progress report...

this is what cleaning does to Robbie...

we have been washing and cleaning and moving the little things around...

and he could care less...

because his toys are all picked up...

finally!...

got my candle warmer plugged in with a jar candle under the light...

oh my gosh!...

it works so well!

vanilla...

love it...

vanilla and mulberry are my two favorite scents...

this is my vintage radio cabinet...

I need to find the right fabirc to cover the screen...

I keep my vintage linens in here...

went for a short walk outside...

was getting a little stiff and sore...

a couple of rains and warm air really have things just busting loose here...

peonies, violets, iris, day lilies...

columbine...

day lilies...

can you hear them growing?

dianthus...

the tiget lilies doubled in size over night...

and...

my first tulip!

and it's pink!

I love this color! 

and shape...

and that's what I found on my walk out here today...

more photos on the living room later...

I have to get them before the guys mess it up!

so it will be a photo shoot night!

Doug is here and we have had supper...

pork chops, mashed potatoes with gravy and green beans...

it still smells good in here...

waiting for DH to come home...

he is working over...

and the roof of the office was covered yesterday...

and as long as they have power, they will keep working...

so it won't effect his job...

we're good...

hope you had a beautiful day!

I'll hop when Doug goes home...

HUGS!

more Easter images...

have fun with them...

Guess who showed up last night?

prince charming himself...

he's a little shy this year...

give him time...

and he'll be posing for me again...

our morning...

we had thunderstorms come in around 2am this morning...

we got some rain here and that's about it....

DH called me from work about 10am and was wondering if we had any damage...

he hadn't seen any when he left for work...

the office at ADM in Newman, where he works...

lost half of it's roof about 3am...

that's when the alarms went off anyway...

and a tree was uprooted...

we were fine here...

prayed through the night for us, our property and our town to be safe...

prayer answered...

the rain beat some things down a little...

but they are still blooming...

and everything we worked on yesterday, got washed off this morning by the rain...

ferns are uncurling...

I love to watch them do this...

these were from my mom's yard...

seed pods...

maple leaves like rain...

we had gone out for a walk as soon as the rain stopped...

we slept in until 9 today...

couldn't believe it, but it was dark and cozy in bed...

the potting table that I washed up yesterday...

then we went to get the mail and drove around for about 10 minutes...

the dam again...

white water...

if foams at the bottom and there's part of a limb stuck...

blooming things were every where...

and standing water...

the undergrowth is greening up, too...

a sure sing of spring...

a small bridge we had to cross...

a little creek...

I wish we had one on the property...

I love little streams...

more standing water in a field...

see the purple mass blooming?

pear blossoms...

and I love this small street lined with them...

on the square again...

and back home for some quick work...

hydrangea...

ferns on the north side...

it won't be long until they start uncurling...

so had to get this raked off...

it's not a big area, so didn't take long...

they come in so thick, I don't worry about the weeds here...

the ferns will choke them out...

rose bush...

got the dead trimmed off of it this morning...

wasn't too much dead at all...

this should really grow this year...

I love the bench out here...

I can walk out here and sit down and rest before I move on to the next stop...

if Doofus shares with me...

forsythia...

I have so been waiting for this to warm up...

the sun has popped out while I have been doing this post and it's 61 now...

was 59, after the storms went through...

we got enough rain to make things grow good for a day or two...

now, back to cleaning house!

Love Is...

no matter what...

I married one of those keepers...

Joining Marydon for a Love Is love fest!

go check out this sweet lady...