~~~Front Porch, Copper Pot Growing~~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguat316oIPhtHnBGf4lBFxSbTeM35uhLNDTkY7tGzsKOmVvqwgfTZL99veUolQUMg_g7_v0I0m45MnFtVo4V2shIj5tM9C4jDdLJMyUEIHouqAT0jTrkR2BnVfdT4hzrqRcEswoN5Ammz/s1600/IMG_0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguat316oIPhtHnBGf4lBFxSbTeM35uhLNDTkY7tGzsKOmVvqwgfTZL99veUolQUMg_g7_v0I0m45MnFtVo4V2shIj5tM9C4jDdLJMyUEIHouqAT0jTrkR2BnVfdT4hzrqRcEswoN5Ammz/s640/IMG_0099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I know I have been somewhat MIA and I apologize but boy, have we been BUSY! We had somewhere to go Friday, Sat. and Sunday! This morning I had a breakfast to go to also! But, I am NOT complaining, I love being busy. It is just that my poor little blog suffers. But I thank you all for hanging in there with me!!! I thought I would show you how nicely the copper pot on the front porch is growing! This is how it started out:)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvTeyrU8cw9QsoA6UeeWx2UtXjUIU4O7lndMf82B-Kv21QQL4s5IfgrzhXS55UGoDGeIv7OxkdJCn_2PxhCUt0ilgG4mDaXTVKY3LDoIljiYAJLV0-liDz4xCagvR4ZQueYdHtu6PX65z/s1600/IMG_0098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvTeyrU8cw9QsoA6UeeWx2UtXjUIU4O7lndMf82B-Kv21QQL4s5IfgrzhXS55UGoDGeIv7OxkdJCn_2PxhCUt0ilgG4mDaXTVKY3LDoIljiYAJLV0-liDz4xCagvR4ZQueYdHtu6PX65z/s640/IMG_0098.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I planted 2 coleus, 1 caladium and an anthurium that was a house plant into the pot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGF6ZS7g1YHZNan9C6DVZTF0iqWkUBXHikyI19GyDKKabuqMnbblbhyphenhyphenfDS7NeCqZdOWU4v34G0zrA_p6pxEmgfdBIIJsDL-AwGFGbbbJ1sRTFtKm1aCj5mxNEy8m5kc-ior-oGzYC7POf/s1600/IMG_0100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGF6ZS7g1YHZNan9C6DVZTF0iqWkUBXHikyI19GyDKKabuqMnbblbhyphenhyphenfDS7NeCqZdOWU4v34G0zrA_p6pxEmgfdBIIJsDL-AwGFGbbbJ1sRTFtKm1aCj5mxNEy8m5kc-ior-oGzYC7POf/s640/IMG_0100.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I love the colors of the coleus and the caladium.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFh68sgkKltra2PvK6sNijtVrQV-W3sa261YL6HkHgdDmqaUUx45OHHf_I9TtGo6yB-mTsXjr3pBu_mJxZ9oxebtVdLfrq1F8xY-JKldTbq3Cnp6Fd7uPAYxMVECcNufXeUFoZgqiFWd1/s1600/IMG_0101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFh68sgkKltra2PvK6sNijtVrQV-W3sa261YL6HkHgdDmqaUUx45OHHf_I9TtGo6yB-mTsXjr3pBu_mJxZ9oxebtVdLfrq1F8xY-JKldTbq3Cnp6Fd7uPAYxMVECcNufXeUFoZgqiFWd1/s640/IMG_0101.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzSqtE220dgxH35q9-zS3fkteIxJcWLsiW5NjPJOTN-HO56cF9BZqdYhH_iRB2rdfr82DfRDUnHkR0dUXl-k-xsv5UW-39cDkvuog4dcpa-tZcHiY_Pnj4GTN9tybe2ar458wXgbF6_3C/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzSqtE220dgxH35q9-zS3fkteIxJcWLsiW5NjPJOTN-HO56cF9BZqdYhH_iRB2rdfr82DfRDUnHkR0dUXl-k-xsv5UW-39cDkvuog4dcpa-tZcHiY_Pnj4GTN9tybe2ar458wXgbF6_3C/s640/IMG_0102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonBS4t0vJZIRa2sPZar0JxdP89LlmKNkwoJpl6SkAtTC1lh4SLqJ520X71q8nLYKpxjPvDtmsdeWrgYU9XIH5wQLm8-CPtNrgFeT95O8PMAwYT8RtpRcSUMEzDXyKcABNjG0qCrBo_U9L/s1600/IMG_0103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonBS4t0vJZIRa2sPZar0JxdP89LlmKNkwoJpl6SkAtTC1lh4SLqJ520X71q8nLYKpxjPvDtmsdeWrgYU9XIH5wQLm8-CPtNrgFeT95O8PMAwYT8RtpRcSUMEzDXyKcABNjG0qCrBo_U9L/s640/IMG_0103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This