Hello, friends! I hope you are having a good weekend. Today turned out to be warm and humid, but it was beautiful this morning. We had planned to have a dinner party this evening, but the guest of honor is ill and had to postpone. We are praying he and his family recover and are […]
The front yard is in the height of daylily season. If you are local, feel free to come by and look around. We will be open for another plant sale tomorrow, Saturday. High for the day is forecast as 68*. Unbelievable for July. Most years, DH is digging plants for the sale in 90+ temperatures. […]
I thought I’d catch you up with what I’ve been doing. I had taken several days off from working on Putz houses while I was busy with other projects and decided to get back to work this week. I like to upcycle used Christmas cards in a lot of my Christmas crafting. They make great […]
We have discovered a new recipe which everyone in our family enjoys. It’s called Spicy Creamy Tomato Pasta. I found it on the Spicy Southern Kitchen web site. Her recipe has onion and garlic to cook, which I know would make it all the more wonderful, but we are going for an easy recipe for […]
All those cute little bottle brush trees I have are just begging for a topper. Sometimes I add a bead, sometimes a star, sometimes a pip. What’s a pip, you say? A pip is a floral embellishment, used in artificial flowers as the stamens. You can buy pip covered wreaths and garlands, or bundles of […]
I have lost track of the number of people who have walked through our garden and then said, “I thought daylilies only came in orange or yellow!” Here’s proof they come in many colors… Let’s start with a beautiful white one with a lovely green throat. ‘Gentle Shepherd’ ‘Jungle Beauty’ is one of my favorite […]
This is a beautiful time of the year in our garden, notwithstanding the summer heat. The daylilies are blooming profusely. The breeze sends their sweet scent across the garden. This evening was a beautiful time to be outside. The heat had let up a bit, the evening was long, and the bugs were not bothersome. […]