First Fertilizer Fridy

This is my first time participating in Fertilizer Friday,

so I hope I'm doing this right!!!

Thanks Tootsie for hosting this event.

Now everyone be sure to stop by and see all the

beautiful plantings and great ideals waiting on you

at " Tootsie Time"

I confess, I did no plantings from seed this year other than

a few herbs. We had a terrible winter just like everyone

else and it just doesn't want to let up. The last two nights

we have been under a frost and freeze warning. So most of

my flowers to this point are the ones I have saved year

after year, or plantings from the nursery.

This is my newest acquisition this week, I have decided

use allot of white in my garden this year!!

This is my day lily bed.

I made this flower bed shortly after we moved into

this house. The previous owner already had several

of the lily's planted in other parts of the yard,

so I started digging them up and transplanting them!

Carried each and every one of the stones to make the

bed toooo! I Am Woman Hear Me Roar!!!!! They are beautiful when they all start to bloom,

a sea of yellow!!!!!

These two little beauties I bought this spring, they were small starter plantings. I love the ivy and I am trying to get it to climb the little trellis I made (from a tripod), recycle, recycle. The other little grassy bush, well I have no ideal what it is, I just loved the texture (if anyone knows what it is please let me know). Well I hope I didn't bore you tooo much. I look forward to seeing all your beautiful plants and gardens. Bye For Now,

Outdoors For Lunch

It's Thursday and that means it's time

to get the dishes out and play.

Thanks Susan for hosting this event.

Be sure to stop by

"Between Naps On The Porch"

and take a peak at all of today's

beautiful Tablescapes.

Now lets go outdoors for lunch!

Yes I'm selfish, this is just for me

We have baked chicken strips on a bed of spinach, sweet tea, fresh ground pepper in the wine bottle pepper mill. My flatware is in the napkin tied with ribbonand a wine cork as the napkin ring holder.

Time to eat, hope you enjoyed your visit.

Bye Foe Now,

Iris

A huge "Thank You" to Susan at

"A Southern Daydreamer"

for hosting this event. Be sure to stop

by Susan's for all the wonderful

outdoor spaces you are sure to find.

It's been a long time since I have posted

to Outdoor Wednesday, but since I was

stuck indoors for so long during the winter

I have found myself outdoors as much as I

possibly can this spring. I don't have allot

going on in my yard yet, the weather is

still not that great here, in fact we are

under a freeze warning tonight.

This is one of my white Iris I brought

with me from South Carolina.

I belonged to the Iris Society there

so needless to say I had several Iris

beds in my yard.

Some of these were brought from my old house, others were given to me by my Mother In Law. Had to show this one. This is from Last year, but as I type she is back in this exact spot sitting on her eggs. I expect to see the babies any day now. I have a gold fish pond in the back yard and that is where she introduces them to the water. Thanks for stopping by. Bye For Now,

A Sidewalk Cafe?

Thanks to Marty at "A Stroll Thru Life"

for hosting this event!

It's been a while since I've posted to

Table Top Tuesday and I really

haven't made allot of changes to my

inside tablescapes, but I have been

working a little on the outside spaces.

For some reason I have really been into

French decor lately. So for my exterior

decorating this year I decided to use

this as my theme.

Here is my little version of my

sidewalk cafe on my deck. I love this

little space, and although I haven't had

the opportunity to use it allot, the few

times I have sat here I have been in my

own little world.

The candle holder and globes are thrift store

finds painted black (sorry not all the candles are

burning, the wind was blowing them out faster

than I could light them).

I hope to use this space for my Tablescape Thursday post, so stay tuned. Be sure to visit next week and I will show the prep table we have on the deck that also doubles as a buffet table when needed. All dressed for a French dinner. dinner. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to let me know what you think. I love hearing from you!

Is Summer Here?

Thanks to Susan at

"Between Naps On The Porch"

its time once again for

Metamorphosis Monday.

Be sure to stop by and see all the

wonderful and creative ideals that

are waiting for you there.

If you saw or remember my post from last

week, I showed the coat closet in my

mudroom ,turned into a food pantry.

I also said that the flowered wall paper

boarder would be coming down this summer!

The boarder and the wall paper below the

chair rail were here when we bought the

house and I don't know about you, but I hate

stripping wallpaper, but I was soooo pleased

the previous owners primed and painted

before they put the paper up, so it was toooo

easy to take down!!!

