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<\/a><\/p>\nThe wisteria on our little cabin by the pool was just so gorgeous this year. I’ve been trying to grow wisteria for years.\u00a0 Several years ago we went to a book signing of Susan Branch’s in Cincinnati, where she and her husband passed out wisteria seeds they had collected from their wisteria at their home.\u00a0 \u00a0So we brought those seeds home and planted them in pots and when they were larger, we transplanted them, one by the cabin and one by the house. Both plants took off, but this is the first year we have had such a gorgeous display of flowers.\u00a0 The plant by the house is growing up the side of the house and birds are finding it to be a wonderful place to build their nests.\u00a0 Birds also love this one on the cabin.\u00a0 We watch them carrying nesting material into the shrub.<\/p>\n
I finally have wisteria and I’m loving it.<\/p>\n For years I\u00a0 tried to grow azaleas.\u00a0 Once when we drove through the south and saw all the azaleas growing everywhere there, I wanted one, but thought our climate may be too cold.\u00a0 Bought this azalea at Rural King a few years ago and this year it bloomed just like I was hoping it would.\u00a0 \u00a0I had another one in the front yard that bloomed so beautifully also.\u00a0 It really must be a good year for flowers.<\/p>\n I have irises growing everywhere.\u00a0 I love irises because they are so easy to grow and you almost can’t kill them.\u00a0 They spread and you get a lot of flower for your buck.\u00a0 I wish I had taken pictures of all the different colors of iris I have, from pinks, to rust, to yellow and these purple and white ones.<\/p>\n We made a trip to our favorite nursery where I bought a lot of flowers to plant in planters and I got this hanging basket for my shop.\u00a0 \u00a0 Geraniums are another flower that is easy to grow.\u00a0 You just have to dead head them a lot in order to keep flowers coming on, but they are worth it.<\/p>\n The snowball bush was loaded with snowballs.\u00a0 Our old snowball bush wasn’t as pretty this year.\u00a0 It needs a good trimming and I hope it will rebound next year as it looks a little puny right now.<\/p>\n My little garden in front of my shop has flowers coming up. Zinnias, lavender, nasturtiums, marigolds, cosmos and other flowers are coming up.\u00a0 I just know this will be a thing of beauty later on in the Summer.<\/p>\n There’s even a chicken among the flowers.<\/p>\n I received these two hydrangea plants for Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n They were both set in this little planter, but I replanted them in the kitchen garden so they can grow big and hopefully have lots of hydrangeas in the future.<\/p>\n Speaking of blossoms.\u00a0 Here are three of the sweetest ones.<\/p>\n Molly, Sugar and Lucy.\u00a0 My sweet pups who keep me busy.\u00a0 Lucy LOVES to play fetch. She’d do it 24\/7 if I would play with her.\u00a0 \u00a0She has me well trained.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n David finally got the pool opened and has taken advantage of it.\u00a0 It’s still a bit too cool for me.<\/p>\n It makes me cold to watch him swimming in it sometimes.\u00a0 Brrrr.\u00a0 The water has to be in the eighties for me to go swimming.\u00a0 We will have those days before long.<\/p>\n I have been mindlessly knitting two inch squares for one of my Christmas projects.\u00a0 Let’s just say I’m loving what I am making with these and will show you closer to Christmas.<\/p>\n I am using a lot of my leftover yarn from knitting stockings.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n