Ready for Christmas

Getting Ready for Halloween

easy pumpkin decorating

face painted at fall festival

We are ready for trick or treating for halloween.  Bella is so excited and can't wait for it to get here.  We've been going to the local pumpkin farms and fall festivals and she's had so much fun!!   We still have 2 large pumpkins to cut and decorate but since it has been so hot this week we are waiting till next week to do them.

Angel Trumpet in Full Bloom

at night during the harvest moon

in full bloom

Stowaway Frog

Got to work this morning and unloaded my trunk and seen this little guy!!

Bella & Our Fairy Garden

catching butterflies on her shirt!!!!

Bella and I finally finished our fairy garden yesterday and she is in seventh heaven with it!!!

Angel Trumpets in Full Bloom

Blooming This Weekend

hardy hibiscus

hardy hibiscus and

vanilla strawberry hydrangea

peppermint crape myrtle

fairy garden waiting for fairies

million bells - annuals

hardy hibiscus

rose of sharon

It has been so hot and humid this year for far too long with very little rain.  We spend most of our time watering to keep everything alive instead of pulling weeds and we can sure tell it. The weeds seem to keep growing no matter what!!!

Rose Lily Oriental Lily

Last week Mom, I and our friend Lynn went to the UT Summer Celebration in Jackson, TN. After having a blast there we visited 2 nurseries in the area. The rose lily which is an oriental lily I found at Morris Nurseries.  It was blooming the pink bloom when I bought it and the white one opened up this week and is turning a lighter pink.  It is gorgeous!!!!!  What a steal at $5!

Blooming in the Garden this Month

afternoon visitor heading for the catfood

hardy hibiscus

daylily

Serene Angel Lily

fairy house remodel

tiger lilies

Pistachio Hydrangea

Grandma Belcher's hydrangea

daylily

The garden has been gorgeous this year.  The temperatures have been hotter than normal for spring going into summer and the flowers have been blooming better than ever!

Weekend Project

I had seen something similar on Pinterest a couple of years ago so I started buying glass floats whenever I caught them on clearance.  I finally thought I would have enough and got started.  The first attempt was great until I turned it right side up and all the floats moved since they were not as tightly packed as I thought. Second attempt was better since I used wire to keep them in place and then wire across the bottom to keep them all in place. Put a flower pot in the bottom chained it to the tree and bench and I was done!!!

Ready for Kindergarten

Ready for Kindergarten Readiness Class. Happy at home but not so much at school!

Bella's Fairy Garden Updated

Our weekend project was to get Bella's fairy garden cleaned out and updated.  Now it's ready for her to add her decorations too and she was one happy camper at the end of the day!!