Well....

It was driving me crazy, so I took it down this

week and also added a fresh coat of paint, a

darker more rich tone of gold that I picked

from the stripped wallpaper.

So onto the results.... Last week...

Now.....

A picture of my breakfast area before with

the boarder and the lighter yellow paint.

No boarder and gold paint.

Now onto a small self that is over my sink.

This was here when we bought the house.

The after with a little molding!!

This made a great little plate rack and now I

don't have to worry about them falling off.

I already had the piece, all I needed was

to add the black stain.

I hope you stop by next week for another

installment of my kitchen update. We did a

little work to the center island and a few

other little things to perk up the space.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to

let me know what you think.

Oh and before I forget my one year

anniversary will be coming up!!! I will

soon have a preview of the giveaway

for all my followers.

So stay tuned!!!!!!

Bye for Now,

From Coat Closet To Pantry

Thank you Susan for hosting this event.

It's been a few weeks since I have posted

so it's a little rough getting back in to the

grove of things.

During my down time we did get several

little projects finished. One happened to

be turning a coat closet in my mud room

into another pantry. Since I already have

hooks and selves for all the hats, gloves,

coats, etc. this was just wasted space (in

my opinion).

The inspiration for this came from Susan

at " Between Naps On The Porch".

She gave a wonderful tutorial on turning

a closet into storage space for all her beautiful

tables accessories. So be sure to pay her a visit!

I couldn't just make changes to the inside,

so here is the before of the outside, plain little

white wooden knob.

The powder room door will be next! That is an awful looking door handle.

Now, after a trip to Hobby Lobby, we have a little contrast with the black. One goal for summer, remove the flower boarder!!!!

Remnants from the seventies.

Nothing fabulous about the selves, but I have

wire baskets to hang for storage of produce.

I just need to get them put up!

These selves work much better for the

heaver canned food and large containers of

baking supplies.

Now for one of my favorite touch.....

The addition of this small refrigerator, its

wonderful for extra drinks, condiments or

maybe that extra food that has been cooked!

This addition was the brainstorm of DH.

Thanks everyone for stopping by.

Time to go and see all your wonderful ideals!

Be sure to stop by Susan's and see all the wonderful

creations you are sure to find there.

Bye for now,

I'm Back, I Hope!!!!!

Well I hope I'm back.

After having my computer die on me and the repairs not working, picking

up what seemed to be thousands of

tree limbs and branches from the yard

after all the terrible snow we had during

the winter, the start up of track season

for my daughter, and getting ready for

the prom, the premature birth of one of

my oldest and dearest friends grandsons

and terrible death of another friends son,

I hope to be back posting on a regular basis.

I know I'm a fickle blogger!

I have been able to take a peak every once in a while.

I have such admiration for all of you, for

all that you do.

During my break I did get to take a little

mini vacation. My daughter ran the

Copper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC

in March so need lees to say I had the

chance to see and feel the sun after

such a long hard winter!

I hope to see everyone for Met Monday.

Have a safe and Blessed weekend.

Please Pray For The Families

I suppose anyone who has saw the news in the last

two weeks knows about about the loss of the twenty

nine wonderful men who lost their lives in the

catastrophic mine explosion, here in WV.

One of those brave men happened to be the

21 year old son of a friend of mine.

Why is it when you need the words the most,

nothing comes, all you can say is

"I'm So Sorry".

Please everyone pray for the families!

Coal Miners Prayer

Bright white lamps illume their way,

So far removed from the light of day.

One hundred tests they face each week,

Down in the mines the coal to seek.

Trained to live beneath the soil,

In dark and damp they had to toil.

To wrest the minerals from the land,

By strength of mind and back of hand.

Courage is a must they say,

To work as miners day by day.

So far removed from child and wife,

And face the rigors of a miners life.

Now high above in the light of sun,

A child at play enjoys his fun.

Fun at times concealing fear,

That the mines will claim his Dad so dear.

And as they work beneath the clay,

With hands bowed down these miners pray,

That God will hear them up above

And send them safely to the ones they love.

Now if this cannot come to pass,

And he must pay the price at last.

The miner leaves his last demand

Keep my child safe above the land.