In My Backyard
Posted: April 16, 2012 Filed under: cottage garden | Tags: artists, cottage garden, garden, Monet, water garden, water lilies 6 Comments »
These water lilies were blooming yesterday in my backyard. Monet would be jealous.
Caught Off Guard
Posted: August 2, 2010 Filed under: cottage garden, Writers Write | Tags: cottage garden, garden, writers, writing Leave a comment »Moping around the yard this evening, I looked up to see this.
Yep. It’s August 2. Right on time. The first moonflower of the season bloomed a little before 8:00 p.m. Last March, out of an entire package of seeds, four sprouted. The odds of a bloom were lousy, but at the top of an arched trellis–a gift.
The Butcher, the Baker, the Chandelier Maker?
Posted: May 15, 2010 Filed under: cottage garden, Joined at the Heart, Writers Write | Tags: cottage garden, creativity, family, garden Leave a comment »This slideshow requires JavaScript.
The family got crafty this afternoon and put together an outdoor chandelier over our patio table. On a pot rack, we hung a string of solar star lights, a few birdhouses the girls painted at a friend’s birthday party, a ceramic fish Cherry made at school, and a fish-shaped clothes hanger that was too cool to throw away. The prisms were collected from a light fixture, trashed from my drama teacher days, and beads were strung on stainless steel wire, an artistic staple around our house. It’s creative, and we made a memory too.
