Awesome Avon Gardens

25 May

As I surveyed my “south lawn” today, it occurred to me I should have a post crediting the vision, talent, resources available to me at Avon Gardens.

"South Lawn"

Karen Robbins and her staff are professionals.  They prepared three curvy, island beds in a “sea” of grassy lawn which prolifically bloom spring to fall as well have interest in the winter.  I estimate the square footage at 1800.  The golden quartz flagstone patio off the master bedroom showcases a “moon” garden concept of white blooms of many varieties.  The latest contracted project replaced our 23 year old foundation plantings with boxwood, Japanese maples, hydrangeas, knock-out roses to name a few specimens.

Avon Gardens is a destination to remember.  Many wedding parties gather for outdoor weddings on the grounds spring to fall.

www.avongardens.com

Red Gold

22 May

Next to tomatoes grown in my backyard, my favorite tomato products are sold by Red Gold.  The canned products seasoned with Italian or chili flavors are particularly good.  www.redgold.com

I took this photo at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  (This year is the 100th anniversary.)  The condiment cart struck me as a brilliant marketing strategy.

Red Gold marketing strategy @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Bold and beautiful cart, "Ketchup anyone?"

Roaming for wild flowers

29 Apr

Another opportunity to photograph spring wildflowers!

My first opportunity was in Dottie Miller’s backyard a couple of weeks ago.  We consolidated our digital photographs and prepared a photobook on Kodakgallery.com.

Today my sister and I found three Jack-in-the-Pulpits in her front yard in Malvern, PA.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit 1

Jack-in-the-Pulpit 4

Bloom: Flowering Trees

22 Apr

Pink Double Weeping Cherry

Redbud

Redbud

Redbud too

Volunteer

Lilacs

Lilacs

Mother Nature dressed in her Easter Sunday pink and purple finery.

2011 The Year of the Rabbit

22 Apr
Baby bunnies

Baby bunnies

Big Bunnies

Artwork and ceramics are a couple of ways of bringing the outdoors inside.  These examples are great for Easter and year round.

More about prayer shawls

12 Apr

Labor of love

This is the fourth prayer shawl that Shelby and I made and this one is for me….or should I say “us”?  It is a mushroom colored lamb’s wool blend.

Our fifth one is a new pattern for us.  We moved up to intermediate skill level.  This is a first with the cable pattern.  It is made of a lamb’s wool blend with shimmer.  The color is “White Frost”.  The pattern features the number 12 with repeating rows and tassels.

Prayer shawl with Eve's blessing

Prayer shawl with Eve's blessing

More evidence that spring is here!

3 Apr
 

Survey of fresh mulch 4 cubic yards, 2 people, 5 hours each.....for starters

Forsythia

Forsythia, Close up

Spring cleaning

23 Mar

Unhatched 😦

Blue bird house

Spring cleaning

This blue bird house was purchased from Wildbirds Unlimited.  www.wbu.com

Sew simple

20 Mar

The fabric captured my imagination and thoughts of friends and family traveling in Europe.  Naturally, I brought home a piece and pondered how to share it with my favorite globe trotters.  The answer came in the mail!  This project is featured in Sew News April/May 2011, pp.56-7 “Office Manager”.  I have enough fabric to make six 🙂

Inspiration for Message Center

Message Center Project

Spring Equinox

20 Mar

Blooming crocus!  The fountain has bubbled for a week.  (It was unplugged for the winter.)

Crocus

Bubbling Fountain

The TO DO list for the next four weeks includes trimming the last remaining perennials of last year’s foliage, strategically adding (bagged) compost, mulching and taking photos to post!

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