Random Shots

Our Grand-loves off for an adventure! 

And now they both started kindergarten. 

The last of the hardy hibiscus. 

Parsley & Petunias 

My thrifty find of pottery! 

Moonlight wrapped up for viewing! 

Tomato harvest ... again! 

Fried Green Tomatoes ~ hubby's favorite! 

I've been busy but I'm back now.

The first thing I planted this spring 

was a small bunch of carrots.

The weather held up nicely so ...

I built a new rock garden around 

the old stump from our ugly tree. 

A little rhubarb custard pie was in order

and another one is in order today! 

along with a little bird watching. 

This yellow-rumped warbler 

really enjoyed his bath. 

Then I headed to the garden 

My love, built me some more 

raised boxes (makes a total of 8) 

and then we decided 

to extend the 

garden and add a trellis for

cucumbers and squash. 

I helped! 

Look close ~

 I transplanted those carrots! 

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The poppies opened the past 

few days! Enjoy! 

Monarch Butterfly About to Emerge

(click on pictures to enlarge)

Our good friends have a monarch

butterfly about to emerge

 she called to see if I wanted to take

some pics and of course I did

 its hanging off their

topsy turvy planter

Note the changes in the

following two pictures

the colors in the wings are showing

the emerging seemed to slow down

so we wandered around the yard

 I'm still snapping pics of course

 I love the ducks on this fountain

and the old wagon wheel topped

with the vintage window box

 and as we strolled along ...

 she found a new chrysalis

hanging on the garage wall

 and the remains of last years

hanging on the house

 after an hour of waiting, I headed home

Enjoy the remainder of the summer

the bees sure are!

Tomorrow I will check the progress on the butterfly.

The little prarie garden

A few weeks ago my husband mowed the lawn. It's been so hot since that it is now drying to a crisp.  At the time I told him that I would mow inside the little

picket fence. But then I noticed the daisies were about  to open, and I do love daisies so I let it go. 

I told him that I was going for the the 'prarie garden' look. Do you think he believed me? lol

As I was typing this entry the skies

 opened up and we are having

a wonderful, much needed rain!

~ Thanks be to God. ~

Grab Your Sunglasses

A daylily extravaganza

is going on at our place! 

Wrecks gone wild!

This little garden sits on the backside of our lawn. It edges up to the wild property beyond. When we first moved here I had some plants given to me but no place to put them. So I tucked them into this area as we were working on flower beds, garden, yard work in general. Then I started rescuing broken but still cute enough to look at  pieces. I tucked tree branches through the holes in the benches to keep them in from blowing over in the wind. The little bench in the front is on its last legs but so far so good.  And I just added an old cracked planter and transformed it into a bird bath with a gold pan we bought with us when we moved down from Alaska.

And wouldn't you know it, all the plants I tucked away in there temporarily started growing and sending up babies.  So it became a little sweet spot in the yard and now I don't have the heart to move any of it.  It catches my eye from every window on the backside of the house.

I Love Rocks

  I love rocks. 

From my childhood on

I  had to touch them, admire them,

love them. And now I have

rock gardens,

with even more rocks

 in my rock gardens. 

Overkill ~ I think not! 

this is one of my favorites

it reminds me of a shell

 Last springs' rock gardens

 My Dad loved rocks too ~

He split the rock with the stripes for me.

They are my absolute favorites!