springtime planting

inspiration just comes naturally in early springtime.


it abounds everywhere.

you just feel like being outdoors and planting something.

i finally got my 2nd teddy bear magnolia in the ground this

week...with the help of ethan and jesse...thanks boys.

what is it about dirt that makes a grown woman giddy?
and the possibility of growing something that makes a girl swoon?

with just a little clean up....



voila....a whole new perspective.


i am mixing in some lettuces and herbs in my containers so

i can get a jump start on harvesting these goodies for my family.

i can't wait to plant my veggies but it isn't

safe until after the 21st of april around here.

last frost can happen until then.

for now i am content with adding...

lime thyme,

golden lemon thyme

delta pure violet pansy,

majestic giants rose blotch pansy,

delta deep blue blotch pansy,

clear crystal lavender alyssum,

barbados green summer crisp lettuce

dark red lollo rossa lettuce,

peppermint herb,

pappa joe's pineapple sage,
and raspberry wine bee balm(butterfly attractor.)

sounds like the perfect recipe, right?

before...

after...

before...

after...

on a recent trip to fl...i found this toile tray hanging outside

a small produce stand on the way to the beach.

it made me think about adding one outside in the garden...

so i purchased it for a steal and brought it home to add outside.
i have them all over inside the house and it makes it feel

like it just flows right to the outside.

i am so grateful to have some nicer weather heading our way.

it was a gorgeous day of being outdoors.

(really the only one we have had so far.)

planting for spring was great therapy.

and it ended with a beautiful pink glow.

happy springtime everyone.

true autumn days

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our leaves are still slowly changing...mixed in with lots of green.


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~photo above taken by abbey~
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after being blasted at the beginning of the week with our first frost...we
have returned to what most of us think as a normal.
awesome days within the 70's and very cool evenings in the low 50's.

with our centurion (scarecrow) on duty
watching the comings and goings around here.
we are back to a wonderful autumnal feel.
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so we head to the garden.

it is this way in case you get lost...

today i planted...for some instant gratification...cleaned up a
whole bunch of potted plants filled with leaves...transplanted some
cuttings...and did some rearranging.... actually had to water....all in
between science and history lessons.


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i was inspired by a photo i shared with you last week.

i loved the bluey/purple~ish colours mixed in with the bright oranges.

then i added some evergreens into it to make it transition into

christmas with a little more ease.

many of you might remember that my 5 doggies

had dug up my newly planted pansies a few weeks ago.

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well at least one of them but noone is admitting it just yet.

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i wasn't gonna let that happen again so my new plantings are

put up on an outdoor buffet and on a nearby bench.

i planted two osaka flowering cabbages along side matrix orange pansies

and tucked in two evergreens. one was a golden charm thread~branch cypress.

the other was unmarked. i am pleased with the results.

my caladiums have finally faded and were all pulled out and being

stored until next year.

these leaves in one of my container plants are adding to the colourful mix.

i have forgotten the name of them. but they are filling in nicely.

the nandina berries all around our land our burnishing to a

burnt orange hue....so lovely and ornamental.

i have a single fuchsia blooming.

i was given these fairytale pumpkins at a quaint little produce stand

by the farmer...it was their last day of their season.

i put them on our outdoor patio table for dining al fresco.

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since the nights are chilling quite a bit with chances of another

frost....i brought in my dragon/angel winged begonia...i bought on

a summer trip to florida.

it is in my sunroom...i really would like it to make it until spring...then

put it back outside. regardless i will enjoy it for now.

something happens to me in the fall....it awakens my senses.

i come alive. i have an over riding need to plant...to rearrange...

to decorate....freshen things up....change my perspective.

last week i rearranged my daughter's room in a single afternoon

...by myself....i was hurting the next day...but this is what this

season does to me. of course i love it when it is all said and done.

i love outdoor things brought in...so this little garden angel

is in my sunroom with these metallic obelisques next to it.
they are placed on the ground under a huge bird cage.

one great thing about these cool nights

are cozy fires in the hearth....catching up on

reading. i am reading this lovely book i ordered

from susan branch...simply titled....autumn.

it's perfect.

now if i can get to the other books piled high in the sunroom.

i did manage to read the one on the top...i am going to be getting

one for all the young women in our family including girlfriends of the

boys. it's called for women only.....i highly recommend it.

these are truly happy autumn days.

rainy day please stay

rain...

   lots of rain today...so i thought i would plant...

some panies....scaredy cat mix.

there are deep purple ones too that look almost black.

i will post more pictures but it was raining...hard.

fall is coming! happy september fall days.