Here is what the back container garden looked like in May. It has grown a TON since then.
keep posting photos of this clematis because it just gets more and more pretty everyday! I just love it when the flowers start to spill everywhere and it's beginning to! So I'm sure I'll keep taking photos as it progresses. Our front garden is looking a little sad, from all the heat but in a few weeks it should get that little fall-cooler-weather burst, so I'll take pics then. The little green fruits you see are from the Passion Flower Vine, they are edible but I haven't tried it...I'm not very venturous like that! LOL
Pulling up, or in the direction of where the tip will be, as you bring the ribbon to the top for a ribbon stitch helps the stitch to be puffy instead of rolling up into it's self as it usually will if you pull it in the other direction.
Isn't she soooooo cute?! This is a photo from a few days ago. Madie is a Mini-Schnauzer who is 1 year and 2 months. Whatever room I'm in doing whatever all her toys seem to migrate! I'll have to take a pic of the mess she makes! LOL When I go to vacuum I put all her toys in a basket and she goes after me and pulls every toy out as I put them in! "No Mom! The toys aren't supposed to be in the basket! They go on the floor!" So I've started giving her something to chew on to keep her busy while I vacuum. She also likes to pretend the vacuum is trying to steal her toys from her...she'll put a toy in the middle of the floor and if the vacuum points to it or goes near it she will swoop in and grab her toy away and put it somewhere else! She is a very entertaining puppy!
Our Sweet Autumn Clematis is now blooming! I got up this morning and looked out the window and sure enough it was blooming nicely! I grabbed the camera and went outside to take some photos. It's a nice sunny day but step outside and the humidity clings to you...icky! I guess I will be enjoying my garden view from my window inside the air-conditioned house! Which is what I usually have to do since I am in the hot humid south!
Our 6 year anniversary watercolor photo!
I wanted to show off a pretty heart I embroidered with silk ribbon for a swap going on at our Hand Embroidery Yahoo Group! I was inspired by some antique china I saw on e-bay and used what I had seen on the china to help me create a pattern. This was my first free hand design completely on my own.
Since talking about friends, and thinking of Christina, I've wanted to get out the fine china and have Tea! So I decided to have tea in honor of her. Since she can't be with me, and is deployed to Iraq for a year, I filled her cup with some delightful pink english roses. I filled the teapot with some Tazo Chai Tea, a mutual favorite of ours, brought in flowers from the garden and set things up. Now you can take tea in many different ways...but I prefer to pour my tea in my cup first, then add sweetener, and last the milk. Stir it up and enjoy! Repeat until teapot is empty!
My lovely friend Wendy, with her youngest baby, Rebekah. This is an old photo and Becca is now 2 years old! Wendy just e-mailed me after looking at my blog and told me that she has a funny little habit of kissing her roses or flowers when she smells them. I did not know this about her, and I think it is very cute! Well she told me that Becca has picked it up too but doesn't understand the smelling part so she just kisses flowers. As she was looking at my blog Becca kept kissing the flowers on the screen! Isn't that sooooo cute! And the best compliment in the world! So the pretty red rose at the top of this post is just for Becca!
Gerard captured this awesome photo of a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird sipping happily at one or our bright red petunias. Red is their favorite color, but they will sip at other favorite plants even if they aren't red. Actually getting a decent photo of an elusive but stunning hummingbird is extremely difficult as anyone who's ever tried knows! Making any picture that is clear and in a attractive position very precious.
Just went outside again this evening and spotted the first few blooms! Yeay! I've never seen the plant in bloom yet and I've been waiting since last winter. I'm excited to see all the blooms open and waifting their scent. It's supposed to have a yummy vanilla fragrance. I hope the blooms will be at their peak for our Anniversary picture on the 4th of September. We have a tradition to take a picture on our anniversary every year and it's usually in our garden. I LOVE last years picture. In fact I put it in Adobe Photoshop and made it into a watercolor painting and then ordered a large size from Walmart.com and have it framed in our foyer. I'll have to post it later for you all to see, it's very romantic!
Sweet Autumn Clematis buds getting ready to bloom like crazy.
Closer is the Passion Flower vine and on the top is the Sweet Autumn Clematis.
On the trellis we trained a pink climbing rose, a Passion Flower vine, Jasmine, and Sweet Autumn Clematis. The Clematis has really gone crazy and is covering nearly the entire thing as well as the Passion Flower vine.
Under the red tree rose is a dark Sweet Potato Vine, and a Salvia next to it that the hummingbirds love. Next to the tree rose on the trellis is the pink climbing rose.
Mixture of different annuals and perennials in pots. They have really taken off and grown together, blending beautifully.
"Heavenly Blue" Morning Glory
"Blue Star" Morning Glory
