Back in the garden

I took the day off from gardening yesterday.  It was so raw and windy.  Today it was cool but no wind and the sun came out in the late afternoon.  I got my back flowerbed tilled and fertilized, and in a day or two I am going to plant some perennial seeds.   We are past our last frost date.  Next year I am going to definitely get a small green house stall, so I can start my seeds in February.  I am just tooooo impatient.  I want flowers and I want them now.

I am off to Women's Retreat tomorrow.  As it turns out I will be driving myself, so I am praying for good weather.  Should be a beautiful drive though with all the flowering shrubs and trees.  Lots of wild Rhodies and azaleas on the way to the coast.  Hoping to take home some unique garden art as a souvenir.

Ah, England

I found a new blog today "Tales from the Mouse House." It is a beautiful site and very rewarding if you love old lace crafts (which I do so much). Angela lives in England and shared some of her get-away weekend pics. I was in England many, many years ago, but only for a week and barely got a feeling for London during that time. I wanted so much to go into the countryside and made plans to do so, but caught bronchitis and had to leave before I could fulfill my plans. At the left you will see a picture of one of the houses in the area.  I fantasize about renting such a house for the summer.  Anyway, I thank Angela for allowing me to get a taste of what I missed. Angela can be found at http://mousehousetales.blogspot.com/

A few changes

As you can see, I changed the design of the blog and I like it much better. Do you like it better than the old design?

Busy working in my garden. Will post more about it later.

I can't believe I'm a blogger

Well, setting up a blog was relatively easy but I can see I have a lot to learn about how to make it as beautiful as the blogs I follow. If you are reading this and are not a blogger yet, you might want to give it a try.

Not sure exactly what is going to be included on this blog. I think it may be evolving for a while.

So this post isn't completely boring, here is a pic of what I bought at the nursery today for my garden. It's a red twig dogwood tree