~waiting on peonies and roses.....~

Good morning everyone!

The sun is shining in the NW today!

woo-hoo!!

After a very rainy Sunday.....

but a very sunny 1/2 of Saturday....;) 

I was browsing my pictures looking

for   a  n  y  t  h  i  n  g

interesting....or inspiring.....

or lovely......

I think I found it.

Can I just say I'm dying for summer??

and cannot wait for roses???

these are all, of course, from last

year......and I'm just now barely getting

buds on my rose bushes!

it really seems to me that we're getting

quite the late start this year....

maybe it's been the 11 straight months

of rain?  hmmmm.....?

possibly.....;)

I have noticed, however,

that the aphids are out in full force....

attacking every rose bud that has started....

~not for long~

they did meet their untimely demise

even in the rain....sorry guys.....

this is a little vignette from last year....

love the little vase I won in a giveaway from

Morning T!  Trish is the sweetest!

I also love this shabby little tray....

chippy & white...

nothin' left to say...:)

so moving on to peonies...

only the worlds most fabulous flower

E  V  E  R  !!!

I can't say enough how much I am

in love

with peonies.....

can someone please tell me

why

I only have one measly bush????

oh good grief!  I need to remedy that

today!!

they had them on sale at Bi-mart

last week.....

better run back & see what I can find.

found a white plant but just ONE,

and it was all bent & distorted....

so I didn't get it. :(

but I think I'll run back & see what I can find!

other garden happenings....

it's been so wet that we haven't even started on

the Mother's Day/birthday arbor!

it was literally ~ freezing~ that weekend!

a bit on the depressing side....

I must admit!

but it's supposed to be dry later this week so

that's the plan.

Mr T & T  tilled the whole side garden

on one end of our little lot so it's ready for stuff!

the plan is the little arbor will be in front and lead

to the back side garden (which was just tilled)

right now it's got 4-5 hydrangeas along the fence

and under a couple pear trees, but it's going

to get a cobblestone-ish path and a whole bunch

of transplants from the rest of my garden!!

It was the home of a little playhouse for a few years

but now that the girls are getting a little too old

for that......{boo-hoo}

it's a big old blank slate! yahoo!!

who doesn't LOVE a blank slate??

can't wait to get it done!

Hope you all have a fantastic week

of sunshine!

xoxo,

Shellagh