is how it looks now!!!! I added some curly sticks for some height and pizazz:)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDJYDR8apgPWHR01oiqPPJt3jdOVFLSRPQZAmU5vL7FtLKzwFvUFXiHtpbI0vsaiWiYH2k96Hojn9VzgyMTAk3G4C6rssYx0NEtlErFU53AD8ep0xYTdaLTynfqZy4-B1celcdXDBpq60/s1600/IMG_0747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDJYDR8apgPWHR01oiqPPJt3jdOVFLSRPQZAmU5vL7FtLKzwFvUFXiHtpbI0vsaiWiYH2k96Hojn9VzgyMTAk3G4C6rssYx0NEtlErFU53AD8ep0xYTdaLTynfqZy4-B1celcdXDBpq60/s640/IMG_0747.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> Things are growing well!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9r1xVYbipz4DT-a8U0OF6W56XQTjDHEKT50zDUFqzVE72TrDTmgERjP3xgo_M4TaocxLTZdpBqM4PX7T5rZD4JqTSUkxOdVazh4tF0YGRjhJAVA3kfp-U6f29JWhSFTxbe7aaXoKDDGG/s1600/IMG_0748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9r1xVYbipz4DT-a8U0OF6W56XQTjDHEKT50zDUFqzVE72TrDTmgERjP3xgo_M4TaocxLTZdpBqM4PX7T5rZD4JqTSUkxOdVazh4tF0YGRjhJAVA3kfp-U6f29JWhSFTxbe7aaXoKDDGG/s640/IMG_0748.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q0eCZacivGlMgnVkqeQrqAHiY9KuyDajzneEMTMYC8Rfks42svtLLIkeHTiM49K5gpI4LDxrWhKk2WtLMyAMVxgjixviL9s_rSOQ9vTCPGszveuPmp_AJdzBpu6SbkE11cRJBhQWCbw2/s1600/IMG_0749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q0eCZacivGlMgnVkqeQrqAHiY9KuyDajzneEMTMYC8Rfks42svtLLIkeHTiM49K5gpI4LDxrWhKk2WtLMyAMVxgjixviL9s_rSOQ9vTCPGszveuPmp_AJdzBpu6SbkE11cRJBhQWCbw2/s640/IMG_0749.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_wxPWxnrhY7S4TRiQaU-QezEQh8kPvGy037M4P9nv1Q5LxzsU9THzKGMmmkyqidc68nDdoZ_uflTgbjIckoR2qaUgiLtSCcw4ahEr91VlFG6Ii0_CkFa0toeMwSBa7SXgpGBDCa6_IjB/s1600/IMG_0750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_wxPWxnrhY7S4TRiQaU-QezEQh8kPvGy037M4P9nv1Q5LxzsU9THzKGMmmkyqidc68nDdoZ_uflTgbjIckoR2qaUgiLtSCcw4ahEr91VlFG6Ii0_CkFa0toeMwSBa7SXgpGBDCa6_IjB/s640/IMG_0750.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSP1VP8snLV80QYWzI6wxrfn23JAqX5-6E1ve2rZu1LvKeCXlllDULdM_OrcOlGJAnmwyDe3U2FbVyoAvLmA_3cFnouvoxlAycob0oP-qQvPdhavClcNd0x7K-mLOtT8yh7oZ_QAU3lJk/s1600/IMG_0751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSP1VP8snLV80QYWzI6wxrfn23JAqX5-6E1ve2rZu1LvKeCXlllDULdM_OrcOlGJAnmwyDe3U2FbVyoAvLmA_3cFnouvoxlAycob0oP-qQvPdhavClcNd0x7K-mLOtT8yh7oZ_QAU3lJk/s640/IMG_0751.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmF6GciuMdnuavPhubEmxafczg84A00ZdyCokbFaGouVPsBIaDmV96vENH_ah4czT9qcJ1bu1Atvwh0oJzN1JK6iq5AoTU30G_VyraG6iljz6jl2P0m-O6oeusqelqFUAql7JinI5P50s/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmF6GciuMdnuavPhubEmxafczg84A00ZdyCokbFaGouVPsBIaDmV96vENH_ah4czT9qcJ1bu1Atvwh0oJzN1JK6iq5AoTU30G_VyraG6iljz6jl2P0m-O6oeusqelqFUAql7JinI5P50s/s640/IMG_0752.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I miss my old porch but am getting used to this tiny space. We are getting our deck and patio done SOON, hopefully it will be started next week so I am over the moon about that! I will have LOTS of space for pots and plants.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozeB8IFrnIY_bsPZk78sl9Z_p82PcA2BlHuP2nXQ7YOc3waZrbcu-6RXlG9UJ9I7eAjreblXuT0_SVrZ3eowgX2aMwWsHOURUn6l_uVsq6byAX-RHo2ptVUvuIfruUpHRPX-RhpaeAGhF/s1600/IMG_0747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozeB8IFrnIY_bsPZk78sl9Z_p82PcA2BlHuP2nXQ7YOc3waZrbcu-6RXlG9UJ9I7eAjreblXuT0_SVrZ3eowgX2aMwWsHOURUn6l_uVsq6byAX-RHo2ptVUvuIfruUpHRPX-RhpaeAGhF/s640/IMG_0747.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Thanks so much for stopping by. 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~~~Front Porch, Copper Pot Growing~~~~

