Good Bye Spring, Hello Summer

A bunch of my short lived flowers from my yards, this is before the heat wave.

I am hanging on to my pansies just a little bit longer.

My hanging baskets from the Waynesboro garden Center.

My Hydrangeas coming up along with the seeds I put in the ground.

Mature gardens with Columbine coming back.

Pictures of my sitting areas on the porch.

My veggie garden.

Hostas, Lily of the Valley and more Columbine coming back in side garden beds.

My flower garden in the back yard with mature plants returning and new plants that I
put in the ground like Snapdragons, Yarrow, Dianthus and Salvia.

Even though we never really had a Spring, we are getting some good rain storms to feed
my gardens.

Easter Sunday and Spring Decorating

I was lucky enough to have Spring Sunday off, so Mandy and I
headed down to Richmond to see my children. My daughter Ellie
bought a new house so we met there to see what she had done.

Very cute brick house in Henrico that she is renovating with her boyfriend Wes. My
son Edmund also showed up with his dad and we sat down and had a nice time catching
up. Then it was on to my sisters to celebrate Easter with my family. Monday I went back
to my clients house in the fan to remeasure some windows and hang her shades in her kitchen.
I left there and Mandy and I had a great time in one of my favorite haunts, Class and Trash at
Scott's Addition.  I saw a lot that I liked, but came home with another pair or French Arm Chairs,
see last years post at Easter to see the pair I brought home last time.

These two are a pretty shape, with old silk fabric and worn arms. They will hang out
with me until I can figure out what I want to do with them. I moved the 5 leg French chair
to my bedroom and really love it there.

I wanted a little color behind my sad rental stove and found this cute bird plate to hang there.

I planted some pansies in my urns last week and got out my spring wreath for the front
door.

Despite the resent snow and the maybe snow tomorrow, my Hydrangeas are coming up.

Next post will be that spring is finally here!

My Farmhouse Porch and Garden Beds

Here is a sneak at my farmhouse front porch, this house is in the city,
I pretend that it is on a farm because it has a big yard with a garden shed
and a huge garage. Here is my heavy, large urn filed with what I bought for
my self for Mother's Day.

 Mint, Rosemary, Dusty Miller, Impatient and Delphinium. My small urns on pedestals
by the front door with a sun hardy impatient.

My hanging baskets from Martens with fragrant Petunias and Verbena.

Flowers and foliage that I brought my last house that have come back this Spring.

Hydrangea and Snapdragons replanted.

I had two Dianthus plants, only one made it.

A Pincushion I planted in the ground this spring. And things I planted from seed from
the Wild Flower Seed Company.

Cosmos and baby Snapdragons

More pictures as things develop.