Memorial Weekend Busy

Happy Memorial Day to all of you!

This past weekend we've been very busy in the yard. Let me show you.

New Plants

 Here are some new plants that I bought last weekend at the Cypress Gardens plant sale. Foreground, left - there are 4 small clusters of Coreopsis. It is different from the other stuff I have. Foreground, middle - relocated yarrow from another part of my yard. There are 5 clusters of those in a row. Back row, left and right of the tall plant - two purple daylilies. Back row, middle - the tall plant is rose mallow. The neighbor lady gave one to me and this is one of the babies. She calls it a cottonbush because of the seed pods looking like the cotton plant pods. This one sports red and pink flowers.

Cottonbush - Last Year

50' French Drain

 We did this, and...

30' French Drain

 this, and...

New Dead Flower Garden

 this. We did this all on Memorial Day. Maybe I should call it Labor Day.

Willow Tree Garden

We've cleared out the willow tree garden. We took down the chain link fencing we had behind it. When/if grass grows under there, we'll be able to mow it. Joe Pye weed to the left. Bird bath to the right. There is a little piece of pottery in the foreground. That is where a really cool salamander lives.  I don't know what it is called, but it's pink and black and really cute. I'll be marking the area so we don't run over it with the lawn mower.

Take care. I hope you had a great weekend!

Got Company?

Our company came in yesterday afternoon. Yay! I'm glad they had a good trip up here. The weather was nice. We had lasagne and meatloaf with garlic bread and salad for dinner last night.

Today I took my niece shopping to an old-timey department store and a souvenir shop. We both got something at the department store. That was good.

Tomorrow, we're hosting a Memorial Day picnic at our house after church. I'll be making burgers, weenies and barbequed ribs...my way. We'll also have potato salad, a veggie tray and linguini salad. Our dessert will be cookies and maybe a trifle. I've been cooking all day for this and I expect to be cooking most of the night.

Take care.

Happy Memorial Day.

A big THANK YOU to all of you who've served in the armed forces.

Been a While

It's been a while since I last posted. We are getting company for Memorial weekend. My BIL and his granddaughter are coming. So this past weekend I've been busy cooking and cleaning for them. I made cookies and a couple of pound cakes for shortcakes to put into the freezer. I also have some garlic bread ready for the oven in the freezer. I would still like to make some biscuits and scones for the freezer. I can just take them out and put them on my baking stone to warm in the oven. Out will pop warm and freshly baked tasting stuff!

For Memorial Sunday, we're inviting over the rest of the relatives. I'm planning to have BBQ ribs and either burgers or weenies. To go with these, I'll make coleslaw, linguini salad, potato salad, a veggie tray and a few other things.

I am SO looking forward to having company!

Take care.