 I know I have been somewhat MIA and I apologize but boy, have we been BUSY! We had somewhere to go Friday, Sat. and Sunday! This morning I ...

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~~~ Mother Nature has left her Calling Card!!!!~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went out front a little while ago and this is what I found in the driveway. This Large branch fell out of one of the trees during the storms yesterday, I guess. We got home late and didn't see it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpuXdcwqbXtsXG-LFU8DuH8YpM9Efnw0zZ8hNWMl13PJ_9gIwPK0DUHni8cKsaHXplyCuvMOV7oOqnEioqdWbizotjkfUG72c-De88aAbH3CIdq0nnsqS1CYscAJN6ChWJceIp0HnH3tb/s1600/IMG_8432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpuXdcwqbXtsXG-LFU8DuH8YpM9Efnw0zZ8hNWMl13PJ_9gIwPK0DUHni8cKsaHXplyCuvMOV7oOqnEioqdWbizotjkfUG72c-De88aAbH3CIdq0nnsqS1CYscAJN6ChWJceIp0HnH3tb/s640/IMG_8432.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>It is a big one but not the biggest I found today!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2PP3aXMzOsLZUYKbVlU7utJzlPuc4BIL65nXnzuILzMpVWatMEVtcvP7wYBTGhiKdem9Iny-z4hCL6tptm6uGapEee1-Ob6y6mZXaoCuWMBD9FtiS3XAkgKRf3GamcdtsbWV-8A6l6JY/s1600/IMG_8433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2PP3aXMzOsLZUYKbVlU7utJzlPuc4BIL65nXnzuILzMpVWatMEVtcvP7wYBTGhiKdem9Iny-z4hCL6tptm6uGapEee1-Ob6y6mZXaoCuWMBD9FtiS3XAkgKRf3GamcdtsbWV-8A6l6JY/s640/IMG_8433.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> The leaves are starting to FALL already! It will soon be "that timne of year" when we spend days and weeks blowing, raking and hauling LEAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE that job!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPfRvaSsZGjiex2APUur0lUCV6vOQVq-xhS6B9DiL5Ul6Dy6xCJyHAXJcgV47hyp76mfcvU_P9ttZQGKMNRsOoHvNtTKN_FWbBLbLBS0lPSQFLaKg69CeH8hZLENpa9JtrskI2inv4a2J/s1600/IMG_8434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPfRvaSsZGjiex2APUur0lUCV6vOQVq-xhS6B9DiL5Ul6Dy6xCJyHAXJcgV47hyp76mfcvU_P9ttZQGKMNRsOoHvNtTKN_FWbBLbLBS0lPSQFLaKg69CeH8hZLENpa9JtrskI2inv4a2J/s640/IMG_8434.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> So, I got my blower out and cleaned up the porch and the part of the driveway that I can reach.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbzgggDPFXJi90NSaqAGoJXwSEJiFO1wgzdsR4G6DlpU1rIB2DS3LeTYKuiJE9YRycVdIJTu5dbcZycUHcGYqX_5LzTh8Wt0WFGB6RODCDwqEz-DTzBCSaH1LZOTYhQxStk32o1XFp1Zk/s1600/IMG_8435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbzgggDPFXJi90NSaqAGoJXwSEJiFO1wgzdsR4G6DlpU1rIB2DS3LeTYKuiJE9YRycVdIJTu5dbcZycUHcGYqX_5LzTh8Wt0WFGB6RODCDwqEz-DTzBCSaH1LZOTYhQxStk32o1XFp1Zk/s640/IMG_8435.