Happy Easter

Today I would like to share some beautiful gifts given to us.

These are all pictures from my yard today.

Feeling thankful

Happy Easter

 Wild Columbine

Double Daffodil

 Creeping Phlox

Red Bud Tree

Snow Ball Butterfly Bush

 Peach Tree Blossoms

Wild Violets and Purple Hen bit

Dogwood (it has just started to open and is still a bit green. 

It will turn white and have pink on the tips)

Dogwood Legend

Photo from google

Spring Day in Winter

Woke up to snow again this morning. It's just in the air at this time. I think the Earth has warmed up some from the nice day we had that is wont stay long. 

Between the snow/rain days we had a nice sunny day. I went for a walk and found some beautiful spring flowers peaking out to bask in the sun.

  The cluster of Daffodils are actually open now.

Cute little purple Crocus was hiding- they are quite small so can often be missed.

Mother Nature is sharing it's love with a

 piece of bark.

I am not sure what kind of flower this is but it's natural around here along with purple Hen-bit (we call those rabbit ears because the flowers look like little bunny ears).

I sat on the large limestone rock that is next to the creek and listened to the water fall over the dam. I closed my eyes and imagined I was at the ocean.

Pieces of nature to use in future projects,

thin strips of bark and sweet gum seed pods.

What a beautiful day! Hopefully I took in enough sun to get me through to the next warm day so I can do this again :)

April Showers Bring May Flowers

April Showers Bring May Flowers

This saying is very true at my house. May is very colorful here. We have the sweetest pink roses blooming right now. The smell is so wonderfully fragrant. I wish I could just bottle it up for later in they year! I am unsure of the variety, they were here when we moved in.
We also have pink, red and white peonies. Red Roses, wild roses, sweet william in a variety of shades.
The mountain laurel is in bloom along with the purple wisteria and Irises.

We have had a few days of rain and the petals started falling off of some of the flowers so I decided to see if I could capture a few in their beauty by drying them. I will take pictures of the flowers on the plants when the rain lets up.

 Sweet William and Red Rose

 The most wonderful smelling Rose

white peonies, pink and red roses and sweet williams


Hopefully they will dry nicely. Every time I walk near that spot in the house it smells like a rose garden!

April