A $2.00 purchase at Dollar Tree is acceptable. Red, white, and blue flower leis to decorate the wrought-metal “tree.” However, too much money was spent at Tractor Supply and Lowe’s. I went to Tractor Supply for Mealworms for the Bluebirds… and was forced to linger for about forty minutes because torrential rain. With all that time…, I browsed the aisles and found numerous items “on sale” –and succumbed to the temptation. See the wind chimes?! I love wind chimes!!

More planter soil from Lowe’s–and a couple of planters I’ve had my eye on. ~~ Almost everything is still in the car because weather too nasty to unload.