an early start:

There was always a reason why craft stores started holiday stocking early: making takes time. (This in no way excuses the trend picked up by retail stores.) For me, most of the high-volume handwork stuff doesn’t typically involve holiday materials seeing as most of my trees of thematic. Take the Unicorn Tree as an example: […]

today, in the garden:

a walk through the garen at the end of the day.

a stroll through the garden

Today’s blooms:

today, in the garden

This morning’s walk through the garden after watering:

now with additional seating

During my staycation this week, I’ve been breaking down garden projects into two hour sessions, avoiding the high heat and stopping often to cool off and rehydrate. So far, the biggest impact has been a new seating area near the future okra/asparagus bed. I’m adding solar lights to the umbrella edge. The strands had enough […]

lilyfest continues

Moving into week two of Lilyfest 2022:

life should be art

At least, that’s the goal. This was a typical silver/grey patio table from Costco. I missed a few steps in the process, but that is my creating M.O. I’ve done the technique more subtly before, but I’m sticking with the palette established by the solar chandelier last year. The tie-dyed effect is created through lace […]

this morning in the garden

I took a stroll through the lower garden this morning, which means: the spiderwort was open… The dots of blue gives great color contrast against all the warm colored blooms. Other things are taking off as well:

today’s headliner

lilium red alert: Now joining the lineup of Lilyfest 2022!

lilyfest continues

Today’s opening act: lilium tiny avalanche This hot performer joins the star-studded program.