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>My hubby was out back cutting back the once beautiful cardinal flowers, that the hummingbirds love, since they, too got beat down during these storms of the past few days:( I got some shots before he cut them back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvchon5bhGcrIbXncG5yc-UnCBznK_uHYkrergHJeFlPc8vKNQ_ozBFflrOyhf_iyGCmyMwRcnHZ5TRQIFsplbUnWIkMRQF8SNrKS-3otZGFfaa-yLXNe9-mQupLzPYJEt4JyruWwRpL7/s1600/IMG_8437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvchon5bhGcrIbXncG5yc-UnCBznK_uHYkrergHJeFlPc8vKNQ_ozBFflrOyhf_iyGCmyMwRcnHZ5TRQIFsplbUnWIkMRQF8SNrKS-3otZGFfaa-yLXNe9-mQupLzPYJEt4JyruWwRpL7/s640/IMG_8437.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>It's such a shame cause they were so pretty all stading up tall! But they are about done blooming so I guess it is time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67IYoC76kbM63pWwzpgpK1-VJCzRiHe66-qGqYL3AZpFYCLIUd8dZGQdXgPZ8wevD59xyrk7o6z8M7s_9Wn9obK8tae9-stOmtu4zfC8yGCrDZR3TO7AyAa5OdmwpIWU4YDzXzRtF4Pb4/s1600/IMG_8438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67IYoC76kbM63pWwzpgpK1-VJCzRiHe66-qGqYL3AZpFYCLIUd8dZGQdXgPZ8wevD59xyrk7o6z8M7s_9Wn9obK8tae9-stOmtu4zfC8yGCrDZR3TO7AyAa5OdmwpIWU4YDzXzRtF4Pb4/s640/IMG_8438.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> These had been standing up tall against the lattice.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C_Aufu4WiTNrx0s_6FGfQsXIHt0DKiZy-hbMOZ2oO03HDmNX-8TNDH5JHeFpqm5xzmtDOwAYQjRR7aR_bBPlydFObYn6vA2xLejQ8Jyfp913YuM7HtIFI04Kuo7AHbOkBoU0ka0uzwsn/s1600/IMG_8439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C_Aufu4WiTNrx0s_6FGfQsXIHt0DKiZy-hbMOZ2oO03HDmNX-8TNDH5JHeFpqm5xzmtDOwAYQjRR7aR_bBPlydFObYn6vA2xLejQ8Jyfp913YuM7HtIFI04Kuo7AHbOkBoU0ka0uzwsn/s640/IMG_8439.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> All beaten down:(<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6QEbTwdVDW1bnaOTm59_qSOE0_1gKCpUQGUvFYfPM9fAMny3VhrLBp4CKqG4BvIqeDNQ9d3OEOoGdSoJynnxOnC6jeirE5SgrGpGTc-fM83mMOM4mkNxJEx2knlONyhAAnfG6WEmWIgP/s1600/IMG_8440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6QEbTwdVDW1bnaOTm59_qSOE0_1gKCpUQGUvFYfPM9fAMny3VhrLBp4CKqG4BvIqeDNQ9d3OEOoGdSoJynnxOnC6jeirE5SgrGpGTc-fM83mMOM4mkNxJEx2knlONyhAAnfG6WEmWIgP/s640/IMG_8440.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>Then I saw a HUGE branch that had fallen.....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8P2TrxxiDU71OwykJNH0F0TTWS88vhvyA7YGpq0A2xpds3cuvx7X2oPMcogbkbV5r7ElQgmHtL4RZvAKFuxzQWspqXh_DSNnzDvpeYXxp86guLQUYJuFjzgD7SVIEqnPwYq0wFfHT45nQ/s1600/IMG_8441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8P2TrxxiDU71OwykJNH0F0TTWS88vhvyA7YGpq0A2xpds3cuvx7X2oPMcogbkbV5r7ElQgmHtL4RZvAKFuxzQWspqXh_DSNnzDvpeYXxp86guLQUYJuFjzgD7SVIEqnPwYq0wFfHT45nQ/s640/IMG_8441.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>It is through this bush.....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBak0gMdAiDFvIsAUnb7JELHV2D6h3S-zo3j7bUWjwr_k-Yfy9tDRcqUVxT0wCVbC6JdZU8OwHHB3LDAHN98lajdmm-fxl6NbYgIFqEdH8mqx4n70cv9F_UB372BdyY7cs2_PjxpeP4ki/s1600/IMG_8442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBak0gMdAiDFvIsAUnb7JELHV2D6h3S-zo3j7bUWjwr_k-Yfy9tDRcqUVxT0wCVbC6JdZU8OwHHB3LDAHN98lajdmm-fxl6NbYgIFqEdH8mqx4n70cv9F_UB372BdyY7cs2_PjxpeP4ki/s640/IMG_8442.