I think this container garden is going to work...

bean greens coming up!

we were late getting them planted this year, but the weather stayed cool and we had frost the week before we planted, so glad we held off...

I planted this this morning with rose moss and there are 2 peppers in the bottom pot along with more rose moss...

rose moss can take full sun...

and will bring the bees in to pollinate the veggies...

I raked and cleaned up all the maple copters...

and there were more this year than I have ever seen...

then Craig helped plant some more bloomers behind the tomatoes...

these are going to be so easy for me and DH to handle on our own this year...

picking is going to be awesome...

in a month, this will all be so pretty with everything much bigger...

I planted a few marigolds to keep the skeeters away...

hope it works...

and there it is so far...

we have much more to do in the yard...

a few places we haven't even touched yet...

not getting overgrown and full of copters...

those things are just everywhere...

got to mow in the morning if its not raining...

I took a lot more photos today, but will post those over the next few days...

have a great weekend!

a quick trip to the green house yesterday...

we have a green house just 2 miles south of us...

aloe- who knew there were so many different ones?

Craig need snap dragons and for some reason, they are hard to find this year...

so, in the middle of our planting yesterday...

he wanted to take a quick trip out to Beck's to see if they had any...

they didn't have many left, but he got what he went for...

and of course, so did I...

some great shots of some pretty blooms...

he used to work out here, in his early college days...

he worked 2 summers there...

we love their plants, but they are rather high...

those 6 packs were over $3 each...

you don't even want to know how much the hanging baskets are...

but they are pretty...

had a home alone day today and another tomorrow...

DH is working some over time, too...

so may change up my sleep patterns to adjust to it...

cleaned off the deck this morning and it was in the 40s...

a bit nippy here but should start warming back up tomorrow...

and here is a photo of the little babies today...

they are so big!

had to move them from the kennel to a tote...

right now they cannot climb over the top and mom can get into them anytime she wants to...

they were crawling out of the kennel...

every time I looked down, one or two were out...

so, this will work for a short time...

by then, we can get something else set up for mom and them...

have a good night!

the bloomers today...

I am getting so sore and tired...

purple columbine...

we planted and planted and planted today...

clematis...

and there are still flowers left to plant...

iris...

the rain has moved on out of here and we missed all the bad stuff and didn't flood!

iris...

and there is corn coming up in the field behind us...

iris and peonies...

I can't wait to be hemmed in!

old fashioned columbine...

it has cooled down and was 52 this morning when Craig and I headed outside...

columbine and spider wart...

tank top, long john shirt and a sweat shirt weather...

dwarf lilac in full bloom and iris...

its been pretty cloudy most of the day, but this evening, the clouds are gone and the skies are blue...

in the 40s tonight...

we have the furnace back on...

Bonnie and Clyde have coccidia...

a parasite in the intestines...

kenneled now and on meds...

not happy about it at all...

got 21 days now before we can even think about them going out of here...

everyone else is doing ok...

the new babies have their eyes open, but still sleeping when they aren't eating...

hope your week is going good so far...

I get a break tomorrow with both guys working, so am planning of resting up a bit...

got an alone day the next day, too...

might take 2 this time...

;0)

blessings to you...

Happy Mother's Day...

Craig got this for me last night...

I love it!

he also got these...

DH got me 2 new lilies...

we headed for Paris last night when Craig got home from work...

the iris are beginning to open out front, but not here, yet...

DH and I spent the afternoon out here planting all the new things...

and we moved the fairy to the island...

I found something to put in the south bed, but that's another post...

DH also got her for me for mother's day...

our 2 new lilies...

we did just a bit of shopping last night...

just about all of it was gardening stuff...

we grabbed some fast food from a couple of places and ate supper in the parking lot of Kroger's...

we got home just moments before dark and in between the rains...

got it all unloaded before the hard rain came...

we has rain last night and this morning...

cleared off the rest of today but it's coming back in tonight and tomorrow...

the stuff coming at us is the cells that have had so many tornadoes popping out of it...

not real exciting about starting the tornado season...

hope you all had good mother's days...

whether the human or furry kind of kids..

;0)

a photo shoot this week...

a local man called me last month after seeing some of my photos on facebook...

could I take pics of him and his daughter?

she was coming up from Texas to visit the first week of May...

I said sure...

call me when she gets here...

I got the call the first of the week and we made arrangements to meet uptown...

didn't take long at all...

not like photographing small children...

all the photos came out really good...

and as we walked from one place to the next, I snapped some extra of the place we were shooting at...

his daughter is really good at editing, so she wanted the originals...

so I edited my version and let the originals intact for her...

made 2 discs for them and handed them off last night...

I am so happy that they were thrilled with them...

and I made some extra money for all those things that I run across and can't live without...

or so I think...

;0)

he posted one of the photos last night on facebook and there has been such nice comments on the photos...

maybe there is a future in this for me...

got rain on and off here all weekend...

not sure what's going to happen...

will let you know later!

hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

;)