My Gardens

Mosaic Monday - Spring Garden Mosaic

Just roaming around blogland, I ran into a fun new blog event - at least it's new to me. Mary, at Little Red House, is hosting Mosaic Monday. I love pictures and I take way to many to use in any constructive way, so this one is right up my alley! If you would like to participate in Mosaic Monday or see lots of beautiful posts, stop in to see Mary at her sweet Little Red House blog!

My Spring Garden Mosaic

Lilacs Are Blooming In My Yard!

Wordless Wednesday is hosted by Dixie, French Lique. Stop by her wonderful blog to find a list of other Wordless Wednesday participants! Today's theme is "favorite flower".

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Springtime!

I was so excited yesterday when I left the house and discovered real living, BLOOMING things in my garden! Has this winter lasted five years or what? I am more than ready for Spring! I thought I'd show you a few pics of the source behind the spring in my step today!

Daddy's Violets

30 Days 30 Photos - Day 30

When I was 17 I married my sweetheart. I was the first child in my family to marry. My dad and I have always been close, and he taught me to love and respect nature and all of Gods creations. My dad walked me down the isle of my big church wedding and then he and Mom sent me off on my honeymoon. When my new husband and I bought a house and I moved away from my home town for the first time it was difficult for both Dad and I. I will never forget my wonderful father crawling around his backyard, digging up little purple violets for me to take with me, to plant in my own new yard as a reminder of home. Dad knew I had always loved the sweet little violets. One of the first things I did in my own yard was to plant those violets. They still grow and thrive in my gardens, even spilling out into the grass, just like they did when Daddy retrieved them for me. I never see the violets blooming sweetly in my yard that I don't think of my precious father and his love for me.

Angels in the Garden

30 Days 30 Photos - Day 29

Bleeding Hearts of Spring

30 Days 30 Photos - Day 28

Mix and Match Friday

Just had to add this picture...Happy Arbor Day!

Love a tree - plant a tree! Make the world a better place!

(My son accuses me of making my granddaughter a

"tree hugger" - that's ok with me!)

This week I have a hodge podge of pictures to show for Kelli's Show & Tell Friday. If you haven't been there yet, check out her great blog page at There's No Place Like Home, http://kellishouse.blogspot.com. I'm off to see who else is up at 3:00 a.m. checking out blogs!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Some pretty vintage linens I recently found...such dainty work!

This sweet little ceramic plaque hangs in one of our bathrooms.

The wreath which hangs on our bedroom door.


These are some of the things hanging in our bedroom -
sorry, some of them are a bit off center!


This sweet little replica of Abraham Lincoln's birthplace was my

husband's childhood copper cast bank.

These sweet vintage wooden plaques are 9x12 inches. They were made and purchased in The Cascades in Jackson Michigan, probably in the '40's or '50's. One is "The Goose Girl" and the other is "Off To Work We Go". I just love them and plan to hang them in my guest room.

This was the high chair I used for my two children, only then it was a combination of natural wood and painted black - very colonial looking. When our first granddaughter was expected the high chair became a family project. My son and I stripped it, he and his dad did the sanding, and I did the staining and finishing. Our second granddaughter is almost ready to use it next!

30 Days 30 Photos - Days 23, 24, 25

Most of these pics were taken this week in my garden. Thankfully, Spring is finally here in our part of the country. As I type, I am enjoying the sounds of an early Spring thunderstorm!

Glorious Spring!

Trillium & Beach Pipers

30 Days 30 Photos - Day 21
Trillium in my garden this morning.


30 Days 30 Photos - Day 22Dreamin' again! Gulf Sand Piper tracks on the beach, May 2007.

Buttercups!

30 Days 30 Photos - Day 10