This and That

 

Our lupines bloomed so well this season.

 

Happy June my friends,

The year is flying by for me. I am struggling to keep up with all the adventures I want to share with you here on the blog. Yes, we are still doing our 52 day dates, but I have not been able to keep up posting. One day I will dump it all on you. 

We went thrifting for one of our day dates. We had a great day and found a treasure. I will get around to sharing soon. 

In the meantime, let us go for a stroll in the garden. Meet our new kitty, pick out your favorite bouquet to take home and take a peek at a special gift.

 

 

Our son Sam needed help with one of his kitties, Benny. We adopted Benny. He is adjusting well to his new home.

 

 

We celebrated our wedding anniversary on May 31st. Our friend J made us this lovely pillow. Each rectangle is a piece of history. The cloth is from the 1930's.

(a rich history dating back to the 1930s when flour companies began printing colorful designs and sewing patterns on cotton bags to help struggling families make their own clothing during the Great Depression)

 

Flowers and more flowers. Photos of a few bouquets I have made.

 Our peony have done so well this season.

 

 

Decorating for the big birthday party. I created a red, white and blue theme of planters on the front deck. I will share more as they grow and fill in.

 

 

I also created a bed with red, white, blue flowers and plants that is at the front of our property that you can see from the street. Happy Birthday America!

 

 

Taking a peek at one more bouquet. Iris, peony and bees balm are used in this bouquet.

Do you have a favorite? 

 

♥

Carla 

Hello June and it is the Hodgepodge

 

Hello Friends,

The iris are blooming. The peonies have huge blossoms ready to pop open any day. The roses are forming buds. Welcome to June in Wisconsin.

 

 It is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

 Click here to join the fun!

 1.What's something you find extremely difficult that most people would say is simple?

I struggle keeping up with technology.  Thankfully I have a "high tech" husband and both of our boys will help me.

 

2.  "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow fast in movies I  had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." 

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Does the season of summer make you feel this way? Elaborate. 

 

No, summer does not make me feel this way. I feel more of a restart in the spring.

 

 3. Pickles. Love 'em or no thank you? What's your favorite type of pickle? What's something you eat that definitely needs a pickle added?

  

I love pickles. We make a refrigerator pickle. We grow cucumbers for pickling. My mom also makes her own pickles and our entire family gobbles up my mom's pickles.

I love pickles on a hamburger. I also love to eat them right out of the jar. 

 

 4. Tis the season...do you know any June brides? Are there any weddings on your summer calendar? What's your favorite movie wedding? 

 

My sister is a June bride. 

No weddings for us this year.

The Sound of Music wedding is a favorite.

 

 5. June 1st is/was National Say Something Nice Day...say something nice here. 

 

"I love your smile." 

 

 6. Insert your own random thought here. 

 

There was an owl lived in a oak.

The more he heard, the less he spoke.

The less he spoke, the more he heard.

If men were all like that wise bird.

 

Joy List Monday

 

 

Joy List Monday

 ♥ a weekly ritual ♥

a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day

 ♥ the woods is wake after a long winters sleep

♥ pops of natures colors  

   ♥ the song of the tree frogs 

 

 

♥ the first of the garden harvest, radish and lettuce

♥ a warm breeze coming through the screen door

♥ the full blue moon

 

 

Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.

 ♥

Carla