see if we can enjoy the summer feeling just a little longer . . . even in the rain.