The Gardens Are Coming Alive!

It is so exciting to see all my pretty flowers finally peeking above the ground!

I love my Grape Hyacinths and the cement plaque is a keeper.

Hostas are also making their appearance.

The Columbines are unfurling their leaves.

A different kind of hosta...I have several kinds.

A rustic, scrolly bench keeps a watchful eye over all.

My Sweet Woodruff and Snow on the Mountain. I LOVE the Sweet Woodruff
when it flowers. It smells heavenly!

My chives are up far enough to use already. You will have these forever if you plant
them. They jump around and shoot their starts deep in the ground here there and
everywhere.

I am a lazy gardener as you can see in the photos. I haven't even cleaned all the leaves
up from last fall, but it is what is is.

It is all beautiful in my eyes!

Happy Spring/May!!

Blessings~

The beauty of rust

“A determined soul will do more with a *rusty* monkey wrench

than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop."

-Robert Hughes

I was looking through my old photos today and ran across

a few photos of *rust* that I think are so beautiful.

This amazing old latch is on a old cupboard in my

potting shed.

My bff made this wreath for me several years

ago and while it is probably looking weather

worn, I still love it. The *rusty* ribbon adds

the perfect touch.

Another beautiful piece on my potting shed cupboard...

this time a gorgeous handle.

Loving this *rusty* latch on my fairy house.

I think this old gate has just the right amount of rust.

Isn't it so beautiful?

In my opinion rusty, crusty and worn objects in the

right place are just perfect.

Blessings~

Come Into My Garden...I Want My Roses To Meet You ~

First of all I am overwhelmed! Thank you to everyone who is signing up for my giveaway! There really are a lot of people in blogland who love birds~

I picked some of my old fashioned roses yesterday and took photos of them with different backgrounds. It had just rained and if you look close you might see a few raindrops . I so love taking photos...We will call the photos above and below Rust and Roses ~ Lace and Roses ~

Architecture and Roses~

Mirror Image Roses

These roses have the strongest heavenly smell! Just this one little vase that I have sitting on my kitchen table gives the whole room a heavenly smell. I have a feeling these roses are very old. They were here when we moved to this house 27 years ago and probably long before that. They are so easy to move too. Every year I have little starts all around the main bush which I dig up and plop in the ground and I have a new rose bush the next year. Can't get any easier than that! Have a blessed day today ~