up on clearance. My lucky dayPoppy - Peppertree Tabletops. My birthday present to me last year from TJ Maxx. The poppies are such a beautiful bright cheery red. The silver tray was found at an antique store going out of business.
My clearance specials from TJ Maxx and Marshall's. The teapot, platter and cups/saucers are not marked other than fine porcelain. The sugar bowl, creamer and small bowl are Giselle from Waterford from Home Goods. I caught them on clearance and also picked up a couple of salad plates and bowl.
Sandy
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Labels: Tea Time Tuesdays
Monday, July 6, 2009
Cactus Monday
I am joining Teri for Cactus Monday
This is a close up of my birdbath planter. My hens and chicks actually survived winter I was happy to see and I added more along with the cactus. It is supposed to have a bright yellow bloom on it.
My prickly pear cactus are starting to grow. I just planted these this spring and they are finally showing signs of life. I can't wait for them to grow and fill up my pot. They are planted in an aluminum light fixture bowl I turned upside down in my big pot. After seeing Cindees' broken glass in her bbq and how good it made her cactus look I'm going to have to find some for mine.
Sandy
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Labels: Birdbaths, Cactus
Friday, July 3, 2009
Last of the Daylilies
Here are the last of our beautiful daylilies
2 tone yellow/peach
pale yellow
light peach
light pink and little yellow
2 tone ruffle peach and purple -- one of our newest
bright yellow ruffle -- another of our newest
I hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have.
Sandy
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Labels: Flowers
Thursday, July 2, 2009
This One is for Uncle Bill
blackberries getting ready -- just imagine the blackberry cobblers and jam
blueberries -- just hanging full
grapes will be a bumper crop -- nothing better than Mom's grape jelly
raspberries -- Mom is making jam this morning
strawberries -- trying to keep the runners from getting mowed
tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers
orange fluorescent tape Alan put around the garden -- trying to keep the deer out
the flag is supposed to help keep them away -- hahahahaha
scarecrow in the 2nd green bean garden that has been planted twice and is now fenced in thanks to the rain and wild turkeys
Sandy
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Labels: Garden
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Road Trip
Mom and I took a quick 3 day road trip to Arkansas to check on Uncle Richard who just had surgery. He is progressing quite well and expected to be chasing his cows and horses in a couple of weeks. We enjoyed our visit with him, Aunt Mary and Betty so much and are thinking of you every day. Even got a 5 minute visit with Bruce.
We like to shop at TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Ross stores and managed to find 6 of them on the way down. Nothing like bargains to make a trip more fun.
We stayed with Aunt Zelda and thoroughly enjoyed our visit with her and Uncle Bill, Mark and Skyler. She had coffee ready for Mom and RC for me when we arrived. They had lazagna ready to eat and blueberry cobbler for dessert. Couldn't ask for any better arrival than that. Time flew by too quickly and it was time to come home. Miss you all.
One the way home we stopped at an antique store in Jackson and found an iron fence section for the flower garden. We also had 1 Marshalls store to stop at and Aunt Linda just happened to call and caught us shopping. Needless to say she and Wayne Bob were not surprised.
Sandy
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Labels: Flowers, Trips
Friday, June 26, 2009
Around Our Garden
Different things we have sitting around the garden plus more daylilies.
End of old iron chair propped again a planted telephone pole. A guy from work was throwing this away and I rescued it. The slats were nothing but rot and we threw them out and placed the 2 ends around the garden. Concrete doves are at the top of the pole and a clematis was on the other side climbing the trellis. It bit the dust this year.
two tone day lilies
big sun dial at end of new peony bed
dark hot pink daylily - we have a couple of these plants all in different shades of pink
small sun dial in center of garden
lavender daylily - we have several of these also in different shades
hanging gazebo by pond garden
spider daylilies by pond garden
iron work on fence post at back of garden with hanging wire basket
Sandy
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Labels: Concrete, Flowers, Iron Work
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Bird & Butterfly Houses
A Few of Our Birdhouses and Our Butterfly House
church birdhouse in the shade garden close to the patio
birdhouse in my corner garden
butterfly house -- never seen a butterfly go in but the wasps sure like to build nests in it
Tall white birdhouse behind the japanese maple or rather what is left of the japanese maple - between the late freeze and drought in 2007 and dry summer last year it is having a very hard time.
Sandy
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