garden planting

On a Tuesday afternoon
with Mimi, Livi & Ben





:: pictures by Ben 5.18.10 ::

Saturday togetherness

:: Watching Auntie Leah's softball game in the hot noon sun & an extended family outing to get burgers afterwards in an air conditioned restaurant :) ...sunburns to nurse! ::

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.:: Threesome afternoon and evening shopping & Greta's first ride on the carousel with Daddy! Oh the thrill. ::
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The perfect way to spend my birthday.

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Sunday evening's picking ~

goldfinch

:: Pictures taken by my man 5.21.10 ::

summer bedtime

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. 5.24.10

a morning in the garden

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Beauties from my early-birthday trip to the greenhouse, just waiting to be planted! 5.14.10
a salmon geranium, a eucalyptus, creamy daisies, african daisies, a new variety of 'hen & chicks', moss roses, a painted japanese fern, coral petunia 'million bells', sage, basil

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My lovely planting buddy ~'::

beauty on my table

from my garden: peonies, lavender iris, blue geranium,

bee balm foliage, catnip, and some white lacey herb blossoms

We are all well at our house! Thank you for your kind comments. :) Spring and summerish weather have come early to us--wonderful blessing!--and our days have been full to the very brimming with gardening & maintenance work to do outside and cleaning & sewing to do inside. Most days in my journal-of-dailies there are more little boxes to check off of ideas of things I could get done then there is time in my day! I have taken a few pictures here and there that I hope to post when I have a few minutes.

Playing in the sprinkler

After-dinner garden time ~'::
(Makes for a good nap!)

~an outing~

Saturday morning garage sales with my dear friend, Charity, and our babies. :)
We found all sorts of useful things! I had a lovely time of it.

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apple blossoms & blueberry muffins

We've had a couple of cloudy days this week, which means sewing time. :) I know I won't have any time to do such a thing in a couple of months, so I'm using the opportunities I have to use up fabric remnants and scraps for things that we could use around the house. My sewing machine quit working in the middle of Monday's project--very sad--but thankfully I have most obliging family in town who let me borrow theirs (which I do plan on bringing back to you...soon, I'm sure). ~'::

:: Bits and pieces into a summer shawl~
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:: My sewing buddy (very important element)~

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:: Remnants into pillowcases~

(several of mine are wearing out at the same time)

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.::: A little-man pillow with trains...taken apart, washed & ironed, sewn back together~

What goosie did with her glitter pen yesterday afternoon...

Otherwise she did a wonderful job of not making a mess. :)