bird watching

Before I went into work this afternoon I was out bird watching in my back yard. There has been this one blue jay in our yard this year and I wanted to take some pictures of the little guy. 

This was the only clear shot I got of him.  I'll have to try again tomorrow.

But the other pictures turned out pretty cool.

I love how all the branches of the trees look. It looks kinda like a spiderweb. 

Can you find him???

Even though my camera decided to focus on the branches rather than the robin, I really liked how this one turned out also.

Oh... and I couldn't resist not putting one in here of my girl!!  

Happy Spring to you all!!

star gazing in the garden

How could you not love Stargazer Lilies?? So pretty with pink and the white, towering high and smelling so good.

The Stargazer lily was created in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff, a lilybreeder in California. The plant is an Oriental hybrid lily which she named "Stargazer," because the blooms faced the sky. I would always love getting them in at the florist.

Does anyone else have them in their garden?

hydrangeas

I was so hoping that my hydrangeas this year would bloom. Last year I had no luck with my hydrangea plants. But this year, I am pleased to say that they did! Now I don't have one of those HUGE bushes I see in almost everyones yard. Mine I bought at Home Depot, a small plant, so I was hoping for the best. The blossom I got this year is amazing. Beautiful light pink in color and a huge flowering head. Just take a look!

This is from another hydrangea bush I just recently got handed down to me. A little darker in color and still beautiful!

Hydrangeas for me are a beautiful sign of summer!

pretty petals

These beauties were left to us in our garden from the original owners of our house. Every June they blossom and its just spectacular! The rose bush itself is pretty large and is in a great location so I'm able to see it every morning.

I'm have no idea what kind of rose bush it is, all I know is that it's beautiful! Anyone have an idea what kind?

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway! Tomorrow I'll be picking the name!! Good luck and thanks for entering!!

crazy beautiful foxglove

Here are my foxglove I was talking about in this post. I bought a very SMALL portion of this plant last summer and hoping that it would do well, and to my surprise they kept on getting taller and taller. I have 3 stems that grew and boy were they beautiful! Just take a look!!

The blossoms are so unique looking, so beautiful!

The foxglove are towering over my peonies and the other plants. I'm thinking about buying some more and planting them in my new garden!!

my flower boxes

A week later and here are my flower boxes! I think they brighten up the front of the house and add a little summer to the look. Since I've planted them they already have grown a lot! We are in a bit of a heat wave here in Rochester so they are lovin to get watered! Lots n lots!

Here's the front entrance, I bought 2 urns at Christmas Tree store to put on either side of the fence. Filled petunas, marigolds and ageratum. My peonies, roses, and foxglove are grown large and beautiful. Wait to you see the foxglove! They are over 4 foot high!!

A close up of the boxes.

My left overs ready and waiting to be planted!

out shopping for flowers

I went out to my local garden store to purchase some blooms for my flower boxes and for my gardens. There was SO much to choose from, I had a hard time deciding on what kinds! Just look at the hanging baskets, they were AMAZING!

Here's more of the hanging baskets, they were everywhere!

Look at all the shades of green! Wouldn't it look great with flower boxes filled just with these shades of green??

Here's some of the flowers I went home with, I kept it old school with geraniums, marigolds, and some other bright filler flowers.

Stay tuned to see how my flower boxes turned out!!