Unpleasant surprise

Just pulled up in front of our house, and the three hanging plants closest to the street are gone. Abby said "Maybe Daddy put them somewhere else to do something with them." But, I think they are just gone.

Now, that makes me want to move the stone bench away from the street. It's right at the front of our yard. Jordie put it there even though I asked him not to. It's the one from my parents' house on Barth Avenue.

We can put one of the other benches right by the street -- one that does not have any sentimental attachment.

Honestly, I feel like sending a message to the neighborhood listserve, saying, "If you see some yard that suddenly has a glorious, big, red geranium and another of purple and white petunias...they're ours!" But, of course, I wouldn't do that.