Hidden Paths, Mailboxes and Names

We love it when we get to see interesting or unique sights when we take our evening walks.  Sometimes it is a bit of a game to see who gets to find the most interesting thing of the night.  Here are a few things we saw this past week.

Its is just a guess, but I bet this person loves dogs.

I liked the colors of this one.

One night while wondering around we found this little hidden path behind some houses.  Its not very long and doesn't go anywhere exciting but it is quiet and peaceful and we almost never see anyone on it.  It has a couple of little benches along the way too.

Its a bad picture but it was getting kinda dark.

You ever wonder the story behind the names?  Who are the people?  Why did they write their names here?  Are these the people that poured the concrete or did some crazy kids just happen upon the wet cement?  Sometimes I wonder about these things...don't laugh...

Prayer Meeting

There is a Blog Hop happening right now.  It's an old fashioned prayer meeting with a modern twist.  Anyone who could use some prayer (and who couldn't, right?) is free to post their request along with a link to your blog (instructions below). If you don't have a blog, well, that's ok too.  Just post your prayer requests in the comments section so all  of us can add you to our prayer list.  Make sure you subscribe to the comments so you can know when other requests are added.  After you post your prayer need, make sure to check out the other needs listed so you can lift others up as they are lifting you up.  So let's join together in a web wide prayer meeting for each other.

If you have a blog you can leave your prayer request in the linky tool below. Then, copy the code for this linky. Go to your blog and write a post about your need for prayer, and while in HTML editing mode, past the code. Be sure to put the name of your blog and your URL in the appropriate place. That way, all our blogs and prayer requests will be linked up and it will be easy for us to visit each other and pray for one another.

Now for my my prayer request....Hubby and I are hoping to move away from our big city living to a smaller surrounding town in the somewhat near future.  The options are overwhelming and all have pros and cons.  We need God to lead us to the place he wants us to make home.  We also need him to provide the right house/apartment for us.  He knows what we can afford and the difficulties that we face in getting in to a place, but our mountains are molehills to Him.

So, now you know how to pray for us, how can we pray for you?

Encourage your readers to join in and we will have a big, modern day prayer gathering! It'll be grand!

Let us encourage one another through the rough times in our lives. Let us rejoice together over what God is doing. Let us gather together and agree in asking God to meet out needs, guide us, teach us, and bless us--his children. LET US PRAY!

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.

Herbs

This is the first time I  have ever tried to grow herbs so I am having a fun time learning about them and cooking with them.  A few of them are still trying to get established in their new homes and I am having to wait for a couple of them to get big enough to use, but the ones that I have been able to use have been really yummy!

Spearmint.  I haven't been able to use this one yet because it is still a little small and doesn't have a ton of leaves yet.

Cat nip.  I planted this one for Lucy.  She could care less and mostly ignores it.

This pot contains chives, rosemary and parsley.  I have used all but the chives from this pot.  They are still a little small.  The rosemary is delicious!

This pot contains cinnamon basil, sweet basil and lemon basil.  I have only used the sweet basil out of this pot, but the others smell so good I can't wait to try them in something.

This one is the apple mint.  I wasn't sure this one was going to make it when I got it, but it has perked up and is going crazy.  I have used this one a couple of times to make mint water and mint tea. UMMMM.  YUMMY!

This one is chocolate mint.  I cannot wait to try this one.  I just planted it yesterday so it needs a little bit to get settled and start putting on a few more leaves but it smell so yummy, just like chocolate mint. 

So, I now you know what is growing in my herb garden.

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.