Our apartment complex had a whole "Resident Appreciation Week" this past week. Monday was "Try Your Luck", and everyone found a lottery scratch off ticket on their door. Tuesday was "Your Favorite Room in Your Apartment" contest, where you had to submit a photo and a writeup of why this particular room is your favorite--also had a $75/$50/$25 Visa gift card prize. Wednesday was "Best Decorated Balcony" contest, with those prizes. Thursday was "Breakfast Is On Us" day--we had to go to the office, in the corner of the complex, to pick up bags of yummy-licious bagels, cream cheese, and OJ. These kind of contests are fun, particularly when most people have been cooped up for COVID isolation.

Pudged wanted to know what I'm going to spend my prize money on. Heh-heh, it's already been spent! Happy Frog potting mix, 3 window boxes, 2 hanging pots, 2 fuschia plants, a pot of geraniums, and various other beautiful annuals. Two turnbuckles to hang the fuschia pots, nylon strapping to make the hangers, outdoor fabric and PVC tubing to make the sun screen and the parapet, plus a lot more I can't even remember. But it's worth it, as my garden was my sanity during this forced isolation.