Summer Breeze Skirt

Yesterday turned out to be a great day for photographing outside. The rain really held out until later on in the day, instead of raining on and off all day. Luckily, my friend Susan was available to model my clothing for me. So now everything I have in my Etsy shop is fresh, with great pictures! 

Open Tweed Cardigan

Blue Bells Skirt

The two on the outside are the front and back of the pillow, and the dragonfly was something I tried after getting home.

I am proud to report that my seed starting success rate has been fantastic. 

Herbs include: cilantro, basil, as well as, lemon basil, dill, oregano, thyme, savory, italian parsley, and sage.

Vegetables: broccoli, 4 types of tomatoes, 7 types of peppers, 3 types of lettuce, cucumber, and lemon cucumber.

Flowers: way too many to list, but to name a few: lupin, red hot pokers, hollyhock, purple and white gayfeathers. 

Of course I felt compelled to share a few pictures. 

See related post ”Tender Seedlings”

There is something comforting about the fact that these Mourning Doves grace our backyard on a daily basis. Many of you might think this is silly, but seeing them gives me so much happiness. What you might not understand is that Wellington, in our development is all new construction. We don’t have mature trees, or older growth which provide protection for all of the little birds and animals. There are no squirrels to speak of, the only regular birds we see are sparrows, and house finch. Until the Mourning Doves that we’ve named Frank and Martha. They joined our backyard frenzy (we do have a lot of the sparrows and finches because we put seed out for them) sometime after Christmas. They would come almost every day and usually just sit on the fence until they decided it was time to go elsewhere for the day. Then Martha stopped coming. Frank would come alone without his partner for months, until last week Martha returned. They are fun to watch even if they don’t really do anything, it’s just nice to know they like our yard. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the lone junco that came with our recent snowfall.