cff May 2012 | Simple and Serene Living

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

It's blooming

I am so excited that the daylily is blooming. Last year it didn't have any blooms all summer. 




Just thought I would do a quick share.




They just called to say I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am. Yikes. I hope I'm awake. I still have a lot to do today so this is definitely a short post. 


See you next week.


 

Monday, May 7, 2012

Yes, I Know

It's Monday, and yes I know I always post shopping on Monday.


I could have done that today, but I was lazy last night. I had spent some of the afternoon shopping for flowers for the garden




and there are lots of them. 






I have already started to place some of them where they will be planted. These are giant begonias. (Boy, I need to hose all that grass off the side of the house)






and then planted a few things. I added some white impatiens and two perennial  geraniums to this bed. I think it is done. When the impatiens grow, they will fill out between the other perennials.




After that, I had to package up two big boxes, which I have to haul to the USPS today and so the rest of the night I was just lazy. 


I could have done the Etsy browsing this morning, but it was sooooo beautiful out and I wanted to watch the sun coming up over the secret garden. 






and the way the light filtered through the treetops.






and then two of the feral cats we feed, Smokey and Sammy came for breakfast. That's a bit of my penguin jammy bottoms in the corner. 




and then they had to have a nice drink of water.




So there are all my excuses for not doing my shopping on Etsy post today. Now half of the morning is gone and I need to try and plant some of the flowers before the big storms come this afternoon. 


Oh, and you can file this under way too much information and ick, ick, ick, Today is the last time I get to shave my legs for the next 4 1/2 weeks because of my knee surgery next week. There will be a big ritual leg shaving tonight and then you will not be seeing me in short pants anytime soon. 



 P.S. I definitiely like leaving you on a high note.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Blooming

Don't you love it when your perennials start blooming?




A couple of days ago, the peonies just started popping out.




I think this day lily may be next, as it has lots of buds on it. I need to get some annuals this weekend to fill in for color. It's pretty shady back here, so we usually go for impatiens.




We moved the little bird bath up next to the patio, because our favorite raccoon kept knocking it over in the secret garden.  The feral cats like to use it to drink out of and it was a little upsetting to see them lick the hosta leaves for water. 


And here is a little sneak peek at something I got for the front porch. It is coming together and I am really excited about how it is turning out. I disliked last years decor so I wanted to go in a completely different direction.




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