The second home on the Garden Walk tour was entitled “Survival of the Fittest”.  The home itself, a lovely Tudor, had a sordid pastalleged to be the hangout of Roger “The Terrible” of the Touhy gang, Touhy apparently being a Prohibition-era bootlegger according to the owners.  I guess I never even thought of the origins of some of the street names before, especially Touhy.  This was a lovely garden setting, one which the owner states is still evolving. 

The Rose garden.

This was the only home that labeled the plants, this was a wonderful idea for us novice gardeners.

A really pretty granite fountain.  Very tempting to the kids and I am very glad I stopped Francesca before she took a sip.  A few minutes later we saw the homeowner pouring bleach in it.  Can’t be good for the birds.

This was a very large puddle on the way back to the car.  See the yellow thing in it?  Wait, let me get closer.

A bit blurry as I was trying to stop Francesca from running into the water to get it.  It’s a little yellow rubber ducky.  Too cute.

At this point, Ross had tuckered out from the two gardens we toured.  We promised him one more and then we’d drop him off at home, as dad would be home by then.  This seemed to placate him.  For now. 

When we get to house three, things take a turn.  I’ll be posting house three on the tour shortly.