More Tulips Around the House

As I said, I really do love tulips and am waiting for my Pink Impressions to bloom in the garden.

....................................and then, this afternoon, around a garden corner I found my sweet sleeping cherub guarding the first Alyssum blooms peeking out from the oak leaves...................can Spring be far away?

The Potting Shed - where all my garden goodies are stored for the Winter......time for a clean out so I'll be ready to break new ground as it warms.

MARCH
As the month advances so does the tide of green that sweeps over the garden. Every day there are new buds, shoots and delicate blooms to admire.......weeds too! For gardeners the urge to get outside and do things becomes irresistible.

How I love Dutch tulips

Seems we all have Spring Fever and just can't wait for the clocks to change and enjoy those longer evenings - three weeks earlier this year here in the USA. Garden chores are are making themselves highly visible now - will have to get the old joints loosened up before all that raking, bending, kneeling etc. Meanwhile the indoor versions of my favorite flower, the tulip, are scattered about the house on pots I've decoupaged and prints I've framed. I enjoy these while the true ones are struggling to poke through the earth - hopefully I'll share pictures of them later. I now plant tulips mostly in pots to thwart the dastardly squirrels and voles - daffodils are not on their menu, thank goodness, so they're out there waving in the Saturday morning sunshine. Enjoy your weekend whether under sunny skies or falling snow flakes - every day is wonderful so make the most of it!

My thanks for the warm welcome

My North Carolina cottage in the Fall

First and foremost I must thank the great women who have already visited my new blog and sent such lovely comments. I'm sure, like all of you at the beginning, I kept wondering if anyone would find me and send a comment - now I'm so happy to think I'm already becoming a part of what seems to be a fabulous group of creative women! We all seem to have similar interests in so many different fields - but the bottom line seems to be enjoying and sharing beauty gleaned from Nature, our homes and families, and our diverse artistic talents.

I'm enjoying your blogs immensely. My only problem is difficulty with my Google account where I don't seem to be able to post comments on your blogs. Hope to get this sorted soon and then you will hear from me as I view your awesome pictures and read your wonderful words.

Snow on the Victorian gazebo this January.

Early Spring in North Carolina

The bodacious Valentine's Day roses have become dried flowers - still beautiful as they fade - cannot toss them away so they will languish in a precious tiny English cut glass vase given to me years ago by my Mother.

Meanwhile, Spring seems to have arrived with several warm, sunny days. My pair of Carolina wrens are busy building a nest in the kitchen window box for the fourth year running. It's tucked under a clump of purple pansies and a small conifer - I hope to get a new family to watch as I wash dishes!

Still playing with my new toy.................

Looking across "the pond" from England on a Winter's Day

This could become addictive! Anyone else out there, please tell me how you stay away from your blog. Do you check it constantly or have a specific time of day set aside to check, post, or read other peoples' blogs? Guess it depends on how often you can access your computer, whether you work, or like me, are retired and have a bit more freedom - luverly!!!

A new day - my first post!

Well I did it - made the decision to become a Blogger even though it's such an unattractive, lumpy sounding name! I hope to share thoughts and passions for my home here in the United States, along with those I still hold dear to my heart for the place of my birth in beautiful Devon, England, with a little bit of the South of France thrown in for extra measure as my brother and his family live there.

Hopefully I will learn the tricks of this new trade and be able to share pictures of things I love, places I visit, items I create, and thoughts I think, and in turn share in things you may be passionate about in your life.