A STRESS FREE "Tea In The Garden"

Welcome to another special time

for "Tea In The Garden" and also

some"stress free time":

Well there it is and it is official now

 according to English Garden Magazine

and a report in the February/March

 2021 issue. - they claim that having 

a garden really helps people's stress

 levels. 

 A report has shown that after adding

front yard gardens in the Greater

Manchester area in England, stress 

levels in people went significantly

down. 

 They evaluated people over a

4 year period and during this time, they

added gardens to their front yards.  Stress levels

 went way down

after the gardens

were added.  

But if we are too totally get rid of our

stress - we also need a treat.

Did you know some people

 love to bake to releave

 their stress? So I have something

delicious for our "Tea In The Garden"

today!  I baked a Southern Butter

Pecan Cake and here is the link

for the recipe.    Please enjoy

your piece with some tea.

I used 3 eight inch cake pans

for this cake.

And since it is now getting hotter,

here is a video you might love if

you are a fan of Jane Austen.  

and another from

Hopalong Hollow.

I love having flowers for the

front entrance area again:

READY FOR LOVELY JUNE

 It is such a delight to have my own 

flowers for bouquets again! 

 I really miss that 

in the wintertime.

I prefer not to have to

purchase them at the market.

Are you ready for June?  

We are!

The spring flowers have faded away to

give way for summer hydrangeas yet

to come, Queen Anne's Lace, Monarda

and Cone Flowers.

We have had some lovely yellow yarrow

blooming.

I also love the Sweet William.

The Hollyhocks are starting to

climb taller too and the bittersweet

has blooms promising fall berries.

OUT FOR A RIDE

Yesterday we decided to go for

a short ride northeast and out of town.

I wanted to share just a couple

photos.  We always drive by this old

Victorian when we go through a

very small town called

Auxvasse, Missouri:

They have a little Gazebo out front too:

It was Memorial Day:

In Centralia, Missouri, the cemetery

 was decorated

with so many flags:

A MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY

 Thank you United States Military:

THANK YOU!

BLOGGER HAS MESSED UP OUR HEADERS

 The best advice I heard is don't change your header right now because blogger has fooled around with it and messed it up.  If you

change it - it will become really little

and if you follow the same instructions

I did after going to the help desk here - it will become blurry like mine above.

If you google this problem there are MANY

articles telling you how to fix your problem.

I was able to follow instructions and get

my header bigger (instead of really tiny and only to the

 left side of the page)

 but I could not understand the instructions

well enough about it being blurry 

and fix that.