Monday Morning Coffee Time

Just getting my first cuppa this morning and looking out at the lush green that is starting to grow in my yard....

This is the area of the yard we call the B & B for the Birds......Bath and Breakfast

The vine behind the Birdbath is clematis and the plants in the front are Lambs Ear, very soft fuzzy leaves.   In about a week the Lambs Ear plants will have light pink flowers at the top of the long stems.

I got a hanging plant of pink impatients last week at Lowe's for $5.98 and divided up the plants in the pot to fill in around the hostas and ferns.  It's a great way to get larger bedding plants without the larger price.

I was so sad when I got my terra cotta pots out this year and my biggest one had cracked and broke....so I decided to salvage what I could and took the broken pieces and lined one of my other planters instead of using gravel for drainage.

   I took the broken pot and "planted" it in the ground, then filled it with annual flowers and covered the edges with some of the area gravel to keep the dirt from washing away.  I'll post more pics as it fills out so you can see the results of this experiment.

This is our first attempt at using the upside down tomato planters....looks like we have a good start, this is about 2 weeks after we planted the tomato tower.  I'll post more pics as it grows.

Purple Petunias

One of our resident squarrels, he just finished breakfast from the corn we put out for them.  I'm hoping this will keep them away from the bird feeders!

Hope you are having a great start to your week.  Check back tomorrow for some highlights on my newest Etsy Listings and tag design projects in progress.

Until next time............I wish you......Peace

Home Sweet Home!

I have been gone for the last week taking care of my elderly parents.  My mom recently had complete knee replacement surgery and my dad has dementia so it was a very busy week helping them move back home from the care center.   It's a 6 hour drive for me to get their farm and while I was there taking care of them I definitely had withdrawl symptoms!     As I said my folks live on a farm and....you guessed it.....have NO internet!!  It was a challenging week without my cyber friends, LOL! 

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who visited my blog while I was gone.  I was completely surprised to find upon my return last night that I had been featured on Karen's blog...The Graphics Fairy Brag Monday page.  Click HERE to see the post.  (Thanks Karen for the continuous supply of free graphics for use in our creations!!)

I have a few things to catch up on for the next day or two, but I definitely have some great things I made recently to show off and will be adding some new free graphics and new recipes this week.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I look forward to visiting with the newbie followers!

So.....until next time.....I wish you Peace....