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkgOs_ddiY8d0AqM7zabjw3TdRm3yU1bV_Cju2qIpzXCzSquBWOR6BoK5gxjSoS6HKFBMkqMoURX0ZU06uERIMjSIBHEMozXJ-eDlyR3w592H21paCqGLgkhuU-EjK1tUCeI_AvFBXiyF/s1600/IMG_8443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkgOs_ddiY8d0AqM7zabjw3TdRm3yU1bV_Cju2qIpzXCzSquBWOR6BoK5gxjSoS6HKFBMkqMoURX0ZU06uERIMjSIBHEMozXJ-eDlyR3w592H21paCqGLgkhuU-EjK1tUCeI_AvFBXiyF/s640/IMG_8443.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>The nuts from the birch trees are falling all over!!!! There are thousands of them. When we drive into the driveway it sounds like fireworks:):)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-2dfAmtKPgkTOo8rIHD5_ES-NOdHKgvgQizXaqsamTAfITqCoEvc73r7D0npO1UT5NQbpNIYNazbABGMxrHpUKa7sFz7QMGWPZn5HYA0F_06FidYb0IaaNA0mUW4_lVE-SfbKEE-9foa/s1600/IMG_8447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-2dfAmtKPgkTOo8rIHD5_ES-NOdHKgvgQizXaqsamTAfITqCoEvc73r7D0npO1UT5NQbpNIYNazbABGMxrHpUKa7sFz7QMGWPZn5HYA0F_06FidYb0IaaNA0mUW4_lVE-SfbKEE-9foa/s640/IMG_8447.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TKg7N_WjMlxFGT_2OPq9M0GZTvbolcNiXhpZ_oBsUD8wSf5Lkuhf7i6G_BNcREpA0axrZPCjhVhP8IZC3VbLrxC4YEkQjaKRIKENKAyR-G0vg3MZzUrPIGaXBdronOY-JxICfuRBp2fn/s1600/IMG_8448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TKg7N_WjMlxFGT_2OPq9M0GZTvbolcNiXhpZ_oBsUD8wSf5Lkuhf7i6G_BNcREpA0axrZPCjhVhP8IZC3VbLrxC4YEkQjaKRIKENKAyR-G0vg3MZzUrPIGaXBdronOY-JxICfuRBp2fn/s640/IMG_8448.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>Look at them all! This is just a small spot of them!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdIInm4KbjVI0wdmbYoW0XF1BkFgxy0j826MOYz3-rFXbfvf2KicOl9Gc0HAX9HkymogBs1R74KpnERdBBsS82Zc8b28WV23p8X36HBjm6ln4REYNj6rK5XnUSssMZS5ZWAO5LCYpUCfU/s1600/IMG_8449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdIInm4KbjVI0wdmbYoW0XF1BkFgxy0j826MOYz3-rFXbfvf2KicOl9Gc0HAX9HkymogBs1R74KpnERdBBsS82Zc8b28WV23p8X36HBjm6ln4REYNj6rK5XnUSssMZS5ZWAO5LCYpUCfU/s640/IMG_8449.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> I thought I would get some shots of some PRETTINESS too. Is that a word???? I hope so! The begonias in the mailbox are doing fine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1baE5zQDz4PHQ_Oj_LGUMEDUbAUhQ02uOoUIv_5tRO39A0YuNHibOnZC8XOx9JbHq_JwSwHa6KOah2BhfrzZFl2Ec7jK47jKj-qG4fxhCi7nzqaJWSouAB6B97W5IryIMpmRipoNc2-n/s1600/IMG_8445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1baE5zQDz4PHQ_Oj_LGUMEDUbAUhQ02uOoUIv_5tRO39A0YuNHibOnZC8XOx9JbHq_JwSwHa6KOah2BhfrzZFl2Ec7jK47jKj-qG4fxhCi7nzqaJWSouAB6B97W5IryIMpmRipoNc2-n/s640/IMG_8445.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> The flowers on the hostas all need to be cut back now too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0m_wV6goMIZwJEkcQST53wCetPdUgoYv75ePj35Wau7IZSuNLByExYuQVELW_haFhhbJ6FjUICz0sBlj0G3aq9bZMCCjXRMZ1xftDIPlTg8Yk_HwdzX6v8vjeLYEH-iJcmHegRNvGXiP/s1600/IMG_8446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0m_wV6goMIZwJEkcQST53wCetPdUgoYv75ePj35Wau7IZSuNLByExYuQVELW_haFhhbJ6FjUICz0sBlj0G3aq9bZMCCjXRMZ1xftDIPlTg8Yk_HwdzX6v8vjeLYEH-iJcmHegRNvGXiP/s640/IMG_8446.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> The hydrangeas are turning a beautiful color now!!! I love them in Fall arrangements!