When I was growing up, this little brass lady bell lived in my bedroom. When I was sick with the flu, or some other childhood malady, my mother would have me stay in bed and ring this bell if I needed her. This little bell now resides in my daughter’s room. It served the same purpose for my children as it did for me. I did look her up on the internet and found this page.
These water iris were planted by my next door neighbors along the creek that divides our properties. They are a good choice of to plant for waterscapes and will provide a habitat for wildlife such as waterfowl, birds and animals.
They should be planted with careful forethought as they are quite hardy and can be invasive. I think they add nicely to the landscape.
These hostas are hiding an eye sore. We have well water and the top of the electric pump sticks out, so I’ve hidden it inside these hostas. The good thing about well water is that we have no water bill. The bad thing is that when the electricity goes out, we also lose our water.
This morning, when I checked my blog there were four comments in my moderation queue and they were all SPAM. Today’s spam was particularly nasty and distasteful. All four comments were targeting my guest book and so, I have decided to no longer have a guest book.
This is an art project that Megan did her freshman year of college. It is a stone sculpture of orange alabaster.
Not only does it look nice on my hearth but, as you can see, it is quite functional.
It doesn’t hold much water but this sculpture has turned into a favorite drinking bowl.
Chris has mowed the lawn and spared my patch of flowers. (I do know this is more of a weed than a flower) Kinda looks like a crop circle. Don’t you think so?
I am happy to see my that my azaleas are in bloom. I have had better luck with blooms now that I am using a special fertilizer for acid loving plants.
Looking on line I have recently learned that the best time to prune is early spring before blooming. (Oops, I missed it!) During the bloom is ok. (time to get out the clippers) and after blooming is bad. (I won’t do that again.)
Behind the shed, which was pictured in my last blog entry, is a patch of woods. There is a creek back there and a large patch of wild geraniums.
This is a wild flower that attracts butterflies and whose flowers are a tasty treat for deer. It is also called Cranesbill because the seed pods are beak shaped.
This is one flower I could actually bring inside and put in a vase because not only is it not poisonous, but I could use the greens in my salad. (If I really wanted to) So, my cat Rikki can munch to his heart’s content with out me worring. (Yesterday, We caught him eating watermelon.)
Today we are mowing the lawn. It is way over due. However, I have asked Chris to treat these two patches of purple weeds as flower gardens and not mow them down. I have no idea what they are. I took four pictures of them. Each time I got in closer.
I purchased this recently from a catalogue. It is for my son to use, when doing one of his favorite things. Here is a picture of the front and the back. I had to edit out the brand name, or it would give it’s identity away for sure. Here is an obscure clue to help you. Ben uses it to help make 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510.
