Garden Tour

Is it really any wonder?

My love for gardening and nature started as soon as I was born, so it really is no wonder I love it so much now.


This is me in front of my Grandma's Tuberous rooted Begonias bed. It also contains snapdragons and petunia's. I think this was 1967 - I was about 4 years old. This was on the farm where I grew up next to the old farm house.

I love this picture of myself walking near the crick where we would go fishing in the Summer. This was down the hill from the house.

Just feeling a little Nostalgic this week.

Join us for a wonderful walk

This is a Summer Tanager. GORGEOUS bright red.

Scott turning I-Bird on to see if we could get an Indigo Bunting to come close enough to photograph but they are just too timid.

I love how this walk twist through the woods.

Woodpecker Activity - they must have found some wonderful bugs

NOT my friend - Poison Ivy

The brown you see on the plants is residue from recent flood waters.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I hope that all the Mom's out there have a wonderful day today~

We had a wonderful Anniversary yesterday and neither of us can believe it's been 28 years since we said "I do". We went to the State Farmers Market and bought some plants - peppers, tomatoes, yellow squash and flowers. I got the flowers set out along the garage and the squash plants set in a recently harvested garlic bed last night. After a quick trip to Lowes in a little bit we will be planting out the rest of the vegetables. Back to the garlic - WOW~! BUMPER CROP! One bed covers the table on the porch. We will have to set up the boards across saw horses again this year and may need to set up two sets of boards to handle it all during it's drying period.

I bought a special dog comb and worked and worked on Bernadette's ear last night and got all the matted hair off from them. She looks so cute. Today I am hoping to get the ones off her legs with Scott's help. She is such a wiggly thing and gets put out with me. We just can't afford a Groomer to do it and she needs to look at least semi-cute... after all she is a Cocker Spaniel. I'm going to do the best I can with what I have for n ow but would like to learn to groom her better myself. I'll save a fortune and she will look pretty. I also bought a spray that helps loosen the hair... both the comb and the spray were a LOT cheaper than a trip to the groomer.
Of course Amelia got jealous and I had to brush on her some even though she has nice short hair that NEVER gets mats in it.


Last night after we got cleaned up from yard and dog duty we went to Cafe Strudel for an absolutely wonderful meal! And a slice of Chocolate Fantasy cake was split between us... OM-GOODNESS! That cake is AMAZING!

We were both off work on Friday so that is when we really started celebrating our Anniversary; dinner last night was just the final "celebration" of the day. Friday we went to a couple of our favorite places...

Scott wanted a Vintage Truck magazine and I got some non-melt suet for the birds.

We had an AWESOME lunch at True BBQ

 We also stopped at Jo-Ann's so I could get some floral papers to make my Mother-in-law a card for Mother's Day. It's a pop-up card...

We will be dropping it off in a little while. I hope she will like it.

That is about all the "news" from our corner of this GREAT big World... HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Forever and a day...

That is how long it feels since I last wrote a post. I've been working some insane hours since Sunday and not feeling well on top of that. Feeling a bit better but not 100% yet. Still have some nasty stuff coming out of my lungs but at least it's moving out. Scott has been to the Dr twice in this week for his Bronchitis but I have been trying to get through it on my own with OTC meds. Only 2 more days of work for both of us this week as we are taking a long weekend to celebrate our 28th Wedding Anniversary. It's hard to believe it's been that long all ready. We were so young... and thin back then.We haven't really decided what we will do but Iannucci's in Ashville sounds pretty AWESOME. Friday if the sun drys things up a bit we HAVE TO mow before  the NOISEY Neighbor turns us into the cops for our grass "being too long". I keep wondering what she would do if I tilled up the entire front lawn and planted a wild flower meadow.

Spring? Illness

It certainly isn't feeling very Spring like here today. I'm having to wear jeans and a pull on sweater over my t-shirt. Scott is quite ill with Acute Bronchitis and I keep having an occasional coughing fit that feels like it is on the verge of bronchitis as well. But I simply don't have time to be sick so I am trying to not give into it and telling it to "back off".

I went out earlier today to get a few groceries but didn't stay gone long. Now I'm BORED!~

Pictorial of whats in bloom and "doing" in my yard!

We figure this is the "Garlic in Charge" since it is the largest one out there and in a bed of his own.

Collards - like Zombie's but won't eat your brain.

Garlic Soldiers

FABULOUS Primrose!

I just love their happy little faces!

Purple Iris under the magnolia tree

I need to plant MORE Iris - LOVE THEM!

Old Thyme rose that was here when we moved in.

Yellow Iris by the garage door

Honeysuckle on the neighbors fence.

Blackberry "Promises"; aka blossoms

The last Azalea to bloom in the front yard.

Even in it's dry state this Hydrangea has beauty.