SPRING BLOOMS 2022

I think my garden looks best in Spring.

LILAC TOPIARY

 I added a chippy iron bench under the lilac.

CHIPPY GARDEN BENCH

I think the allium is my favorite garden edition. 

ALLIUM

PERENNIAL FERNS

PINE AND BLUE SPHERE

PEONIES

CLIMBING ROSES

RHODODENDREN

I added some Creeping Jenny to a flower pot.  

CREEPING JENNY CLIMBING OVER THE FLOWER POT

MY FAVORITE LIME HOSTA

What's your favorite season in your garden.  

BIG BOOKS DECOR

Currently what my granddaughters call my special "Big Books" are in a corner of the dining room.  I always use books as risers and these oversized ones are the best. 

MY BIG BOOKS

COPPER DEMIJOHN DRAPED IN VINTAGE ROSARIES

These books are new with matching spines and art---just different sizes.

MATCHING SPINES AND COVERS

I added the copper ribbon many Christmases ago.  It was too perfect to not use all year round.  

It never left the demijohn.

DANGLING COPPER RIBBON

The rosary collection began at a white elephant sale at my home town church.

VINTAGE ROSARY COLLECTION

BOOK COVERS

LOVE THE ITALIAN SCRIPT

The top book was created by adding a new spine and cover to a discontinued art book.  The artist buys close outs from publishers and repurposes them.

TITLE PAGE

PEEK INSIDE THE BOOK

I've saved the BEST for last.  The bottom book is blank pages.  I've filled the pages with my granddaughters' artwork.  This is some of the artwork they made for my birthday.  The book is filled with all their creations.  Every visit always includes some art additions to "Grandma's Big Book"

Do you decorate with "Big Books"?

MY SPRING GARDEN PATH

Outside my kitchen door is my garden path that meanders down to our back yard.  This is the view when you look up from below.

VIEW FROM THE BACK YARD

 The azalea is in full bloom.

AZALEA IN FULL BLOOM

The bumble bee loves the azalea.

BUMBLE BEE ON AZALEA

There's a level area outside the kitchen door before the sloping path begins.  You can see part of the pergola at the bottom.

PATH AND PERGOLA

This year we added the bird bath.  It's a sentimental feature.  My father-in-law created it many years ago.  We rescued it from my in-law's yard. 

AREA OUTSIDE MY KITCHEN DOOR

I love the modern-looking bird bath.

VINTAGE BIRD BATH

I've had this metal arch for many years.  It's always had clematis climbing up and over it.  

I just had to share the close-ups of the spectacular blooms.

How does your garden grow?   I'd love to see your Spring blooms.