Good Monday everyone...my fair ladies, my girls, my hens, have been scurring about the yard on this fine sunny day... yes... SUNSHINE...so full of themselves they are...why Gladys is a perfect example...with all the rainy weather we here in Southern Maine have been enduring over the past few weeks... we are a bit moldy to say the least...time to shake out the feathers and let the sunshine do it's magic...Oh, the feeling of warm sunshine, it does a body good...especially a middle aged body such as mine...With caution thrown to the wind my hens decided to rearrange the vegetable garden...if you are a hen and spy an open garden gate why it only makes sense...to hens anyway...to scratch around a bit...and being that the sun is shining of course you get carried away...needless to say... I do realize what is in store for me tomorrow...reminder to self...a new latch on the old garden gate is needed SOONER rather than later...
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Mr. Gnome tiptoed out of the wood and found a perfect spot to air himself out...safe and sound in the arms of a crab apple tree...shhhhh don't let on...there might be fairies in the air...do you believe?
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Petunia's have been dead-headed and are beginning to recover from the cold wet weather...
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butterflies have been in abundance...
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perennial gardens are filling out...now, in my humble opinion... Lady's Mantle is one perennial no gardener should be without...don't you agree?
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Our sunshine... Travis Lloyd made his first offical visit to Marmee's house...soon asleep in the arms of his grandfather, Mr. Dog Trot...
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and in the arms of his great-grandmother...Nanny
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and finally, my turn, Marmee...
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three weeks old...shhhhhhh....I let you in on a little secret...this afternoon while changing his diaper...I was informing Travis of all the wonderful adventures he and I were to have...I referred to myself as "Grannie J" and he looked in my eyes and SMILED.... sunshine and magic...with a bit of fairy dust...he believes...
20 comments:
Julie ~
What beautiful pics, especially those of your new bundle of joy. I bet you will just LOVE being Grannie J. What a sweet little guy!
Hugs :)
Lauren
Is there anything better than a sweet, precious baby?
He is so beautiful!
Love your speckled hen!
Robyn
That is one snuggly, kissable cheeked little guy :)
OH! My Goodness. What a beautiful little baby boy. Kisses and hugs in abundance!
Wonderful photos. Travis is beautiful. What a happy time for you and your family. And how nice that the weather is joyously celebrating with you!
such a sweet little face. They grow so much. My little one is going on 18 months. your gnome is cute in the tree.
Cathy
What a handsome boy!! So sweet!! I love your gardens too...the rain has made everything lush.
Hugs,
Courtney
Hello My Friend, glad the sun is shining upon you, feels good dosn`t it. I believe fairies in the garden,tee hee, love Lady Mantles to, mines just coming into bloom. So many butterflies this year, yey!! makes me smile when I see them. Your Grandbaby is sooo sweet, love all your pictures,makes my day. Enjoy the day, Blessings Francine.
What beautiful pictures! Especially that jewel of a baby.
Wishing I had the rain problem.
What a beautiful sight that precious baby is. You are so blessed.
He is just the sweetest little guy. I love his rosy little cheeks. I am sure he just gets kissed up all of the time. It is so lovely to have babies in the house.
Every thing as always looks beautiful.
I do enjoy gardening. I need to take some more pictures today. I rearranged mine too and I really am enjoying it.
Have a lovely rest to the week!
Oh Julie, I get it - you and your wee grandson will have a special bond, and somewhere in his heart he will always have a hidden memory of that moment of sunshine and fairy dust.
The first time I held our first grandson I whispered 'Nana' to him - only then did I realise that this would be his name for me - odd, but true.
Ok, I'll try again. I don't think my last comment posted, but in a nutshell, TRAVIS IS SO GORGEOUS! Those pink cheeks and that perfect mouth. Yikes.
Yes, I believe every garden needs Lady's Mantle with its chartreuse flowers and perfect capes full of faerie tears.
Love,
Sharon
What a precious little boy!
He is so cute!! I love your garden and the girls! HUgs Cheri
I hope some of your sunshine is going to come our way soon. As for little Travis - he's gorgeous, it's wonderful when they smile at you isn't it?
I forgot to say that I so agree with you about Ladies Mantle, I have a lot of it in my garden and I love it.
Oh, what a beautiful baby!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
What a gorgeous little fellow Travis is...look at those rosy little cheeks! I can only imagine all the adventures he will have with is Marmee ;) Enjoy your sunshine...I bet it's wonderful to finally see it after all the rainy days you've had. Send us some of that rain if you can please ;)
All the pretty flowers...Blagh!....look at that sweet face!!!
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