Postcards from Home ~ March

It's been a crazy-busy week, not much time for cooking/baking anything worth sharing so I thought I'd share some postcards from around home instead.








The fruit trees are nearly all in bloom ~ filling the air with their heavenly scent.

(This one and the one below are nectarines.)

And sadly, we had to have an old, enormous pine tree removed.

I never take it lightly when a tree on the property must be removed, especially one of this stature; it was about 80 years old. However, this one was no longer thriving and perilously close to the studio out back. Still, it makes me sad.

Can you see our favorite tree-guy waaay up there? First he climbs up and ties off each huge limb, cuts it with his chain saw and lowers each one down to the crew on the ground. Into the chipper it goes to become garden material. Then he ties off and continues cutting the trunk into large logs which are lowered to the crew below;

the crew cuts them into 16" logs. After they dry and age, they'll be split for firewood.

They make it look so easy, but I'm always on pins and needles when I see this.

And I even get sweaty palms just looking at the photos. Eeeek.

He left a good "table-height" stump to which we'll add a tabletop for outdoor dining; maybe I'll feature it in an upcoming Tablescape Thursday!

Daffodils, tea, and a darling tea cozy...

(Stay tuned, there's more to come about tea cozies in the future.)

And introducing one little girl from the second batch of chicks ~

They just arrived on Tuesday.

She's an Australorp, a breed was developed in Australia in the late 1800's with Black Orpington stock from England.

No name yet... but I'm leaning towards Olivia, or Olive. :D

And she will look similar to the hen below when full grown;

black with a greenish sheen.

Photo courtesy of ozbreeders.com

The daffodils/narcissus are in full bloom ~

Some of my favorites; I love to bring some indoors to enjoy up close.

Spring showers or not ~ the flowers always add cheer to the room.

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I'll leave you with one of my favorite
quotes...




I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Pink Saturday ~ David Austin English Roses

Welcome ~

It's time for another PINK Saturday!

I'm featuring roses today because soon

the last of this years crop of roses will be spent ~

So I take every opportunity to spend time in the rose gardens enjoying their perfume and beauty.

I always cut some to share with others, and make some casual bouquets to place around the house, too.

Windows open to catch a warm breeze, and roses on the table ;

I'm not quite ready to let summer go just yet.


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Postcards ~ From the Garden

It's been a while since I've posted photos from the gardens, so I thought I would share some today.

A couple of young bucks wandering through the property ~

The gardens begin looking a little tired in late July and in August, but here are a few things that are still blooming.

There will be one more flush of roses in Fall...

I hope you enjoy. :)

The fragrant lilies are blooming, filling the air with their intoxicating scent. I planted them close to pathways so their beauty and fragrance can be enjoyed close up.

One more young buck...

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