I Smell LILACS ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Okay,

Before I start my tour of our Garden,

this 1st day in May, 2010,

something just struck me and I have to ask all of you this:

Have you EVER mixed TIDE for Coldwater

with Regular TIDE?

I did that when my

SUPER, QUADZAMMY

Coldwater Tide from BJ's

(Local Sam's Club Type store.)

with some other bottle of TIDE.

Now,

when I put a cap full in the washer

it already looks like DIRT.

I'll tell you,

it is THE UGLIEST color of brown muck I have ever seen.

Makes me laugh when I think of this

brown mucky color soap

cleaning clothes.

Seems like it would make them look dirtier.

Now,

it's time to pass through the garden gate

and see

just what is happening in the backyard

on May 1, 2010

Well, look who happens to be under the cherry tree?

It's Mr. Bunny.

He came to stay with us from A.C. Moore.

30% off . . couldn't pass that up.

I just LOVES bunnies

in my backyard flower beds

but they are getting SO EXPENSIVE.

When we lived in Logan I think I picked up everyone Joanne's had . . .

You know how great their sales are.

Who would ever pay full price for any yard art there?

If you look to the right of Mr. Bunny

you get to see the red and yellow tulips

that were planted by either Gene,

his mother, Dorothy,

or

his brother Rick.

Gene can't remember.

personally, I don't care.

The red tulips come up about midway

in the growing season of the Daffodils that are in this bed.

Then, as the daffodils are dying

the yellow tulips start to bloom.

Looks like someone planned this bed

or

someone was REAL lucky.

Now we are looking further right

I SMELL

L-I-L-A-C-S ! ! ! ! ! ! !

o-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h

this is one of my

MOST

FAVORITE

SMELLS IN THE WORLD

L-I-L-A-C-S ! ! ! ! ! ! !

After I had gotten my drivers license

let's see,

that was 43 years ago this summer,

for Mother's Day

I would drive down the alleys in my hometown,

Logansport, Indiana,

and search for Lilacs that were blooming.

At that time,

it seemed like every house had lilacs in their alley

AND

later those same houses

would have

Hollyhocks.

But,

now my favorite word,

I digress.I was searching for Lilacs for Mother's day.

So,

when I got home

I would have a bouquet of

Lilacs for Mom.

She would always ask me,

"Okay,

where did you steal these from?"

And I'd fess up.

But,

it seemed like people then

didn't mind this.

Now,

let's walk a little farther to the right

and see what appears.

Shall we?

Ah, yes,

the Columbine/Rose bush trellis.

As you can see, we need a bigger trellis

but I don't want to unwind everything.

So we are going to attach the trellis to the

wrought iron porch support on the garage,

which is just out of site on the right.

Then,

in a few years,

we will have Columbines and mini-Roses

climbing that way.

Now,

for my worker Bee

Gene has repainted two small window boxes for some pansies.

Today,

he was working on cleaning up the larger box

so he can paint it later.

Don't you like the

cigarette

hanging out of his mouth.

Just couldn't pass this picture up.

This is my hubby,

just the way I love him

comfy inside himself.

Voila!

Two small window boxes of pansies.
Sitting in the driveway
after I gave them a good drink
of
FRESH
NIAGARA RIVER
WATER . . .
Y-U-M-M-O!

Again,

we need to walk to the right for the rest of the garden.

There's Leona's puppy

that she made us our 1st summer here.

A Bunny Crossing

and Bunny

that we brought with us from Logansport.

And last, but by

NO MEANS LEAST,
a Dragonfly & Peony garden stone

that is held by 3 turtles,

that Dee & Bill gave for us

to put in the flower bed in Logan

that Gene made after he put in the pond.

Every time I see this stone it brings back

all of the great memories of living next to Dee & Bill.

Next to Dee & Bill's stone

is a Coneflower that I received in a Flower Swap

on Ravelry.

Supposedly,

this Coneflower will spread

quicker than the ones we have in the front bed.
Let's hope for the best.

This is it's 1st year summer . . .

looks like none of it's buddies survived from last summer :o{

And

Coral Bells.

Who can forget my Coral Bells?

You can see they are right of the statue

that Diane gave me for Christmas in Logan.

I don't know if you can tell,

but both plants have flower stalks shooting out of them.

Those little hummers and butterflies will be

in hog heaven'

when these babies bloom ! ! ! ! !

It's time to go.

There's laundry to get done inside.

A trip to Hobby Lobby,

thanks Karen for telling me about the sale on

I LOVE THIS COTTON.

And then spend the rest of the evening dividing my

28 count

Antique White

Monaco cloth

into 1" x 1" squares.

I'm using a running stitch to do this.

Not sure what color yet.

That will be the hardest decision of the day.

Until later I will sign myself off as,

The Garden Photographer . . and One who Remembers Mother's Days from Long, Long Ago

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