it's that time of year

it's that time of year

a middle tennessee garden blog


finding beauty in the natural things around us makes for one happy self and a lovely life. ~marmee

dash home farm, leiper's fork, tennessee
Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts

Friday, July 3, 2009

felines...flora...fauna


~speedy and bud~

babies and mama came out in the sunshine today.
we try to let them out everyday for a while.


jade was able to relax.

abbey named all the kittens until they go to their forever homes.
this one david is holding is heidi.

everyone seems to have their favourites.

abbey calls this one rose.
lantana in hanging baskets.


some summer blooms are starting to flower.

milkweed...

blanket flower

big sky harvest moon coneflowers

rudbeckia

unfurling caladiums

touch me nots

miss muffet...i am so proud to have these from meems garden.
it feels like i have a little bit of my sister in my garden.

i went to the nursery to get some things the other day and
i was fortunate enough to find a sale going on...pots,
plants, other plant paraphernalia...
i felt like i was at an antique store and so i bargained.
i really got some great deals on these over sized water pots
and the green and brown glazed pot.
of course now they need plants and some holes drilled in the bottom.
variegated potato vine... rainbow coleus...a few miss
muffets...cajun vermillion queen hibiscus... with white impatiens
i am hoping the hibiscus looks like this one off the internet.

this one has hydrangea...jacob's coat...an ornamental pepper plant with purple peppers and variegated leaves...'copper plant' acalypha wilkesiana rounded out the things planted.
this glazed pot is so pretty...temporarily i put

'ogon dawn redwood' metasequoia g ogon in it until we find
a good place to plant the $15 tree. i love bargains at the nursery.
happy fourth to everybody.

God bless America!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

bustling days of spring

these spring days have been busy.
full of flowers....
...painting pottery...cats...
...grands...
...puppies...
...roadside wildflowers...
...eating with family...canaan...
...her visiting sister...jordan...
...ethan...
and birds... of course birds...mr. white breasted nuthatch...
bathing house finch...
gardening...watering...
...painting fences...

with daddio...

tilling...(new veggie plot in background)

dogwoods blooming...hooray!
noticing single blooms...

also music...@ leip & crawl...in the fork...
violins...
beautiful architecture...
old hymns...
country music...

historic places...
guitars...piano...
life is good...fullfilling...i love life.