I did not mean to leave you hanging, loyal readers. 

I was waiting for one of the key elements to bloom.

You can't rush mother nature. 

So back to the story....

My sweet husband cut a hole in the fence and put up this arbor.  We bought the arbor at Lowe's, normally William would build it himself, but we no longer live in the land of wood.  This was made of Western Red Cedar from Oregon.  We know well a timber industry that has tried to diversify from selling logs to well, arbors for one thing.

I think they did a really good job on this one.  It is well designed, simple and easy to put together.

The best part are these fast growing vines that are already heading for the arbor, soon to take over I hope.

Passion flowers, one of my favorites, this is one of 3 kinds planted near the arbor.  Not sure of the names, just love the flowers.  This one has many flowers already.  It was planted before the arbor in anticipation.

This one rescued from the nursery at Lowe's when we got the arbor, another passion flower.

This one is my favorite and the one I was waiting for. 

The man at the nursery warned me that these take over.

Great! 

Just the thought of these taking over makes me happy.

The star jasmine are blooming now too on the old arbor. 

The petunias are doing well too.

The colors on this one are iridescent in the sun.

Happy Spring!