Outside the House

Hi!

We made it through the first week of school!  This week N starts after-school band on Wednesdays and C starts gymnastics on the same day.  That will be our busy day this year!

I took some pics around the yard last week.

Starting from the back door

(BTW, we started draining the pool yesterday.)

K was cleaning the rain barrel (green thing in middle of yard).  

Treehouse and Trailer. 

Raspberries- we got a lot this year! 

Transplanted honeysuckle is doing well. 

K is working on the plumbing for the new washer location,

so, we are cleaning out under the house. 

My dad cleared all this "driveway" area. 

Boat yard. 

Courtyard. 

The Virginia Creeper is creeping onto the storage room! 

Somebody needs to paint that door.... 

Boat accoutrements.

From the front steps. 

Have a great week! :-)

Lilacs

Hi!
How was your weekend?  Ours was good.  I had to work on Saturday in Summerside.  Yesterday, C had two 4H Events- one in the afternoon at the PEI Potato Museum to get her Agriculture Awareness project done and one in the evening to make a basket.

Isn't it nice?

The lilac tree that my mother planted when N was born in 2003 is in bloom.

The blooms aren't fully done blooming, but I couldn't resist cutting some and bringing it inside!

I put some in each bedroom- in N's room, 

C's room,

K's side of the bed,

my side of the bed, 

and the front room. 

See the pretty purple origami flower N made? :-)

Later, K did some trimming, so I had some for the back room!  It smells so good!

Have a great day and a wonderful week! :-)

Front Garden/Shed

Hello!

How's your day?  It's raining here now and cloudy -great for the plants!

Yesterday, I got some mulching done in the courtyard.

 I also got the front garden mulched.

This is the front in June, 2014

Close-up mulch pics.

I put mulch by the shed where the transplanted ferns are growing, too!

I didn't mean to dump a whole bag here, but oh well!

It needs a little something in the back- more concrete bag stones?  Not sure....

(Notice the black trash can? It's there because we missed our trash pick up last week and I didn't feel like moving the whole full can back to the courtyard. When I called to find out why they didn't pick up our bin, I discovered we'd been on the cottage plan and our collection wasn't supposed to start until May 28! I guess there was a new driver or something because they usually pick it up!  Anyway, we got it all straightened out (and now owe another $100/year for the service) and it'll get picked up tomorrow.)

Have a fantastic day! :-)

Front Porch/ Front Garden

Hi!
How was your weekend? Ours is still going, as today is Victoria Day- a day off for everybody! I had to work in Kensington on Saturday, so it feels like Sunday today.

The trees are starting to green up and the grass is growing.
Can you see the little green leaves on the birch trees?

The Lilac bush is growing

and so is the Juniper! 

I've put away all the winter coats, but still haven't gotten the summer clothes out yet!

The black flies are here now, so I'm glad I got some plant dividing done!

I did some spray painting last week.

See that white metal basket thing on the table?

That's what I painted.

I'd planned on painting it white again, but I got out my white spray paint a couple days ago and couldn't find it when I went looking!

So, I did it hammered silver. 

I'd noticed that the grey porch light (pay no attention to the unfinished porch ceiling) tied in to the grey ribbon on the flower.

So I thought the hammered silver would tie in as well. 

However, now I think the table needs to be white!

Oh, the projects are neverending! :-)

I also got the front flower boxes filled with fake flowers.

I don't mind the fake foliage there too much, since I don't have to keep it watered!

The garden below looks so sad! 

The plans to expand the front garden, have been changed.

Instead, I expanded the front garden on the left.

Here's the garden last June, 2015.

Now, it's expanded in the front and the left side.

I divided these plants on the right side to put there!

(This pic was taken last year.)

Here's the right side now, after dividing the plants.

And here's the left side.

That big plant in the middle is growing so well on this side, which gets light in the morning.

I may have to divide it and move some over to the right side, where it's not doing so well. 

I will get some mulch this week.  I only need to mulch this new part and a bit over by the courtyard.

Have a fantastic day! :-)