A trip to Ascot

A visit today to my favourite nursery - Lambley

I loved seeing the one odd one here and there in a bed of colour

Tulips and Ranuncs - breath taking beauty

Front Garden

Some front yard gardening this weekend

It was just a blank canvas 4 1/2 years ago

I'm pleased with how it's developing

. . . and here is the view from my front door - just loving the tulips!

Yes, a second sister . . .

This beautiful blossom, Prunis Elvins, comes out every year right on Miss Flowergarden's birthday. 13 was no exception, although this is the 3rd tree planted since she was born. They are as beautiful as each other! (as she dutifully says "yes Mum!")

I'm lucky enough to have 2 garden loving garden obsessed sisters, and yes, I'm sure it is in the blood. However, instead of showing you her garden, (we were too busy out buying her a beautiful new sewing machine!!) I am showing you her beloved dogs.

This is Sheila

and this is Skittles

You can almost feel the love oozing from these beautiful dogs.

My Mum's Garden . . . as promised

She's going to share one of these bulbs with me - I'm excited.

I had a lovely time playing in her garden in the sunshine

My Sister's Garden

Do you ever wonder where I get my inspiration and motivation?

It's not hard to come back from a trip home to the farm, and get straight back out into my garden

This is the view from her garden seat . . . not bad hey!

. . . and Harry the scarecrow, sporting a new jumper for Spring and matching flowers in his hat.

Holidays

This is where I have been spending most of my time this week.

My little Pete has done a MAGNIFICENT job of the vegi patch. We moved the chooks to the other side and cleaned up, and he has done LOTS of planting planting planting. I love spending time with him in the garden.

My BIG TALL boy, asked me if I was a "dreamer or a do'er". He said to me that if I wanted a bird avairy in the back yard, I needed to begin to make a space in the garden and make it happen. With his help and encouragement, we began . . .

With a few garden extensions and a little path, we moved, we dug and we dreamed and we DID!

. . . and can you believe it, we happened upon this old "cocky cage" that needs just a little bit of loving, but we think it's great. My budgies are going to be SOOOOooooo happy in my garden. It has moved to "the factory" temporarily to have some maintenance, and will return to the designated spot. I will keep you posted on this one.

Out in the front garden, I stumbled upon this beautiful poppy - wow! The buds are still coming.

These are the tulips at my front door, and all who come to visit, I say, "did you see my beautiful tulips?" I thought I'd share them with the world.

Spring is here!

Gardening Days

Holidays

are

here . . .

and I'm getting a lot of quality time in my garden and loving every minute of it.

Back Pack Success

I'd never made a back pack before, so when the challenge was set, I did the usual google search for tutorials.

With a combination of previous bag making skills, and some old handles on a back pack in the garage . . .

I was very happy with the result.