Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2012

***Kitty and Garden Update***


The kittens are still hanging around. We haven't been able to handle them yet, so I'm getting a little concerned that we might not be able to capture them to take them to the Humane Society. They are getting so big, yet they are still nursing. So we're not sure when to take them away from their mama. We've loved having them and have spent lots of time watching them play and eat and sleep. They have reminded me to slow down and enjoy. It's finally really hot (100 degrees) but the garden is taking it quite well. I harvested my first potatoes on Saturday and peppers are starting to form. We continue to be in "project mode" with an unfinished patio (at least we have furniture!), a deck remodel and a spontaneous carpet tear-out in the dining room. It's great though. We are improving as well as getting the house how we want it. It's hard work (thank you Chris!) but quite rewarding. 









The tabby is the most timid and the siamese is the bravest.


Sweet Patty Cakes (mama cat)



Our indoor cat, Bella, has started doing some unusual things 
like hang out in the bathroom. I wonder if it's all the millions 
of cats running around? :)



One of my succulents is blooming!



Have you heard of a Sensitive Plant? 
They close up when you touch them!



Morning Glories.
























Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ahhh, Glorious Nature.


We had a few thunderstorms last week and then it turned really hot this weekend. I think the rain/heat combo made the yard explode with growth. Things are popping up and budding out like crazy. I woke up Sunday morning to probably 50 blooms on my clematis. Gorgeous!!! This is the time of year when I'm just blown away by how so incredibly AWEsome nature is. It's so neat to watch seedlings break through the hard earth, plants that looked crispy enough to think dead come fully back to life and buds of beautiful flowers unfurl and bloom into brilliantly shaped and colored flowers. We are beginning to eat out of the garden, the wooded area behind the house is filling in and there is a pair of finches building a nest in the fern on the front deck. So happy...


Bought some brightly colored annuals for the back patio.




The Tennyson tree is so happy to be back outside.


Can you see Chris in the background working on yet another project? He's making a cool gate to finish off the fence. I can't wait to see what he comes up with!




Can you believe how gorgeous!?!




Lettuce.


Comfrey.


Broccoli.


Fennel.


Radish.


Peony. Any day now!


Our new wrap-around couch for the front deck! Now all I have to do it make cushions which will require me to learn how to use my sewing machine. Chris purposefully made the couch long enough so he could sleep on it. He loves sleeping outside.


Front deck.


Bella Kitty.