I made this last spring for my succulent babies, it houses sprouts at the start of the growing season.
We've been celebrating the warmer weather around here lately! Outdoor projects and planting seeds..the garden is filling out everyday. I was so pleased that my strawberry patch came back! This spring has put on quite the show, so much life everywhere. I recently watched The Secret Garden for the first time in forever..still one of my all time favorites.(dickon was my dude)
It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine, and things pushing up and working under the earth-Francis Hodgson Burnett
Yucca plants have been at the front of every house growing up, love them indoors and out. I got my first fiddle leaf fig plants this fall and I can't seem to get any of them to grow over a few feet. I continue to almost kill them on a regular basis, just can't seem to figure out its formula. Good thing spring always makes things green and fresh again. This sweet three tier vintage plant stand is newly thrifted and perfect for the back entrance.
bun
These shots from the "meadow" perfectly sum up their personalities..
Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Empedocles on Etna
Everything is in full bloom around here, the most wonderful time of the year! We had a huge pear tree in our front yard growing up, I miss those fluttery petals that covered the ground. Magnolia's are my very favorite, the best part about spring. They always remind me of grandma Nola, she told me that her full name was Esther Mag-Nola, just like that. Magnolia? I'm still not sure. She was quite the character.
I'm waiting to see the total lunar eclipse/blood moon. I totally dreamt of an adult summer camp in space last night, I was all set to go when I remembered that I'm terrified of flying and ended up staying home ha! It's the residuals from never getting to go away to camp or school trips. Except that one time I went with grandma to an inner city camp and learned how to do the butterfly dance and make a tooled leather cuff. It was the most fun.
"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy." Lucille Ball
This tree in our neighborhood..hundreds of huge blooms!
I saw an adorable photo today and thought of the movie, The Long, Long Trailer. It's a laugh out loud one that totally reminded me of our relationship, and how we never ever fight..only on road trips when we're arguing about directions! I don't know why it's so fun but it is. Because we're snapping at each other and as soon as we get to where we're going we start laughing about the fight and making fun of ourselves. That's the secret.
In the best scene he tells her she can't bring the rock specimens she's just collected onto the rv..she does it anyway. And she attempts to cook in the moving swinging trailer, it's the best.
We haven't been on vacation in a while, staying home and working on the house renovation instead. It's our five year wedding anniversary at the end of August and It's been just enough time since we last visited Chicago, we used to go a few times a year and even got engaged at the top of the Ferris wheel on Navy Pier.
I was 21, he was 23. Now it seems so young to me! But we fell in love over road trips and little adventures.
Pear blossoms are my very favorite, we had a giant pear tree in the front yard of the old farmhouse growing up..I still miss all of that open space.
If I have to be surrounded I prefer lovely old things, and bright fresh greenery.
It's been one of the prettiest spring seasons, so much beauty everywhere!
Sometimes you just have to look with different eyes. We've been enjoying the milder weather and taking walks around the neighborhood with Copper.
I've been trying to absorb it all, because just like that it's here and gone.
Mammoth acorn. The mature trees in our historic neighborhood are massive! You wouldn't believe how active and loud the birds are around here, they love them too.
Bringing a bit of nature inside, my spring mantle.
Did some rearranging and spring cleaning,
Lu loves to lounge.
I can't believe what a hulking beast this guy has turned into..it's like holding a small fat dog. Lumen's getting his special surgery this weekend. He has no idea what's in store for him haha
We planted lots of flowers inside and out..
Blooming is the best part.
Trying to eat a lot more vegetarian meals, avocado is always on hand.
But sometimes you just gotta make confetti cupcakes..
My vase and vessel collection has been getting a lot of use!
I've finally broken a lifelong habit of nail biting by taking the advice of my 1940's ad..
keep 'em pretty!
A few months ago I mentioned my health struggles and I've been trying out a new thyroid medicine..that made me gain all of the weight back that I worked so hard to take off last spring! That's 25 lbs! I'm a petite person. And I didn't feel any positive effects, ugh.(and my hair started falling out) More depressing than depression. Nothing like when your body betrays you. I'm a bit of a control freak too, and feeling out of control of my body is getting to me. I'm working on finding a natural way to manage my Hashimoto's symptoms, I just want to feel like my normal happy self..it's tough.
And snow..spring eh? The weather the past few weeks has been a little crazy, rain, snow, sunshine..kind of like life I suppose.
These are a bit old considering it was 93 yesterday! Ugh. Stay away summer..at least a little longer. This season has really been all over the place, a lot like me.
I'm also the biggest procrastinator..by the time I want to do something for just me(like blog!) another thing pops up. Like spending time with my two Lu's.
If only I had the money to pay someone to do the hard, hands on stuff...or the ability to multiply for project completion purposes, only in my dreams. Really, I've been having some strange sci fi related ones lately. It's probably those late night Defiance episodes I started watching..
Designing and collecting pieces for our historic house is the awesome, easy part. Removing layers of old dried on wallpaper/paint from almost every room, refinishing cracked old plaster(150yrs+) and learning everything as I go. I'll be a pro once I'm done! And possibly buff. My hands are killing me.
We really wanted to go to Merida/Yucatan peninsula and stay at the cutest B&B on our honeymoon(almost 5 yrs ago!) but went on a road trip to Portland,Or/Canon beach a bit later instead. Totally worth it, but we're still dreaming of a New Orleans/Mexico trip..learning Spanish from a vintage set whenever we cook south of the border stuff together!
Chile Rellenos are my specialty..I let him chop things and sip margaritas haha! Best assistant.
I dropped off the face of the earth lately, and into earth haha. The warmer weather has me working on a million house projects, and my green thumb.
Papa O'Malley had tons of ivy surrounding his old stone farm cottage, one of my favorite places growing up. (I loved the porch swing and pine trees and cellar wood stove and tulips and garden and turning over the compost pile and the big barn with the silt soil)
St.Louis
I've been reading up on propagating, trying to turn a little into a lot.
I've had this mini jade for about five years, it's not so mini anymore! Succulents are the plants for me.
We've been spending a lot of time outside when it's nice, the animals love the deck as much as us.
Zizi
Maybe more.
Copper
They're loungers.
Lumen
sort of.
Baxter
It's freshly rained and 70, Luke's calling me from the garden to come out and play..destractors. haha
