another Thursday...

I have been having this thing with Thursdays...

every week for the last 5...

Thursdays have been my day to sleep in...

crazy, huh?

so a quick post here and then back to work...

here in the mother's garden...

we have planted onion sets in between the begonias...

they are also through out several beds and in the little wheel barrow...

the rose is about to bloom...

there are so many buds on it!

can't wait!

this is my largest iris bed that I have left and we have dug off of the back side many times to give away to friends... 

this is behind the park bench now...

say awe!

this reminded me of my doctor's visit last Saturday...

hairy tongue and all...

these flowers are so beautiful the closer you look at them...

rose bush again...

ferns are 4 foot tall...

buds on the hydrangea...

and bugs...

we are having the worst time with bugs!

the only good thing about winter...

last week we couldn't go outside without being bombarded with them...

down my top, up my nightgown...

geez...

had to get beaten when we came in to kill all the bugs crawling!

then if there is only one...

you feel like there are more...

and we finally had a dry morning with no wind...

so my can of spray paint finally got used...

look at this!

cool!

I have so many blogging buddies who have inspired me to spray till it's gone...

need to get a few more cans this week...

think this is going into my booth!

oh yeah, it was gold...

lilies...

pink tiger...

look at this frame!

it was gold, too!

I am so spraying more things white...

this is a before...

battle of the seed pods is in progress...

cleaned this out...

verbena...

got these yesterday...

I was very good...

only got 2 -4 packs...

and dianthus...

was looking for more plants to put in cans...

so pretty...

changing it up...

see the hole?

Robbie can get out of there...

had that fan blocking it...

so had to redo this area...

took the short bench out and put this chair here...

love it...

and this fence with a faucet and bucket...

it was a fountain and the motor quit...

so stuck my bright pinkie in here...

and the fence part covers the hole...

and under the chair..

the little bench is here and one of the shelves we picked up at the city wide...

good for tin pots...

from above...

cooking off a pot of fresh green beans with potatoes and bacon...

you should smell it in here...

omgosh!

and then there's a pot of fresh broccoli and cauliflower on, too!

got more things I would like to get done, but I am getting a little sore so going to slow it down a tad...

it's 71 today, so hoping all my northern buddies are having some warmer weather!

hope you are having a fantastic day and that God's blessings are raining down on you!

I'm off to conquer a hamper full of laundry!

cloudy day, but are you ready for some color?

changed out the bird bath chair...

the bottoms are out of the wicker chairs...

so one went here and one will hold a pot of something...

Craig getting it all filled up...

ok...

tacky...

but I have this love/hate relationship with tacky...

don't like it in someone elses yard...

but it's ok in mine...

talk about 2 faced...

slap me with a wet noodle!

NOW...

JUST FOR ALL OF YOU STILL WAITING ON WARMER WEATHER...

FOR SPRING TO HAPPEN FULL FORCE...

FOR SUNNIER DAYS AND WARM SUMMER BREEZES...

THIS IS FOR YOU...

WITH LOVE...

FROM THE PRAIRIE...

I DECIDED TO BRING SOME SUN INSIDE TODAY...

IT'S WARMER!

58 AND IT COULD RAIN...

LOOKS LIKE RAIN...

BUT I WILL TAKE WARMER...

HAVE A GREAT DAY, GIRLIES!

night photo shoot...

so...

what's a girl to do?

I was wall to wall furniture...almost...

and then I bought another table at the city wide...

so...double stack...right?

my vintage music cabinet is sitting on top of two curio end tables pushed together...

then it made a cozy little place to stick a couple of my favorite things...

so this is what Craig and I did last week when I had strep throat...

just so we could work in a 2 tier round end table with turned legs that I found for $5...

then I found this little green tin garden embossed garden bench at the antique mall when we were in there last Saturday in a booth just around the corner from mine...

$3...

yeah, it had to come home with me...

the tin planter was another city wide find...

$2...

and the candle jar is from the dollar store...

a small tin ceiling tile for a coaster...

so DH can have his coffee in here in the mornings while he watches tv...

toss a few floral pieces in...

and of course my vintage lamp...

and you have a mini make over...

and the makings for a night photo shoot...

I know most of you are in bed already...

but hope you all have sweet dreams and a well rested night...

not as sore as I was earlier...

just hanging out long enough to take my meds before bed...

it was already raining the last time the dogs went out...

so tomorrow will be more hunting for things to go in the booth...

cloudy day...

and I have had a bad day...

but got up, showered and dressed, Craig loaded up our supplies...

and we headed to my friends furniture and flooring store...

I shopped for my friend over the weekend for some store decor...

I came up with these place settings for a beautiful round table...

and then we placed items here and there...

and I was so sore...

so we didn't stay long...

and I came home and edited the photos I took and started him a facebook page for his business...

he has 12 followers already!

and about 2 I went out for a short walk and to take a few photos...

love this iris...

only have a handful...

almost lost all of them a few years ago...

so I dug them and scattered them about....

a fun petunia in a pot...

the lilac isn't dead and it has some really hugs leaves on it now...

and a hint of things yet to come...

been pushing it too hard and it finally caught up with me...

so, I have been getting up every now and then and doing a job and then back down...

rest a bit and do another small job...

trying to work the soreness out...

Craig is snoring on the couch...

not a lot going on right now...

I still have a couple hours until DH gets home...

so may take a nap, too!

I am so blessed to be moving at all...

God is so good to me...

have a great day!

hello...

another busy day for me...

2 walks this morning...

under my own steam...

then Craig and I hit the grocery store...

he pushed me while I pushed the cart...

it worked...

then home to get started in the home office/craft area on one side of the kitchen...

going through boxes, bags and shelves...

sorting what get kept, going to my booth or hitting the trash can...

was doing good until I pupt out...

the photos are from our yard and what we have blooming now...

well, part of what is blooming now...

it is cold today...

it finally just hit 58...

it's ok if this is going on...

but let a cloud roll by...

and it's down right nippy...

there's quite a bit of wind...

this is the biggest bloomer I have right now...

I used to have 13 beds of these...

down to 3...

what the flood didn't take...

I downsized...

I started out with a grocery sack of these from a friend...

iris are my favorite...

I wished they lasted all summer...

they used to use my iris for the flowers for the stage at graduation here...
we would cut and cut and cut...

and you couldn't tell there were any gone...

and then they would use my ferns, too, to go in with them...

I think I am going to have to thin out the ferns here a bit...

need another color in here...

it's all growing up so fast...

rain all weekend didn't get any yard work done...

next weekend looks like the same thing...

y'all have a great evening...

we're doing spaghetti...

and probably an early night...

gotta get Craig up to get some more done...