Framed

Everyone loves to look at old pictures,and I have a great collection , but I really love old picture frames- they are works of art...

Every picture tells a story- but so does the frame

The past looks so romantic in black and white

even my past

And funny

in groups

and with sister

Mama and Daddy

Hydrangeas

Due to all the rainfall we have had this summer, my hydrangeas are beautiful this year!  

  

The blue are my favorite but I only have a small patch in the gas garden (below)

Some rust colored daylillies  in the gas garden

  

These are by the pool garden and because of the concrete are pink

Big bouquet

Cutting Garden

I have always enjoyed reading about and seeing different cutting gardens and I was determined this year to start a small one. These are the steps.....

My goal was to have a garden I could cut bouquets from..........

First we dug out an area and added compost.....

Then Filaberto made an edging from old slate tiles

Then in early spring I planted hundreds of seeds

With lots of water

And weeding

Bouquet!!!!!!!

Stormy Weather

A few weeks ago we had a terrible storm in Raleigh.  I was at the farm and Charlie was at the hospital in Raleigh. Our beautiful old red oak in our backyard went down taking the garden pavilion and part of our garage with it. Luckily no one was hurt but what a mess and  what a project! 

This is the Garden Pavilion ready for it's closeup in Country Living Magazine

AFTER

Aftermath of the storm