Time and flies...

Love those red geraniums!!!

Today I thought I would be doing something and then something else changed and so my friend and I cleaned dead flies out of all the windows in the new barn.  How's that for an opening line on my new post?  Thank goodness for friends...who else could you ask to de-fly speck your barn windows???

Even though we live on 10 acres, we have had few flies in the house throughout the past 12 years.  Maybe its because we have no cows, horses or chickens or pigs.  Just one dog and one cat and us.

However, all the flies in the neighborhood must like our new barn!  What's with that??? 

Well, I digress.  So armed with cleaner, paper towels and Windex, we persevered and tackled all nine windows and three doors. 

It looks great - now.  It's all part of getting ready for our Farmgirls June sale.  So we begin the task of making a path through all the stuff and arranging it into creative vignettes.  We open in two weeks for the first two weekends in June.

We have a theme item this first sale....vanities.  I count three in the barn now with three more on the way!  I'll do a feature on those vanities so you can see the variety.

I need to get some energy...any suggestions? I have miles to go before I sleep...

Just part of the annuals for my gardens
and some to plant at the cemetary next week 

Take care,

Bonnie

Lovely May Flowers...

Love these Wave Petunias - such a pretty pink!

Pansy faces are my favorite faces!

I collect old dilapidated birdhouses!

and last are my favorites...lovely lilacs!

I'm just beginning to collect my annuals for my gardens.  It's really difficult not to stop at every greenhouse I pass!  Spring is such a creative time.  Time to really dig in the dirt!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Bonnie

Perfect Friday Night...

Who knew that Friday nights with the grandkids would be our perfect Friday nights???  John and Addy are here for a couple nights to keep us company and help us!  They love scrubbing stuff - its the water - all kids love water so why not put them to work???

It's turned cold so we are in the house now and Addy is playing with her baby doll who talks and cries and whimpers.  She also likes Barbie's (I don't)  but loves playing with her baby doll too.

All set for bed!

John is building little, tiny skateboards with little, tiny screwdrivers.  They are Tech Deck and are collectors items.  Pretty neat!

Working to connect wheels to board!

It is a perfect Friday night and now off to the livingroom to read our books!

Take care,
Bonnie

Sweet Sounds of the Country...

My crab apple in all its glory!

The bees were a buzzin' today!

There will lots of crab apples!

It's too hot in the living room so I'm sitting in the kitchen with the windows open, with no TV blaring - just me and the sounds of the birds coming in the windows.  The robins have built a nest right outside our living room area and we watched them build their nest.  The mother would bring just one strand of grass and place it in the nest and then would sit in the nest and wiggle around melding it into the form both parents had built of larger sticks and stuff.  I guess we've hit that age where nature astounds us each day. 

I hear an owl hooting in the background while sparrows, wrens and other song birds, warble and warble.  I can hear sounds of sticks or something small dropping into the lilac bush.  Hope the nest isn't falling apart!

I can't really identify all the sounds but its just a beautiful, peaceful evening with hardly a car going by.  A couple dogs just barked but other than that the birds are the major orchestra playing for me,  The flag is hanging straight down...not a breeze so all the sounds are clear and melodic.

Spring is the best but fall runs a close second in my book of favorite seasons.  Spring is so special because we've come through the cold, snowy, white season and then the first rain brings out the color of the grass...and lightning makes the green greener and soon things begin to pop through the dirt.  Nature begins to paint our world.

I noticed my new little bulbs have burst open - a little tulip wannabe looks so cute but its face looks at the dirt...I'll have to look into planting some other face that wants to see us as we pass.  The white French Lilac is beginning to open and of course, the crab apple tree is in full bloom...losing a few petals in the rain and wind yesterday.  But still beautiful today.

I need to get my little red bowl of grape jelly out to bribe the Baltimore Orioles to sit and lap up the sweetness.  They are such a burst of color and exciting every time they visit.

Time to finish up a project or two...hope you are enjoying a lovely evening too!

Take care,

Bonnie