Old Man Winter Tease

Happy Monday! Every Monday is happy when you wake up and can get out of bed with good health. Wouldn't you agree? It was hard to believe when I stepped out on my back deck this morning to greet my little kitties how the garden is showing signs of spring. YES.... the pine trees dripping with melting snow and the groups of ducks that were singing near by. Heck, I even saw a couple of blue jays sitting on the bird feeder this morning. Being from the north most of my life we know that this is just a 'tease' from mother nature. You no sooner get your spring wardrobe out of storage and 'he' dumps another 3 inches of snow on ya! Gotta love it!

Tulip Collage by Me!

My family and I have been doing some research on building a new garden structure for our yard. I hope to get a rabbit barn built this spring and add on to it this fall with my own greenhouse. I am going to blog about those ideas later this week for stress relief from my sewing business I have been working on 24/7. This weekend we were in a few home improvement shops and you know I head for the Garden Centers. I had to pick up a bunch of my favorite colored tulips during our journeys. These orange and yellow bloomers are one of my favorites because it brings out the color in my kitchen area. To have a bundle of tulips in my favorite vase on the kitchen bar is a little promise note from God reminding us that Hope is always there! Can you tell that I am getting tired of winter? I am so very ready to get out in the dirt. I have some new ideas for this planting season to share soon. Also, I have some fabulous new seeds to introduce to my area from a dear friend who recently returned from Italy. I am so very excited to share these with you in the upcoming months.

This week I have a talk for a local garden group. I am sharing some ideas from my garden about bulbs. The BackYard Gardener is a wonderful link filled with useful information on bulb planting. I hope you take the time and see what information they have. It won't be long and you will be able to get that shovel into the dirt to add the summer bulbs.

I HAVE THE PHOTOSHOP BUG!!!!! Check out the image below. It was created using the photoshop program and a layer. Layer was from 'luv to flickr'.

My photo view of kitchen tulips / photoshop creation.

I love Valentines Day! I hope you remember your 'sweetie' on this holiday of LUV!!! What a wonderful way to warm up the winter but by spreading some love to our family and friends.

Happy Monday!