VINTAGE PLATES IN THE GARDEN

Why not?

A NEW VISITOR!

THE RED HEADED WOODPECKER

PEDDLE ALONG WITH ME!

Peddle along with meand take in some of my favorite sights...

here ...



in my neck of the woods.



This is a newer home that went up across from the lake.

This is an old barn on the lake. Some really neat folks bought it and are in the process of turning it into their home.

This old farmhouse is the first house to reside on all this beautiful land that my neighbors and I now enjoy. They used to have the lake all to themselves!! I can't even imagine how peaceful it must have been way back then.

The following photos are of some of my favorite old barns!

Here it is!!!

The house I drive by so often going 1.5 miles/hour so I can window peak. I'm sure she knows who I am by now and must think I'm a crazed lunatick stalker person!!

Isn't it lovely. She has three beautiful barns and lots of sheep and chickens. To charming to put into words!!

Another charming little farmhouse. The cutest little old couple live here. They keep it up so nicely too.

Here's the other house that I dream about.

It actually sits empty. !! Hubby and I went through it a couple of months ago. The work it would need just get it into living condition was overwhelming. If we didn't have kids I would consider tackling it!!

Here is another one of my faves that sits empty, just waiting for a family to love it back into tip top shape.

Yes, I stalked the owners of this one too. I actually tracked down the owners who live in another city and asked them if they would consider selling.

For some reason they are hanging on to it. So, there it sits all lonely and everything. Such a shame.

There's just something about these old farmsteads that makes me crazy!!

Now this is what we were actually peddling toward.

This swamp land.



because...






Some Bald Eagles have nested here.


Very rare in our parts.

Not great photos, I know. A new camera is on our list.

Hey, is that an ice cream truck out here in hicksville?? Yip! It ventures down our country roads to make all the little country kids happy and sticky!!!

Have a great week!

Jen

MORNING SHOTS OF THE WOODLAND GARDEN

Whew...between work, the garden, sports and all the end of the year school activities I feel like I rarely get the chance to sit down at the computer. It's been rainy the past couple of days, so with the sun peeking through the trees this morning I took some shots of the garden that borders the woods. Things seem to be filling out nicely. It takes a bit longer for my plants to grow big because I have been splitting them so that there is no need to spend $ on new plants.Irises. You can see hubby is still busy choppin wood!

The hot pink azaleas are gorgeous this year!! I forget the exact name of the plant below. I believe it's Geranium Sang....something??? Anyhow, it's lookin great!

The elephant ear hostas are doing fabulous. I split this one just last week and it still looks pretty full. Although, you can see somthing has been getting at the leaves.

The Cranes bill next to this hosta will have really pretty purple flowers in no time. The purple always looks so lovely beside the darker colored hosta.

You can see the swamp land just beyond the trees . Last year we had a nest of geese back there. I have heard the geese back there this year, but no luck spotting their nest. The mosquitos have been terrible!! It's hard to get anything done without being drenched in bug spray!!

The irises have just started to open here.

You can see our path on the left hand side of this photo. Hubby cleared it a couple of years ago. I would love to expand the gardens to the back and along this path. It's really a beautiful walking trail. My daughter and I walked up on a newborn fawn last year. It was still wobbly on its feet. I wanted so badly to touch it, but I knew it was best we scoot on out of there so the Mama could do her business.

This planter and bench actually sit in the grass along the border of the woods. It's a spot that's sunny enough to grow geraniums.

Now up to the front of the house. Black eyed Susans are filling in nicely and surrounding my birdbath. Looks like the birdbath could use a scrubbin!!

Ferns and pink impatients are lookin pretty in the shabby garden house.


And that's it for today!! I'll be posting our progress on the ginormous veggie garden in a few days. Things are looking good. The potatoes have taken off and so have the peas. We have already been eating fresh spinach too. Even the kids will eat it freshly picked and plain. I also would like to post some photos of the Bald Eagles that have nested just up the road. It's the first time that I have actually seen a Bald Eagle in the wild. The nest is enormous and I wish I had a better camera in order to get some nice shots. I'll do what I can.

I hope you all are doing well and I'll be checkin in to see what your all up to here and there!!

Jen

COTTAGES TO ADORE