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We're moving to a house (aka I'm getting a yard!)!!

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I am so excited, we are moving to a house! We won't own it, we're renting, but I am still so excited.  I'm going to plant my own hydrangeas and california poppies!  Since moving here I can fallen in love with the vibrant orange of the california poppy, aren't they beautiful? Source Breathtaking aren't they?  They grow wild here just about anywhere it seems.  I've seen them along the side of the road, at Mount Pisgah in the parking lot and in people's yards.  I only found the name of them yesterday after I searched "orange wild flower" in google images.  Beautiful. If you follow my wedding blog you may have noticed my love for hydrangeas.  These beautiful flowers get their color from the minerals in the ground, so the same plant may have different colors from one year to the next, or even better, within the same bush.  My favorite are the blue and purple colors (especially the one below that is also mixed with green), however I am a h...