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIDZ9yNvb3IekAv0TkjcvGyECaaXc2XMhNNyS1cDGgFnG93tGVYc8ihDnX2rhIWaxEiQXjqbuHUkV1WWfxxHpivwVXmNAfvYKuNACXBNZyI_WNUIDoBRmqfDvQvj28BFFXJTnpK4QaFSN/s1600/IMG_8450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIDZ9yNvb3IekAv0TkjcvGyECaaXc2XMhNNyS1cDGgFnG93tGVYc8ihDnX2rhIWaxEiQXjqbuHUkV1WWfxxHpivwVXmNAfvYKuNACXBNZyI_WNUIDoBRmqfDvQvj28BFFXJTnpK4QaFSN/s640/IMG_8450.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOHG5vjvA_90KhGMWDzewqMJECJGMxke3dTuQUIh4_2J2nL2KAa3SSt23FwGpNaPp8xXWwG0gtkZWxvDu21juWM8iyvu7wmeK7EKZCyistmxfRS_yH8An5NVoI_Wn2Z7rfUGrynfhpSuX/s1600/IMG_8451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3nPSiZ5KpPh8jKe5mKfFHcVkTctizGiBPQgppQ88rgogmSUfB6ZT4T0L5FrTvTdwNX-nTfyOnZ8lef5KFhUZAhGuOO5A6Sa5sstRWYKbkbxBVnrUc4nTzV8k3jxGVV24ni-06r1woAdA/s1600/IMG_8460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3nPSiZ5KpPh8jKe5mKfFHcVkTctizGiBPQgppQ88rgogmSUfB6ZT4T0L5FrTvTdwNX-nTfyOnZ8lef5KFhUZAhGuOO5A6Sa5sstRWYKbkbxBVnrUc4nTzV8k3jxGVV24ni-06r1woAdA/s640/IMG_8460.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> We light them at night when we sit out on the front porch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2l5Maa3gWsE7uo9VvDKABX_DAwrncrp6izvfUfrf33-dBYygk7H8roV3zys5B7B9gwnsJ24xEyRUxGlEV8Uwd1zZvZ7tiIyz2GUIlK2dD3L6lJxy2UR79OiRXiGMmI4lLtCNUIM_xHaL/s1600/IMG_8461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2l5Maa3gWsE7uo9VvDKABX_DAwrncrp6izvfUfrf33-dBYygk7H8roV3zys5B7B9gwnsJ24xEyRUxGlEV8Uwd1zZvZ7tiIyz2GUIlK2dD3L6lJxy2UR79OiRXiGMmI4lLtCNUIM_xHaL/s640/IMG_8461.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> Red and orange impatiens. I plant those colors so they will still look pretty with my Fall decorations.....that will be out here pretty soon!!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSKzfuV4cTfRP-UNNz15Nv6urHmdroQrj_2j8AZOGP29M0gL3LvIoKuZ-OljpzUyaghB-xg43vbcbZTPLRjBoLytDahwr8CaAM3ByuEbdCxiq_OqwW5Fx4fBK2Xd0roMCk0UxHZ-pUZtL/s1600/IMG_8463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSKzfuV4cTfRP-UNNz15Nv6urHmdroQrj_2j8AZOGP29M0gL3LvIoKuZ-OljpzUyaghB-xg43vbcbZTPLRjBoLytDahwr8CaAM3ByuEbdCxiq_OqwW5Fx4fBK2Xd0roMCk0UxHZ-pUZtL/s640/IMG_8463.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOKuzV6VET9t5VH39kpCoBmvAjvtC-_z61K8RqcEQDTufs2KkPQqatIB-z4QECpMcKbaZv1022bpZi7DQHIudHIhwq96RgH8y3HRqStJ2v2K1l9byA7ZVOrfWyCjGNdZdarC-mxeZkw24/s1600/IMG_8464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOKuzV6VET9t5VH39kpCoBmvAjvtC-_z61K8RqcEQDTufs2KkPQqatIB-z4QECpMcKbaZv1022bpZi7DQHIudHIhwq96RgH8y3HRqStJ2v2K1l9byA7ZVOrfWyCjGNdZdarC-mxeZkw24/s640/IMG_8464.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixDt1wC6jdIccT9nDtX1J8_kCqm8iRYi0FT2x34saTcrjkpUwF0DOjlk3PZaS3926Iet8_Za2qzlDOHBHU_KjBpiROchK0bNctSmnT_OQEEy2j-zAZCF3sK_le2eVui5Uv7p-eCcr36kD/s1600/IMG_8465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixDt1wC6jdIccT9nDtX1J8_kCqm8iRYi0FT2x34saTcrjkpUwF0DOjlk3PZaS3926Iet8_Za2qzlDOHBHU_KjBpiROchK0bNctSmnT_OQEEy2j-zAZCF3sK_le2eVui5Uv7p-eCcr36kD/s640/IMG_8465.