I guess I jumped the gun on writing about the mailbox last week – it technically wasn’t finished. Monday night after work, the DW wrapped up the project with the finishing touch – planting some flowers in the planter box.

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For some reason, choosing flowers for our landscaping is normally harder than it needs to be for us. Luckily, we arrived at the green house 10 minutes before they were closing Saturday night and made a snap decision – sweet potato vines and pink snapdragons.

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We’ll see how they hold up under a coat of summer road dust.