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Well, lets try this again!!!   I hate when it doesn't get published.  AAARRRGGHH!!!!

Hi .....everyone enjoy the first day of summer????  Hot and humid here.  For me, it's kinda depressing.  After this week, the days will be getting shorter.  But let's not go there!!!

I think the last pic the stones were just laying there, not in the ground.  This is what I see from my window where I paint.

Then we started doing the footprint stones of our granddaughter.  We couldn't wait and the first one is when she was 6mo. old.  They will go around to the right, behine that daylily.  We'll be doing another one in the next 2 months.

How about those pansies???  Pretty, huh??

And here's where I put that enamel pan with impatiens in.  I wanted a flowing plant and was going to put it on it's side and this plant flowing out of it.  The plant behind it would have been perfect, but it has grown and spread that it's up against the tree now.

The brush behind those chairs is what that whole area looked like before I started clearing it all out.  When hubby saw how nice it was he joined in and helped too.  He got a guy to pull the stumps of trees out and level it up abit.

My patch of Sweet Williams.

Enjoy your summer.

Lois

Finished!!!!!

Hi everyone,
Last post I said I was working on my walkway through my flower garden.  Well, tonight I
finished it!!!!!  This is a starting point.

This is where it will take you.  To our sitting area.  This all used to be brush and small locust trees.  I started

clearing it out to open up my flower garden so the sun could get in more.  The flowers are still straining to see

the sun!!!!                                                                                                                                                  

Then when I look out my window while painting, this is the starting point of another pathway leading to the chairs.

And this is just another pic from the lower portion only moved up to show how the two paths meet up.

I have one extra stone left over.  And in looking over the pics, the top portion isn't done in the pic.  That branch sticking out is my Hawthorne tree.  I think I need to prune it!!!! 

Today there was a community yard sale in this little town, and I had a few things my granddaughter has outgrown, so took them to a friend's house to sell and sat with her.  She was showing me her garden, and she has quite a few prennials that have spread and she gave me 3 plants.  So had to find a place for them.  Then I purchased more impatiens that were on sale......can't pass up a sale.  Now I must put them in.  I was out in the garden till 8:45 tonight.  The bugs were starting to feast on me so thought I better quit.

Was going to take a pic of those yellow flowers but it was early evening and they were closing up already.  Want to show you their pretty faces!!!.

If you noticed that white enamel tube in the first pic....I picked that up at a yard sale.  Think I'm going to put the impatiens in there.  Now to find a place for it!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my garden.

Lois

Another week!!!!

Hi everyone,

Well another week gone!!!!   I did get some spring cleaning done, some of my stones are put in....in the flower garden.    Worked on them tonight and got alot done.  Even placed the rest of them for next week's work!!!!  Will take pics of that project next time.

Now, it's been hot and humid here.  Had some afternoon thunderstorms on Thur and Fri.  At least my hubby didn't have to water the flowers!!!!

I showed a pic of an oar in my last post and a lady saw it and wanted a Cape Lookout lighthouse.  So, here are some pics of this project.

Till next time, have a good week.

Lois

A new month!!!!

Well, let's try this again.  It didn't publish.   AAARRGGHHH!!!!

I've read where alot of you are having trouble  commenting on other blogs.  So far....knock on wood...I haven't had any trouble.

Well, the heat has arrived!!!!  We went from winter to summer in a few days.  And it was hot yesterday....92 degrees here.  And a little humid.  Hate humid!!!!

Trying to get some spring house cleaning done.

And work in the flower garden.  Sorry no pics.  I'm planning on putting some cement stones in as a walkway through it.  Maybe when I'm finished and then my Sweet Williams will be in bloom.  Some have started already.

Have a great summer,

Lois

Been awhile

Hi everyone,
It's been awhile....I did a show last Sat,  trying to get weeds under control in the flower garden and life in general.

And  after the show on Sat, which wasn't too good, I haven't been in the mood to craft.  Maybe it's this weather.  After having 7 days of dreary, rainy weather, and then the only day we see sun, no one wants to be inside at a craft show.  And then the Mississippi flooding, tornadoes in Joplin and now in Oka. and wherever else they may have hit, it's quite depressing.

I did a Renee Mullins design and put it on a breadboard.  It's in her new book, Mini Seasons Vol #2.  I stained it and took a pic of it also and lost the pic somewhere in cyber space and it won't recopy or at least I don't know how to recopy it!!!!

Then I did these blocks, drilled the holes and not once but twice I put the letters on upside down!!!!  In my haste to get things done for the show, I was trying to get stuff done while I would be doing something else and the glue would dry so I could work on the sides which have stars on.  As they say....haste makes waste!!!!  Luckily, I caught the mistake before the glue dried!!!!

Hope this finds everyone fine and enjoying the weather.  It's bound to get nice here one of these days. 

Lois

Happy Mother's Day...what's left of it.  Hope everyone had a great day.  I had breakfast with my parents, husband and oldest daughter.  Got a phone call from the second daughter.  She had an anniversary yesterday.  7 years.  They just bought a house.  She lives on the outskirts of Allentown.  She lives close to the Cinnamon Stick and I visited with Judy at her store last year. 

Posted some new pics on my sidebar.  One is the breadboard that I asked "should it be stained or left alone?"  Well, I stained it.  If you want to see the difference, scroll down to March 16th post.  It does make a difference!!!!!

I found  an oar in GW last year and finally painted it up.   Sometimes, I have to leave things sit and then an idea pops into my head what I want on the piece.  It's narrow...3 1/2" wide...28" long.

The sheep pattern I got out of Create & Decorate...the lastest issue.  You have to go to their site to download the patterns.  There are 3 different.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lois

Hi Girls,

Are we all ready for the Royal Wedding?  Have your hats on????  Here are some you can choose. 

 I don't wear hats. 

I don't think I look good in hats, so NO hats for me.

I think they look nice on the people that are wearing them.  Some of them, you can't even see their face for the big brim.

Not getting up to watch the wedding.  I'm sure it will be on again and again.  I just heard Barbara Walters is doing something Fri night at 9, so will watch it then.   Not that ungodly hour of 4 a.m. for us across the pond!!! lol

Tat-tah!!

Lois