Learning to Fly

 While weeding my garden yesterday I found this little guy!

He is just so sweet and just learning to fly!

I believe he is a cardinal his daddy sure was looking after him.

You know I sure love the birds but they do make a mess in my yard!

Some more flowers.. this is a perennial geranium and it blooms most of the summer.

These are lily of the valley from my mothers yard.

She had a giant patch of these under a big old tree.

Wonder if they are still there or if the guy who bought her house got rid of them.

I should know the name of these but can not remember it.

Hate being old and forgetful!

I'm not sure what happened to the last two photos they are out of focus for some reason.  That white flower is a clematis.

Linking to:

Say G'day Saturday

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My Garden June 2012

I've been working so hard in my garden this year and want to share photos of the beautiful flowers blooming now in June.  This first group is in the front of my house...as you can see I live in the city so neighbors are very close.  I've planted two flower boxes with  a lot of pink flowers  and that beautiful sweet potato vine.  The hanging  baskets where bought at a nursery and were only $10.00 each!  Love getting a bargain!

Most of these photos are in the front of my home also.  That clematis has been growing along side the house for about 10 years and it just keeps blooming!

I made the "Tipsy Pot" tower a few years ago and had it in the back yard but decided to bring it to the front this year and filled it with succulents.  Succulents are great in these pots since they dry out so quickly.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing some of my flowers I have lots more pics to show you.

Linking to

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2012

Cottage Garden Party

Floral Friday Foto

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Cottage Garden Party January 2012

This time of year I really start to miss working in my garden!  I search my photos and found these lovely flowers from last year's garden.

I'm joining Etsy Cottage Garden Party today you should visit all the pretties there!

Warm hugs,

It's PINK Saturday Again!!

This time of year I love to snuggle under blankets and throws and just keep warm. While I'm all warm and cozy it's time to read and watch TV usually both at the same time! Drives my husband crazy! I must get my lazy self out of the house..so tomorrow I'm going to hit some estate sales there are 4 listed in the paper plus one garage sale.  Hopefully there will be some wonderful treasures to show you!

While keeping warm I've also been dreaming of my garden and flowers.  There have been a few cataloges and a Home & Gardens Gardening Magazine delivered recently.  So many beautiful flowers and it's so hard to decide which I want to have in the garden!  I did find the Pink Superstore and they have all kinds of pink stuff for the garden. I think this is sweet

Here is some pink roses, clematis from my garden last year..it's time to dream!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Pink Saturday.  Visit Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for a list of all the participants today.


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Fertilizer Friday at Tootsie Time

It's been a great year for my garden! Maybe it's because I've been fertilizing like Tootsie said I should! Stop at Tootsie's and see the others participating this week. Last year I really trimmed this clematis back and look how beautiful it is this year. Clematis are one of my favorite vines.

These impatients are planted in an old two sides mop bucket.

After all the daisys and daylilies bloom that pretty much it for the perennials.

Hopefully the annuals really start to make a show.

This is my first tipsy pots when you run out of garden space go up.
Saw these tipsy pots at Cindees Garden and decided to give it a try.
Visit Cindees she has some fatastic tipsy pots!

Thanks for visiting this week. Enjoy the summer.

Warm wishes,

Fertilizer Friday

Tooties at Tooties Time is hosting Fertilizer Friday she has the most amazing garden so visit her blog and take a peek! This year my husband wanted to plant some tomatoes and a few other things but we had never planted this area it was all grass. Thankfully a dear neighbor took up all the sod, turned over the dirt and then used his rotatiller and gave us this wonderful garden area.

This is the last blooms of this clematis and the following pink and white one.

It really amazes me how much time it takes to keep the flower beds presentable with such a small garden. Here I trimmed back my forsythia bush it grows like a bad weed

This is the side yard see how close the house is next door on the left. That's our garage in the back with the ivy gowing on it. We're lucky to have a lot and a half or I would have not flowers.

Thanks everyone for stopping by today I always love your comments.

Warm wishes,

On Memorial Day I looked out my living room window and saw this beautiful poppy! This has been planted for 3 years and this is the first time it's bloomed. Just had to show you a picture!

Took photos of other flowers growing in the garden.

Kock out Rose

Clematis

Upside down planter with cherry tomato plant

Clematis

Peony

I love ferns and this one is beautiful!

Bleeding heart I'm surprised it's still blooming.

I'll take more pictures as things bloom. Don't you just love spring!

Warm wishes,