a walk through her garden...

my mom loves to garden... her and my dad's yard has been a work in progress for many years... all of that hard work has definitely paid off... they have the prettiest yard... i'm a bit jealous of her green thumb...

and of her climbing hydrangea... it's gorgeous...

 

 would you like to take a walk through her garden with me?

this is part of her fairy garden...it's tucked under the shade of a huge maple tree in the back yard...

the girls love exploring while we're there...  

 they've even found a sprinkling of fairy dust a time or two...

{maizie made this stone for my mom a few years ago}

 st. fiacre... the patron saint of gardening watches over...

there are roses... some that have been here a really long time...

and others that are newer... this rose came from me... it's a david austin rose and it smells so good... it withered up to almost nothing in my yard... i gave it to my mom and look at it now...

 along side of the garage is this nifty bike... she still has to plant the basket in the back...

 a little bunny... such a cute added detail...

  this fairy garden came home with me... what a nice surprise that was... i love it...

painted ferns are so pretty... 

and this splash of yellow is happy!!!

 

what's blooming in your neck of the woods?

 

have a happy day~

angie

 

 

 

 

wrappin' up another school year...

lots of things going on over here to finish out the school year so we can get our summer started...

marina danced her little heart out at her recital... her group danced to "it's a hard knock life"... annie was a favorite of mine when i was little so when i found out she was dancing to this song i was so excited... the girls did great... there were somersaults, cartwheels, splits... so fun... she can't wait to dance again next year...

maizie had her olympic day at school... and requested a shirt with her nickname on it...

 i dropped off this copy of oh the places you'll go to marina's teacher on monday... i'm sure many of you have seen this idea floating around on pinterest... i wish i would have known about it when maizie started school... for those of you who haven't heard about it... you buy a copy of the book and each year you have your child's teacher sign the book for them... and then when they graduate you give them their signed book as a keepsake... i'm tearing up just thinking about it... when i re-read what marina's sweet teacher wrote to her last year, i cried all over again... {i'm sentimental like that}

 maizie keeps telling marina how lucky she is because she's still little and gets to have a party on the last day... meanwhile, at the middle school... maizie will finish up a math final and clean out the rest of her locker...

 so... tomorrow is their last day... marina will say good-bye to first grade and maizie will bid farewell to fifth... another school year behind us...

they're SO ready to make their summer fun list... they were already throwing out some great ideas tonight...

 we're looking forward to spending lots of our days here... hopefully this ohio weather will cooperate...

what types of things are on your summer fun list? i'd love to hear!

have a happy day~

angie