It was my day off today. A gorgeous, warm sunny day with temperatures in the high 70's. The flowers are in bloom and there are colors and blossoms everywhere. And the most amazing thing is that I just noticed that my camilla is in full bloom. I bought a tiny camilla bush at the Philadelphia Flower Show five years ago. I absolutely fell in love with its gorgeous red blooms. So even though I knew it couldn't make it in my growing region, I decided I would simply consider it an annual and enjoy it. I put it in the ground and it survived. Twice it set buds in late fall, but frost came before it could bloom. And still it held on and grew. And today, I walked over to that part of the yard and was amazed to find over two dozen blossoms and buds on it. Absolutely gorgeous!