The Sun is Out Once Again!

Hurray! Hurray! The sun is here! Finally after soaking rains Sunday night into last night and the last of her drizzles this morning~~~the sun showed her face! Let me say that I am happy it rained. We spent our Sunday planting so our sprinkler system was given a holiday and nature's own sprinkler system did her magic upon my garden! My newly seeded grass is sprouting too! I am looking forward to Summer!

Sunday was a beautiful day! Not just weather-wise! It was one of those days when the not only did the weather cooperate but so did everyone in the house! We planted the trees and bushes we had purchased on Mother's Day, and Billy made a new garden bed surrounding one of my rear porches ( I have two). One is a large porch that has sliding doors and the other is a smaller porch that since we built the house had not had a garden around her. My husband loves flowers and he envisions gardens everywhere on our 1/4 acre! We just have to get the mulch now for it. You can see the porch with the table has the new bed around it and snowflake bushes. It also has Caitlin's flip flops I see.....and some siding ....we have to get that put away! I love that little porch! The larger one with the sliders also has new bushes so I posted pictures of the rear of the house.

Look at the close up of the johnny jump up flower...we think it looks like little kitty cat faces!  Oh, and see the bird bath? I had gotten that at Lowes several years back and it is made of resin and cracked little holes started appearing about two years after I purchased it. I love it so much...the base has little bunnies, etc. I couldn't part with it so I planted it up! I love how it came out! It will be even prettier when the impatiens grow!

I also planted seeds for four'oclocks--they are  hardy, continuously blooming Summer flowers. You don't have to start them early. Just sow them in the dirt and in a week you will have buds. Lovely colorful blooms! They drop their seeds and you have more flowers and MORE! They are perennial so year after year you will have them blooming! They stay closed during the day and open up in the afternoon! Late sleepers I imagine :0  but they do look soooo pretty. I planted three packets.

So here are some photos! I planted up our big rock~~this is at the end of our driveway. Every year we try to add or try different things. I love perennials so I buy them mostly. I added a small peony and the lovely yellow daisy style flowers. We have roses growing there that do well and hosta and others. Some shots of my foxglove and new garden. Like I said, we have to add mulch. You can see some of the damage from hurricane Irene. We have to have several stumps ground down. It also damaged my large patio but my husband has plans for that! He's always thinking.

Before I go, if you remember I mentioned in past posts that my parlor is decorated with a nature theme. I have a bird house border and the room is decorated with my  resin birds, squirrels, decorations of raccoons, chipmunks, etc. I love that room so much. I've bird houses and other nature related items. How do you this cling for the wall I just added? A friend of mine bought it for me at Bed, Bath & Beyond. I think I'm getting used to it! Opinions, please! Have you seen these? I had seen the wall words but not actual objects. Such a creative touch I think. Wish I thought of it!

 Pussy Willow tree

carnations and pansies in my  driftwood log

foxglove

newly trimmed japanese maple (mini)

rear

plum tree

rear---lights in kitchen window

Pussycat faces!

Repurposed birtdbath

hurricane irene damage

wall art

Talk to you soon!