Dahlias in Winter

Everyone is admiring the garden. Ever since we put up a fence, the peacocks have left the garden alone. The cats are a problem still but they have not ventured near the flowers. They prefer to scratch themselves on the woody stalk of my houseplants or to run up and down the moss stick used on the money plant.

                There are two of them.  Whenever a door is left open, they sneak in trying to find food morsel.

But enough about the pests.  The garden...this year we put dahlias and nastritiums and pansies and petunias.  The traditional winter fare.  We also got roses:

On the anvil is the traditional summer fare.  Sunflowers and Zinnias and protulacas.  This year though we are going to try tomatoes.  Keeping my finger crossed.