Sunday, April 25, 2010

A relaxing space

Spring is in full swing here in North Texas...
the weather has been absolutely beautiful....rain in the early morning, but then lots of sunshine and really mild temperatures...
making me want to spend what little time I have in the evenings outside...since most days with the new job I'm cooped up inside these days...
so I decided to spruce up the patio...so bright and early Saturday morning found me headed to Lowe's and straight to the garden center....
I had picked up a book at Barnes&Noble a few weeks ago about organic container gardening...so my plan was some bright vibrant colors...and veggies and herbs to enjoy through the summer...
so here's the progress so far...

I love bright blooms of a Hibiscus...this one is a really vibrant coral and it has tons of buds just waiting to pop open...and these grow so tall...I thought why not hide some crisp white little shade lovers on the back side...
more little white Impatiens with a favorite of mine Lantana.....this will probably turn out to be my favorite container on the patio..


and the rest of the containers while in progress...that's my little jalapeno plant in the green container on the left.....Roma tomato in the beige container in the middle...cilantro in the small coral container to the tomatoes right...and my garlic is pictured...but I'm thinking I'll be able to keep everyone in salsa this summer if these little guys produce for me...



we also have rosemary, lantana, snapdragons, sweet potato vine, and creeping jenny in containers...we had to take a break to relax....
but we'll post some more pics when everything is all in place...but for now Ry and I have some sun and a nice breeze to enjoy!!
Hope you had a great weekend!!


Sunday, April 18, 2010

What I'm working on

I decided I need a wall hanging for my office as the walls are just way too plain...
I've had an Oz jelly roll on my sewing table for a while now...


Julie's hexagon quilt-a-long had me decide that is just what that jelly roll needed to be..

can't wait to finish it....it's going to be fanatastic...
it's going to be bright and cheerful and fun...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

I'm still here...

things have been crazy at work...


but i'm still working my way thru those holiday quilts...


so here's the work in progress for the Easter quilt....


and can i tell ya'll how happy i am that the weather is warm and sunny...
i'm enjoying it...
and i'm sure it'll be too hot way too soon...

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I got a promotion at work...
yay for me...
but it's been really long hours...
things have been really crazy this week...
I should be back to my beloved blog here this weekend!!