Wedding

Yesterday was a perfect day in Middle Tennessee for a wedding, sunny and in the mid 70s. We couldn't have had a more beautiful day for Jennifer.

Mr. & Mrs. Fernando Clemente

they were smiling just before the picture snapped

cake and presents from Mom and Me

before we left for the wedding

cake from Sweet N Sassy Bakery

cake with her beautiful topper

Mom and I have been mowing Jennifer's yard this spring and Clemente, bless his heart, said he will take over next week. We bought them a new mower, gave them money and I promised to stitch her The Wedding by Marilyn Leavitt Imblum, Told In A Garden Designs, and have it done by her 5 year anniversary.

Clematis' Are Blooming

Most of our clematis' have started blooming and are so beautiful, but first

Mom's birthday bird in his new home

soon to be surrounded by peony blooms

transplant blooming this first year

pale lavender double blooms in the garden

gorgeous this year in the reading corner

light purple in front corner

by driveway to barn

stripes at back of garden

Velvet waiting patiently for me

to finish taking pictures

dark purple by pond

supposed to be red - haha

Rhododendrons

Our beautiful rhododendrons - we are down from 3 to 1. They used to cover one entire side of the front porch all the way to the roof but 2 have died in the last few years. It is still a beautiful bush but nothing compared to what we used to have.

sprouts/new leaves

coming out from the one remaining

bloom on the sprouts

bloom on the main bush

beautiful lavender colors

New Play Toy

One of our newest play toys is now up and running. We were at Lowe's a few weeks ago and seen this composter and fell in love so we got 2. Not even a week later they ran an ad and they were $10 cheaper than we paid for ours so Mom went back to Lowe's with our receipt to get a $20 refund. The clerk didn't think he could do that so Mom suggested he call his manager, otherwise she was bringing them both back. The manager came and said no problem, no need to bring them back and gave her our refund. Yippee. Since Alan couldn't play outside Saturday with his toys during the storms he put together 1 of our composters.

full and working it's magic

little pond I cleaned out last Sunday

storms Saturday filled it 1/2 full

my reading corner nice and clean

weeding was so much easier from

all the storms and rain on Saturday

clematis blooming better than ever

in the reading corner

Cross Stitch

Baby Finishes

Chow Time, Denim Darling Bib

from Charles Craft

and little shorts outfit

3rd baby boy present this year

Easter Peeps

Freebie from Vee & Co

Stitched on Light Yellow 14 Ct with DMC Floss

This will be made into an Easter bag next year for our new baby as soon as Jennifer finds out what she is having. I plan on covering buttons with the 4 little designs to secure the Easter Peeps to the bag and Mom will make the inside lining.

Whites in the Garden

Another Wednesday already and here are some of our whites this week.

Mom's angel as you come in the driveway

she will soon be surrounded by peony blooms

one of Grandma's Belcher's

white iris at the end of driveway

lamb's ear making a comeback this year

old fashioned white rose

back corner of flower garden

doves

white tree peony close up again

this particular bush is s

pectacular

and has 3 extremely large blooms on it

best it has ever done

More Gorgeous Tree Peonies

Mom's tree peonies are blooming their hearts out right now and are so gorgeous. Their blooms show up all across the flower garden and beckon one in from the road to enjoy their beauty.

dark pink by the house

underneath petals just as pretty as top side

more pink blooms

dark pink/purple in the flower garden

blooming better than it ever has before

by the little pond

perfect way to end the weekend

Alan's grill almost ready for meat

We had perfect weather for this past weekend, sunny and cool. Mom worked on her rose and iris beds on Saturday and I actually got the little pond cleaned out and ready for water on Sunday. Alan grilled supper, we moved stuff from Jennifer's house to our house and the weekend was over way to quickly.

Peonies, Iris, Etc

Our fireplace garden next to the house is coming to life with iris' and tree peonies. Such a cheerful sight when pulling in the driveway.

purple iris

white tree peony close up

white tree peony with lots of buds

one of the first to bloom

foxglove in the main flower garden

bought 3 plants and 3 packs of seeds

thank goodness 1 came back

pink tree peony close up

pink tree peony

also has lots of buds

hopefully the ones in the main garden will do as well

Japanese maple in the main garden

new baby from last year has come out very well

this is replacing a 10 year old Japanese maple that died

I hope you have enjoyed seeing a little bit of our blooming garden. Have a great rest of the week.