There is an outdoor decor project I’ve been wanting to create for a couple of years now, and, that will be a forthcoming post. For now, I’d like to show you how I made this twiggy branch decor wreath to be used in that project. You could call making this wreath, the first step in [...]
The ‘Butterfly Blue’ pincushion takes center stage this week. I have two ‘Butterfly Blue’ pincushion perennials in my yard, and I love seeing their delicate lavender-blue flowers. This perennial is a long blooming one, and its flower stems reach about 15” in length. I use the word ‘length’ instead of ‘height’ because sometimes the [...]
Don’t you just love those days when you get to take time out to have a treat? This float has summer written all over it, but it is a wonderful treat any time of the year! Even the colors of this float are summery. This orange sherbet float recipe is very simple. Just two [...]
We think this week’s perennial would definitely make a bright and cheery impression in any landscape or garden, with its lemon yellow trumpet-shaped flowers nestled in the tips of its slender grass-like green foliage. Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? The ‘Happy Returns’ daylily is all that! It’s a compact plant growing to 15” – 18” [...]
The Summer Salad with Field Greens, Peas, & Sunflower Seeds is a wonderful all-round summer salad to serve at your next cookout to accompany grilled chicken or the all-American burger, and so versatile that you could serve it for a light lunch with friends on the patio, along with a crusty baguette and a refreshing [...]
We’re starting the ‘A Perennial a Week’ series (a series featuring types and varieties of garden perennials) off with a perennial that I saw in a few yards last summer, and I don’t recall ever seeing it before, so it was new for me. It is tall, about 3 feet (but there are shorter varieties), [...]
I recently found these art pieces when I was out shopping. All 3 pieces caught my eye and I decided they would be fun to have to decorate my front porch. After I got home, I noticed how similar they all are in style. To me they all have an Early American – Old [...]
Flowering shrubs and the season of spring go hand-in-hand. It seems springtime is just brimming with so many different flowering shrubs – like lilacs, spirea, azalea, viburnum. Even though that time of year can be so beautiful, it seems it’s over too quickly, wouldn’t you agree? The spring blooming season doesn’t last as long [...]
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