Need I say more? ~~Rhonda 🙂
Archives
Categories
Links
Meta
April 2026 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a few hosta pictures
May 14, 2009 – 9:43 pm
At the front of the house…the hosta is ‘Blue Cadet.’
Left to right: ‘Royal Standard,’ ‘Frances Williams,’ and ‘Spritzer.’
On the opposite side of that same bed, this newly placed bench is a nice resting spot.
Back yard
The large hosta in the picture above is ‘Samurai.’
‘Squash Casserole’
‘June’
‘Fried Bananas’
Hostas under the big oak in the back yard.
~~Rhonda
more flowers from the garden
May 12, 2009 – 4:04 pm
It’s a busy time in the garden right now. Lots of flowers, lots to see, lots to do!
This old fashioned yellow iris is a great performer in the garden. It will bloom continuously for a long time, filling the iris beds with large areas of color.
This large white iris was given to us by our friend Liz, many years ago. We call it “Liz’s Big White.” 🙂
!['Liz's Big White' [GN]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3496591765_a31e67993b.jpg)
The first daylily to bloom this season is ‘Bitsy,’ a small yellow one.
The hosta ‘Candy Hearts’ is sprinkled with the last of the dogwood petals.
The peonies have started to bloom. This is ‘Honey Gold.’
‘Shirley Temple’ is a very pale pink peony.
Peony ‘Krinkled White’ is one of my favorites. The petals look like crepe paper.
We don’t have many rabbits in the yard, thankfully. The cats keep the population down. But this one has taken up residence in the front yard.
We are preparing for a church picnic at our house on Sunday. Lots of yard work to do. We shall see if the weather permits us to get it done or not! DH and our nephew did get the fenced garden mulched, inside and out. It looks so nice!
That’s one of my favorite places to sit in the yard.
You can enjoy more gardens at Bloomin’ Tuesday at Jean’s place.
~~Rhonda
menu plan monday ~ may 11, 2009
May 11, 2009 – 1:27 pm
We had a great weekend, with company that came Friday evening and stayed until Sunday afternoon. DH’s sister, her DH, their son and his wife and two children were here. Sunday we added DH’s mother, our son and his wife, and a niece. It was fun to have company and we were thankful the weather was good! It was the first time DS and DDIL were introduced to the baby raccoons.
Buster is the larger of the two raccoons and he always gives a few big yawns right after waking from a nap.
They both have a soft heart for baby animals, so I was glad we could keep the raccoons long enough for them to see the babies.
Next Sunday, we are hosting the annual spring picnic for our church family, so it will be a busy week of getting ready for that. The menu is fairly easy and we are able to enjoy greens from the garden now, so lots of fresh salad will be enjoyed.
Monday
pulled pork
homemade buns
veggies / dip / chips
Tuesday
salmon
baby baked potatoes
asparagus
corn
homegrown salad
Wednesday
pizza
Thursday
chicken in the crock pot
mashed potatoes
peas
corn on the cob
homegrown spinach salad
Friday
tortellini with chicken
homegrown green salad
focaccia
sugar snap peas
Saturday
fridge food
Sunday ~ Church picnic at our house
potato / sausage casserole
roast beef
steamed green beans
apple cake
You will find more menu and recipe ideas at Menu Plan Monday. It’s a good week to check it out, because Laura is hosting a giveaway. To participate, visit her site and post your menu for the week. You will be eligible to win a prize. See her site for details.
~~Rhonda
Mother’s Day bouquet
May 11, 2009 – 1:05 pm
The bouquet for church this week was full of ‘Miss Kim’ lilac and several kinds of peonies. It smelled SO good! I also tucked in a few sprigs of honesty. The green seedpods looked nice with the pinks and lilacs of the bouquet.
‘Miss Kim’ is a late blooming lilac (our latest) and it has petite blossom clusters. So pretty.
Our peonies are in full bloom and, along with the irises, are a beautiful sight. If you’re in the area, drive by. Better yet, stop in. 🙂
It amazes me how well they hold up under high wind and torrential rain such as we had Friday morning.
I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I certainly did!
~~Rhonda
rain!
May 9, 2009 – 12:44 pm
Yesterday morning, the impending weather looked so bad that I gathered DD from school at 10 AM. We spent about forty minutes in the basement, just before noon, waiting out a tornado warning. We did get some high winds and there was some major damage south of us, but the only ill effect for us was a lot of rain. DD spent time in the afternoon playing in the puddles. After 5:00, we were outside picking up trash and she had more fun with all the water.
This shows you why a particular large project is on our list of things “to do.” We need to remove all the plants from this garden which sits in the center of the driveway, add a LOT of topsoil, then replant. The center of the drive is lower than that driveway. When we get a lot of rain at once, it puddles like this. Thankfully, it drains quickly, but what a mess until it does. The problem is a result of the age of the driveway. Over many, many years, it has had a lot of rock put on it and eventually the drive has become higher than the middle.
In the meantime, it’s a lot of fun for DD. 🙂 ~~Rhonda
baby pics
May 7, 2009 – 5:39 pm
The mother raccoon took two of the babies and left two. We are feeding them until we can get them to a rehab facility. The larger one weighs almost 15 ounces and the smaller one is about 11 ounces. We’re feeding them kitten formula.
Julie, as long as they stay healthy, we’ll keep them till you can see them on Sunday. 🙂
~~Rhonda
look what we found in our basement
May 5, 2009 – 9:05 am
Yup. Four baby raccoons. Had to have the furnace man come and extract them from the furnace duct! Now to catch the mama.
Yes, they’re cute.
No, we’re not going to keep them.
~~Rhonda
menu plan monday ~ may 4, 2009
May 3, 2009 – 10:32 pm
I hope we can fit in more of this during the week:
Monday
hamburgers / homemade buns
celery and carrot sticks / dip
grapes
Tuesday
tortilla pizzas
Wednesday
tortellini with asparagus
homemade rolls
sugar snap peas
Thursday
Baked Spaghetti
rosemary focaccia
peas
corn
green salad
Friday
spicy shredded pork (I make it in the crock pot.)
homemade rolls
spinach salad with strawberries
corn on the cob
Saturday
fridge food
Sunday ~ Mother’s Day
grilled BBQ chicken / pork steaks
coleslaw with peanuts and raisins
baby baked potatoes
corn on the cob
green salad
You will find more menu and recipe ideas at Menu Plan Monday.
~~Rhonda
sunday bouquet
May 3, 2009 – 8:16 pm
Today’s bouquet was made from irises, snowball bush blossoms and pink columbine.
It didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted it to, but how can you go wrong with such beautiful irises? 🙂
~~Rhonda