BUSY ALL THE TIME

Just like many of you, I stay busy.  Where does time

go and go?  I bake a lot but mostly we eat it ourselves

and share with family and neighbors and forget about

 posting the results here.  I made Pumpkin Raisin Cookies, 

then a Lemon Pound Cake, followed by Zucchini Walnut 

Bars and twice I made Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 

(2nd time was earlier today)

I have worked in our yard so much this summer.

We have a second pile of limbs on the driveway that

our son will eliminate this weekend.  We pruned the

evergreens up on one side of our house.

  In August

it was the 2nd driest on record so the Fescue grass

died in areas where as the neighbors Bermuda grass

moved in on both sides of our house.  This is a battle

that I hate which has gone on for a long time.   This

is one of those things you don't care about until you

are a senior and even then many don't care about.  So I

 have kept my mouth shut about my complaint and

 do not express my views about the lawn.

I moved some more hydrangeas bushes to the

back yard this summer.  They had to be watered

daily to survive but seem to all be fine.  I am

moving toward knowing that in the future I will

be older.  I am told that's how it works and since

I am 76 I think I better be thinking of ways to

reduce some of the work of having a flower garden.

This year I did something totally different.  I planted

tomatoes in our full sun front yard, in with the

zinnias and hydrangea bushes.  This is the kind of thing

I would criticize someone else for doing.  The results

have been tomatoes for neighbors, family and others.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

SUMMER HEAT ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND

 Yes, with this Friday (some say Saturday)

marking the arrival of summer, so will the

 temperatures to go with the occasion.  

The Hollyhocks are still blooming and

usually it is already too hot for the

hydrangeas to bloom but this year we 

have had more rain and there are some

 lovely blooms.  They don't like 90 degree

temps so I imagine they will be most

unhappy this weekend with our heat

arriving.

We are at the top of  zone 6B so we have 4

different seasons.  I have loved our spring

this year but that party is about to end.

Last week I bought several bags of chicken

manure for our flower garden.  My husband

was not real thrilled with this event and the

smell but I am hoping it will be wonderful

for the garden.

I hope your summer is going well.  We

recently finished watching the entire series

of "Road to Avonlea" and I recommend it

highly for you and children love it.

GARDEN AFTER LOTS OF RAIN

 

After rain for about 3 days....

the garden looks pretty

happy!

I looked out the window this morning and saw 

what I thought was a baby bunny trapped in some

 wire I had put around my tomato plants.  It

turned out to be a turtle so I sent him on his

way happily freed.

And one more collage:

EARLY JUNE HOLLYHOCKS

The Hollyhocks have been lovely

this June but maybe not quite as

tall as usual:

Have a great weekend - we are 

participating in a 2 day yard 

sale in our subdivision.  This is

not a favorite thing to do but

sometimes necessary!
 

COLLAGES FROM THE GARDEN

 Gone are the lilacs,

daffodils, tulips,

spring bulbs and most of the

irises.  Now comes the yarrow,

the peonies, roses and then the

other summer flowers.

And one last collage:

Hope May is going well for you!

MAY IS HERE

 

Perfect tea cozies for your

garden tea:

END OF APRIL WITH A FIRST "TEA IN THE GARDEN"

 The last few days have welcomed the

opening of the first of the irises

 in our garden.

It was a lovely day to set up a little table

for tea.

The irises have been starting to

open and I remember how quickly

this takes place and then that

is over which always is a bit sad.

I have quite a few columbines blooming

too and I do love the little "hanging

bell" shaped ones.

  

Gone are the daffodils, jonquils and

tulips (except for a few).

I made a pie yesterday but it has since

been consumed by family.  Here

is the recipe!