Backyard Fun

Some pictures from an afternoon of backyard fun.  Chloe loves playing outside so much and we do it pretty much daily when the camper starts feeling too small.

 Playing with her rocks

 Sweet little girl

 Playing with her new water table

 Sampling the water

 My little flower garden

 The Gerber Daisy

 Helping water the yard

 Taking a break to hydrate

 Who can resist this cute face!

Smelling the pretty flowers

I figured since we would be spending so much time outside I may as well plant my flowers this year.  I included some basil, mint and rosemary like before.  This year I also thought I would try my hand at growing a few veggies since I have plenty of space and sunshine.  I planted some tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers.  Hopefully they will give me some veggies this summer!  I will keep you posted!

Signs of Spring

The first signs of spring are showing up and we have enjoyed spending some more time outside lately.  It has been pretty windy so it hasn't been as pleasant as usual, but we have still been spending a little more time out than normal.

 Chloe met her first lady bug the other day

 She loved it!

 Look, Mama!

 She found a potted plant and discovered the dirt was pretty fun!

 It kept her occupied long enough for me to get several boxes packed.  She did get pretty dirty in the process.  I am looking forward to getting to plant some flowers at our new temporary "home"

Moving update:  Today we are unloading our belongings into storage and hopefully trying to get settled into our temporary home.

New Additions

Clint has been telling me for a couple of weeks that he thought my little garden needed some more flowers.  I thought the patio was quite full, but he thought it could hold a few more so Sunday we went to a different nursery to see what they had.  The had so many flowers to chose from.  We did bring home some more flowers to add to the patio garden.  We now have to little boxes hanging from the railing.  It does look pretty cute.

Hawaii Blue  These flowers are so tiny and unique.  

Blutopia Blue.  These are also some small blue flowers.  Clint loves blue.

Torenia Clown Mix.  These remind me of little bells.  We got some purple and some pink.  They are so pretty and loaded with little buds.  I hope they open soon!

Purple Shamrock.  The little flowers on this one are not that impressive, at least right now.  What I really like about this one is the unique leaves that are such a pretty color of purple.

Bugleweed.  This one is just all around cute.  Its tiny little leaves, tiny little flowers that grow straight up in the middle, so pretty.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the pictures on my little garden that seems to be turning into a jungle quite quickly.

The Benefits of Having a Flower Garden

Have I mentioned I love my flower garden? One of the reasons I love it so much is because it gives me fresh supply of flowers for my house.


Cheerful little daisies!


Floating begonias

Intorducing the pieces of the whole....

The little pretties that make up my garden.


The gerber daisy. This one is pretty much favorite. It was a splurge because I thought it was beautiful and my Hubby insisted get it.


This one is my bargain plant. They looked a little sickly so were on sale for $0.50 each. I decided to take them home and see if I could nurse them back to health. It has taken them a little bit, but at last a bloom! I think it is a dahlia. I have several colors but the white one is the only one that has bloomed since I have brought them home. I guess the others are still recovering from their traumatic life before I found them.


Begonias. They are going crazy with the flowers.


I am not sure what this one is called. It was given to us as a gift from my father-in-law who does landscaping. I sure do think it is cute though.


Impatience. They are going crazy with the blooms as well although they have their own struggle to overcome, namely a cat, Lucy, who thinks they were planted there for her own personal enjoyment. She chows down on them like there is no tomorrow.


I am not sure what these are called either. It was a gift from my Hubby when I told him I wanted to plant some flowers on the patio. This one was the first member of my little patio garden. They are the most cheerful little flowers ever and stretch to get as much sun as possible. They also close almost all the way up when it gets dark.

So there you have the flower part of my little garden. Next time will be the herb part of the garden.

Evening walks

My sweet Hubby and I have started walks around the neighborhood in the evening and we are having lots of fun and getting to see some different things. The neighbors are all working hard to get their yards all spruced up for the summer an we are enjoying seeing the transformation and checking out all their pretty flowers. As we walk down the street I often catch a whiff of the perfume of a flower. I then start smelling as hard as I can so I can get as much of the scent as I can before we get too far away to smell it any more. (The perfume we wear will never compare to the perfume God gives the flowers.) I like trying to locate which flower smells so pretty. I am sure Clint thinks I am insane walking around wiggling my nose and sniffing the air like a rabbit, but he loves me anyway.

I thought it might be fun to share some of the sights we see on our walks every once in a while.



These, my dear Hubby tell me, are butter cups. He did say he is not sure if that is their true name or not but apparently that is what all the little boys called them growing up.

Do you want to know why? I am sure you do because I was quite curious myself.

Apparently, all the little boys give these flowers to the little girls.

I am thinking..."Why yes, this makes sense, they grow wild everywhere. How sweet of the little boys to pick the wild flowers for the little girls."

But I was wrong.

According to my Hubby these flowers are given to the little girls because all little girls smell flowers, and when these specific flowers are sniffed, they leave yellow pollen all over the little girl's nose and face and looked like butter, hence the name Buttercup.

There go all thoughts of cute little playground romances.

I have a lot to learn about little boys....


Apparently this little guy lives here. He has been napping in this area of the yard nearly every night that we have walked by. He seems very content with his napping place and I would be too. It looks like some soft grass and is right beside some Star Jasmine which smell INCREDIBLE! Maybe he likes to come here and smell the flowers too.