~comin up~

 Spring is starting to peek it's head out of the wintery 

clouds and snowdrifts. 

The green popping out of the ground in the spring

is such a glorious change from the dreary

snowy landscape I get accustomed to seeing

by this time each year.    

 Our first blooms of the year :)

lovely littles.

That's not the only thing blooming.

I get the pleasure of gazing at these 

beauties each day now that sit on my kitchen shelf:  

 I'm not sure what this is.....a Christmas cactus maybe?

Whatever it is, it's blooming again and it's a 

beautiful bright orange.

BUT.....the real gem is this lady:  

 MY ORCHID.....

the first orchid in 10+ years that I have EVER

got to re-bloom. I was THRILLED to see 

the new chute and blooms grow. 

Orchids are my FAVORITE flower and this particular

plant is one that my husband gave me about a year

and four months ago......I think now I've figured 

out how to make them re-bloom....

patience is the main thing :) 

Welcome Spring!     

~garden markers~

 We started planting our little garden last week.

We don't have a whole lot of areas to plant things

so we can only choose a few each year.

This year we have: lettuce, tomatoes, chives, parsley, 

dill, onions, jalapenos and beets (first time!).

My little guy helped me paint rocks to mark what we planted. 

 

 I know....they're primitive looking but we had fun with them.

If I were to do it again I would use a 

large permanent marker instead of painting the words on.

We've also been doing a lot of playing in the yard this past week.

Toes in the grass.

Toes in the sandbox.

Toes in flip-flops.

Toes in the water.

Do you love your kids' feet as much as I do?

Oh-those little toes.

xoxo

~our beautiful flowers~

 Spring is my favorite season.

This is one of the reasons:

...our amazing flowers.

We have so many tulips and flowers blooming.

I can't take ANY credit for this beauty.

My husband does it ALL.

He digs EVERY SINGLE bulb up after the flower

has died off, cleans the bulbs, stores them in a 

cool/dry place the entire summer and then plants

them all again in the fall.

He puts so much work into it and I appreciate

it so much. He likes flowers and gets his

green thumb from his Grandma but I know another

reason he does it each year is because he knows

how much I appreciate their beauty. 

 His famous crown lilies.

He is having problems keeping these alive and

for the past 3 consecutive years, we have

lost most of these bulbs due to bugs.

If any of you out there have any suggestions

to keeping these bulbs alive-I would 

greatly appreciate it.

 

In the summer time our flower beds will be

full of roses, day lilies, various ground covering plants

 and petunias.

Oh-the beauty of the Earth!

Isn't it amazing?