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>They look like little rose buds when they start to open. SO pretty! Have to go get ready now, am going out tonight to help some friends make a banner for an upcoming event. Thanks so much for stopping by. I may link to some of these parties! XO, Pinky<br /><div>Table Top Tuesday at :  <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/" title="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc6600;">http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />White Wednesday at:  <a href="http://fadedcharm.blogspot.com/" title="http://fadedcharm.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://fadedcharm.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Wow Us Wednesday at:  <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/" title="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc6600;">http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Tablescape Thursday at:  <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/" title="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Vintage Thingie Thursday at:  <a href="http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/" title="http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Feathered Nest Friday at:  <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/" title="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Foodie Friday at:  <a href="http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/" title="http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Show and Tell Friday at:  <a href="http://myromantichome.blogspot.com/" title="http://myromantichome.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://myromantichome.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Inspiration Friday at:  <a href="http://thepicketfence.blogspot.com/" title="http://thepicketfence.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc6600;">http://thepicketfence.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Open House Friday at:  <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/" title="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #dd7700;">http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Sunday Favorites at:  <a href="http://happytodesign.blogspot.com/" title="http://happytodesign.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc6600;">http://happytodesign.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />Seasonal Sundays at:  <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/" title="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc6600;">http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/</span></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO6L71WZp8DUIwYtkPLHjC6g93YVVmtByLps9IA0eB87-c2C809Yf6-P-xZ4DT7jwPPMXVcm3FAidsLsjad8Sr_nABkyK8o6JyhSa6wvmRAGIbJqA_fZ2bkIYJZHZHeNLQfuWtKgpclYQ/s1600/IMG_8466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO6L71WZp8DUIwYtkPLHjC6g93YVVmtByLps9IA0eB87-c2C809Yf6-P-xZ4DT7jwPPMXVcm3FAidsLsjad8Sr_nABkyK8o6JyhSa6wvmRAGIbJqA_fZ2bkIYJZHZHeNLQfuWtKgpclYQ/s640/IMG_8466.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div>

~~~ Mother Nature has left her Calling Card!!!!~~~

I went out front a little while ago and this is what I found in the driveway. This Large branch fell out of one of the trees during the stor...

