So I’m going to try a little series here while I’m working full-time hours without much time or brain space left to post as much as normal. A simple joys Saturday post. The idea came from this fortune cookie paper: 
I can’t promise every Saturday but I’m going to do my best. Each Saturday, I plan to share a simple joy (or two or three) from my week.
And of course, if you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you can guess this week I’m starting with the front porch and flowers! These bright pink petunias greet us as we come and go up the porch steps:
Here’s a little view from my front porch bench where you’ll see another pot of pink petunias. The pink petunias are a summertime favorite of mine.
They are called wave petunia and I believe the color is “bubblegum.” They are a bright pink that fade to a light pink after blooming. You have to remove old blooms from petunias to keep them going. These flowers will last until and maybe a bit beyond our first frost!
It brings me joy and I find it soothing to pick the old flowers off the petunias to keep them going. And I also enjoy getting up extra early so I can get out there and water my flowers before work (very important during a heat wave).
Surprise Flower!
The main simple joy I want to share this week is my surprise sunflower! Surprise flowers make me so happy. By the way, if you scroll back up to the first picture of petunias, there’s a surprise dianthus getting ready to bloom in there. Just noticed it!
I didn’t plant this sunflower as I have terrible luck with sunflowers despite them being one of my summertime favorites. It just showed up in the garden area at the edge of the driveway and fits in as if I planted it there.
It hasn’t bloomed quite yet but it’s getting closer. 
Summertime flowers always bring me joy.
What simple things brought you joy this week?