Friday, May 29, 2015

Spring!

 Early this spring, Albert built this beautiful 8x10 garden for me. In it, I  have lots of room for all my gardening supplies, some Christmas decor & it also has a counter for potting plants. Will post  some pictures when I get it organized. 


Bought this dahlia plant at Costco & it started with a few of these two-toned flowers. The new ones are a solid paler pink. Hopefully some plant food & sun will produce brighter colours.


Planted some tulips last fall & most of them came up & bloomed.


This is a new area for planting on the north side of our sunroom.  Put in some hostas & begonias & in the lower right of the picture, is a branch from a Pinky Winky Hydrangea. Will take some more pictures later this summer to show the growth.


In this half barrel, I planted some ornamental grass & geraniums.


In this pot, succulents.


Planted 2 clematis, one white, one deep purple, along the south side of the garden shed.  The carpenter also put shutters on the shed. Sure dresses it up!


Wichita  Juniper.


Karl Foerster grass with an Alberta Dwarf Spruce in the middle.

This Alberta Dwarf Spruce is showing lots of new growth.

 Sweet Potato vine, coleus & Purple Heart vine.
I'll take some more pictures in a few weeks to record the growth. 


Saturday, May 9, 2015

2015 Mother's Day Celebration

 We celebrated Mother's Day today with my Mom at LPM in Portage.
This is Charlotte showing Mom a picture of their laying hens. Mom enjoyed hearing about the kids gathering the eggs.

 Mom & Chris having a chat with Nick smiling for the camera.

 4 generations represented here.

 Myself with my dear mother, who will be 99 at the end of May with my 2 sons, Allen & Chris. Mom said to me, with a quiver in her voice that Barry should be in the picture too.
 We agreed that he was smiling down on us from Heaven.
 
 My 2 incredible sons!

 Mom holding hands with 2 of her great  grandchildren.

 Mom with Chris.

Allen hugging his grandma.
We had lunch with Mom & had a few laughs, a few tears & enjoyed a few hours together.