Garden In Bloom

Helen said Betty and Larry's garden was the prettiest she had ever seen. I did not see anything as pretty as the flowers I have blooming here in the pictures of Betty's garden.

Of birds and blooms

My wren did not build in the little house I have by the deck, but they are still close by. Maybe in the old shop.

Clayton wants to know what happened to all our common sparrows. I had not noticed until he brought it up, but I have not seen a sparrow all year. Usually they come to the sunflower feeders and build in the old shop. I do not see them at all around the yard this year.

This is a turkey George sees each day down on the pond bank below Clayton's. I think it is a hen and George thinks it is a tom.

Wild flowers along the fence and a pile of rice hulls from Newberry's brooder house. I really like the rice hulls on the plants.

This is a gooseberry plant that I dug up from by my back door. I found it on the hill behind my house about 10 years ago and planted a sprout by the back door. I has grown large and bloomed but never bears fruit. Maybe it will do better here by Patsy's patented rose.

This is a weed in my beans in the garden. I have two of these. What is it?

Helen wanted a picture of the pigs. They are very ugly.

Soon I will have ripe peaches on my June Gold tree.

Day Lillies from Patsy's yard.

Beautiful flower bouquet from my yard.

Blue bird and butterfly bush. The butterfly bushes smell wonderful and perfume up the whole yard.

Bean plants in bloom. Should have beans in a week or two.

Yellow birds drink from the top of the fountain.

Promises, Promises

Vacation Days

One day, Thursday or Friday, I forget exactly what day, I went to Hollister and stopped by Patsy's place on 86 on the way back. I found this pink rose that I had not seen before. I am going to try to get a start of this from the cutting. The cuttings I have outside are not doing to good. I think it is too hot for them. I am going to Wal-Mart and get some artifical soil and try to start these in the back room.



Then I went back up 86 yesterday and dug up the new pink rose and some more day lillies. I got the root stump of the rose but no feeder roots so I don't know if it will live. I am sure the day lillies do fine.



At a garage sale up by Twin Island, I got 2 swing arm pole lamps like the one by the TV, a nice basket for magazines to put beside my chair and 5 pillows like the ones in the picture, and 4 old 60 style TV trays for the deck. All for $10. Two of the pillows are the little slim kind, but that is what I need for napping in my recliner. Friday, I actually did take a nap in the recliner and had to go get a pillow for my neck.





This morning, we cleaned this area in the back. It was a real mess, but is nice and neat now.

Last week, I put hay down in the melons, tomatoes and strawberries plus all around the outside of the garden. I had the first squash yesterday. I have lots of tomatoes on my Early Girl vines. Should have ripe tomatoes in a couple of weeks.

I bought new shoes and a new purse. I did not buy red shoes. But I drive a red pickup.

This plastic table and 3 chairs I got free at the garage sale where I got the lamps and pillows. The table has a crack on one side, but is still very usable and the chairs are heavy chairs It just fits here. I also got a wedding ring quilt for $1 at a sale. It is not and old quilt but it is nice. It has one corner badly damaged. It came with one pillow sham that I may be able to fix it with. Anyway, it was worth the dollar because the rest of the quilt is very pretty. I am sure I can do something with it. When we get the kitchen finished, I could make a table cloth of it.

George has been censusing a lot. Sometimes he is gone till 8 or 9 at night. Today, he is mowing the yard. I plan on staying inside under the air. I am trying to read the Oprah book, but it is not very interesting. I may have to skip it and go to the Mark Twain book. Speaking of Mark Twain. He wrote an autobiography that was not to be published for 100 years. It is coming out this year. I bet it is a lot more interesting than Oprah.