Tuesday, July 24, 2012

home again...

This is a quick post to say "welcome"
to my new followers...
I hope you enjoy reading my blog
and I will return a follow, if you have a blog, too!



I am back from vacation... I had a great time,  catching up with my family and some friends...
Lots to do here with my garden
to catch up on that...
Very hot and very humid today...
have to keep coming in to cool down...
'Til next time, 
Love ya,  Jean

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Independence Day...


Please make it a safe and happy one!

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Saturday, June 23, 2012

This week in my garden...

Let's take a look at what is in bloom today...


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Daylilies and Campanula...

Rudbeckia...

The orange flowers are coneflower~~Hot Papaya...

This is a Flower Carpet Rose "Amber". 
It is loaded with flowers now.

I matched my chair pads to the flowers...

Dusty is enjoying the nice weather...

I am, too!  I've been spending a lot of time outside...

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean


Thursday, June 14, 2012

My flower Garden...



I've been sick for about two weeks...
They said I had pneumonia at the hospital, but then when I went to my regular doctor for a followup appointment, he said he did not see any pneumonia on the xrays... So, whatever it was, it sure kicked me in the butt...

But I'm better now and feeling like I need to get caught up on all the stuff that I wasn' t able to do when I was hacking my head off...  hahaha

Here are some pictures of my garden now...


I love how it is so full and colorful...   Love it --Love it!!

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The pink ones are called Silene....

Closeup... also called Catchfly...

Corespsis (yellow ones) and
Rose Campion (white)

These are all perennials that reseed themselves, so there's not much work to them, just pulling them all out when the flowers are finished.  When these are finished there are lots more to finish out the season.  Did I say I love my garden?  I live for this all year and I'm so happy when it is in all it's glory.  And so am I...
'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Garden Pics...

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Looking from the street
up into the flower garden...

An Azalea with "Dancing Butterflies" Peony
on the right
and Purple Columbine in the forground.

This is a closeup of the Peony.

There's lots of flowers on the
Water Iris this year...

This Bearded Iris, the white one,
was a surprise this year!
The purple ones smell like grape Koolaid!

This Rhododendren is huge
and will be cut back when it done blooming.

Johnny Jump-ups are also a nice surprise. 
This one grew right in a crack by the walkway.

I hope you have a wonderful week.
'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Friday, May 25, 2012

A puzzle for you...

As you all know, I am into quilting lately...
I found this cute puzzle
and thought it would be fun
 to put it on my blog...
If you like puzzles, try this...
It took me 12.08 minutes...
Can you beat my record?


'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Front Door Hanger.....

I usually have a wreath on my front door...
Then i saw this picture on Pinterest...
I liked it and thought I could try and duplicate it...
I found a child's umbrella at the thrift store...
and came up with this...
It cost me 99 cents, as I had all the other stuff...

Here is my inspiration...

I love stealing others ideas!!!   Lol

'Til next time... Love ya,  Jean