I was out yesterday taking some pictures because the cooler weather is coming and soon enough there will not be any flowers to admire or tend to.
I love watching the bees flying around these bushes by our fence, they always wind up looking like they've been diving in flour because they are so heavily coated in pollen!
Mt white rose bush has been blooming like crazy and has a light and airy fragrance to it.
The pink rose bush is also going on a bloom spree now that the beetles have subsided. I have also stuck with using the soluble nutrients for them, although I still try to stay organic.
The whole back yard has come such a long way in such a short time. Mom really put a serious amount of elbow grease into fixing up the areas around and behind the big shed and I am very proud of her! :)
And here is my dwarf butterfly bush or, "Bertha" as I call it now! It was supposed to be the smaller one, but instead has taken off and eclipsed the tri-color butterfly bush in size.
I'll have to see if Mom knows what variety of flowering bush this is as I have never actually noticed this one bloom before, but it has delicate, white flowers and they were just too lovely to pass up.
I am trying to get as many pictures of our painted friends as I can because in a short amount of time we will be putting them away for the season.
The best part is that they are always smiling!
This is the panorama of the back yard before we got started last year. Big difference!
Aha, my furry watchers! Rose and Bea are always around the fence to cheer me on or ask for cookies!
Aside from the cards and the usual crochet/knitting fare I have lined up, I have also taken on a new crafting project in the form of hand made plushies.
I saw a simple design with instructions and you can customize these as you wish to fit whatever you have in mind for birthdays, holidays, etc.
The original directions for making one of these little plushie people can be found at the link below
The girl who originally posted the pictures and instructions also has a gallery full of artistic goodies and more plushies that she has done, all good and all adorable.
I have already had two more plushie ideas float or barrel through my mind, one of which will be a Halloween Fairy for our neighbor's daughter, seeing as she is the one who suggested that we have a painted Halloween fairy in our garden!
So its off to the craft and fabric shops tomorrow for supplies and then back home to begin on plushie goodness to make people happy!
And for me, that is what it is all about. I make things, people get enjoyment from them and are happy, which in turn makes me happy.
Thank you for joining me & have a great day!
