Shopping Marathon

We had such a perfect day yesterday, temps right at 70 degrees, sunny and very little wind. Would have been a great day for working in the flower garden but we decided a TJ Maxx-Home Goods, Marshalls and Ross shopping marathon was in order. We left home at 10:30 and arrived back at 6:30. It was a wonderful day and we can't wait for another shopping marathon.

first stop was Marshalls and we found time to visit 3 for the day

Ross' just happened to be next door to Marshalls

how convenient is that

partial picture of our loot

we managed to squeeze in 2 JoAnn stores

had to run through Arbys for refueling

nothing beats their cherry turnovers for extra energy

another picture of partial loot we found

love my 2 jeweled handled spreaders I found

we hit 1 huge Home Goods store

and 3 regular TJ Maxx stores

all in all it was a great day and here is a picture of all our bargains -- assorted dishes to match what we already have, a couple of Christmas presents, 2 new rugs for the renovated bathroom/dressing area and 3 gorgeous glass heart ornaments

Sandy

Thru Our Garden Gate

Take A Tour Through Our Garden Gate

I picked this piece of iron work up at the flea market several years ago for Mom's Christmas present and one of my brothers made it into a gate for our garden. Just perfect.

Old iron mail box post we picked up at a yard sale. The lady ended up giving us this post plus several front porch posts she no longer wanted. We have them scattered throughout the garden for our clemetis vines.

Mom's friend Nancy gave us this beautiful fairy rose. It is a fantastic bloomer.

Bench for resting under the redbud tree.

Red Hot Pokers making a come back.

Old tub that has now become a zinna planter on top of a bird feeder tray. We were having trouble with the wild turkeys coming to eat and they did not stop with the bird seed. The seedlings are coming up very plentiful. Should be beautiful when they start blooming.

Pink Spirea Bush

Sandy

Angels & Cherubs in the Garden

Here are some of our angels and cherubs that we have in our garden.

Mom's bargain from TJ Maxx Home Goods. Don't know what we would do without that store.

My iron angel I picked up at the Nashville Flea Market one Christmas several years ago.

One of a pair of cherubs we picked up at a roadside stand for a great bargain surrounded by yellow and wild orange daylilies.

Row of the wild orange daylilies that makes 1 of 2 of the outside borders of the flower garden.

Our other cherub surrounded by spider's wort and rose champions.

Rose Champions from Aunt Mary. They have a mind of their own and pop up where ever they like.

Angel in the birdbath. Mom received her as a gift several years ago.

Sandy