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~~~A Beautiful day to PLANT FLOWERS!!!!~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was a GORGEOUS day! It got up to 80 degrees! SOOOO, I went and bought and planted some pansies. Mr. S. had to get my big copper pots out for me so I could get started. I will have several MORE pots on the front porch and back deck when it REALLY gets to warm weather. For now, these pansies will tide me over!!!!!A view of the porch, decorated for Spring/Easter.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvRw8ZVnqeOlexABXbgRe9lFGTdcyKxNwIlTZZwXuPu0Ocsb-ytec5cxfn0nylaFaBGrOkZL_S5vHyYQGsAFkl3QbobhOtjz2SgF6YHqkZHS4qBSww2W1KeKEbnk6G13ahZJ-fr1wN8Bz/s1600/IMG_6601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvRw8ZVnqeOlexABXbgRe9lFGTdcyKxNwIlTZZwXuPu0Ocsb-ytec5cxfn0nylaFaBGrOkZL_S5vHyYQGsAFkl3QbobhOtjz2SgF6YHqkZHS4qBSww2W1KeKEbnk6G13ahZJ-fr1wN8Bz/s320/IMG_6601.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5AnT7qD6MTeG14b-SJCi9ePneUnFZinwqwISPsnn-LNY0pt0i6iJdfx07gScdsO3Xk5TAv8Nt-fZMdzamnF8UE45dlgkCztgZOLEVbI9UXcXOjIyQiwz2GfKc5pS1W_p3t82yvxpXyqW/s1600/IMG_6602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5AnT7qD6MTeG14b-SJCi9ePneUnFZinwqwISPsnn-LNY0pt0i6iJdfx07gScdsO3Xk5TAv8Nt-fZMdzamnF8UE45dlgkCztgZOLEVbI9UXcXOjIyQiwz2GfKc5pS1W_p3t82yvxpXyqW/s320/IMG_6602.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Isn't this one so pretty, with it's variegated colors?!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_a-IofJrSfzB2tNueNUD8c3kS-ESIhyphenhyphenQZ-P94iLVaQNj130T-bTBcIvk3kdGM3PGSVqeuSlb9wxTIVJFHE57IaovnlDvorVT42h21RDsDYTDAXPVfk1dKiRUDL0lWe-lx_WwWQOfcmHg/s1600/IMG_6603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_a-IofJrSfzB2tNueNUD8c3kS-ESIhyphenhyphenQZ-P94iLVaQNj130T-bTBcIvk3kdGM3PGSVqeuSlb9wxTIVJFHE57IaovnlDvorVT42h21RDsDYTDAXPVfk1dKiRUDL0lWe-lx_WwWQOfcmHg/s320/IMG_6603.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> This one is the prettiest blue, sorry I moved:(<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cuOM-ieoBOY-Zzj4S4z3U-xAkv5rWx0RFAh-D_tloIrWuElFnC7mWKpf7CVPxz-p4CvyfW-FQAVHBe460aWbqWnLbj1wcLu3ov0VB8nZPgjmmkyBmIOMeXqVOcT4aBOxtM20tX7a84x/s1600/IMG_6605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cuOM-ieoBOY-Zzj4S4z3U-xAkv5rWx0RFAh-D_tloIrWuElFnC7mWKpf7CVPxz-p4CvyfW-FQAVHBe460aWbqWnLbj1wcLu3ov0VB8nZPgjmmkyBmIOMeXqVOcT4aBOxtM20tX7a84x/s320/IMG_6605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Beautiful red, and I moved again. Sorry, but didn't want to delete this so you could see the color!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqEFecc4ZBQC7GwGw3WvJ8a7qRhtgxMdq_YuchEX3Yugyu3m2OCO6VqSpXSAdFE9Q7_zolKcAFdryoJQH7TXTu26ySunThauNoV02ydFUSyhJYn0D9ZU_-oc-K7icJ6x0jURYxIZV9sm1/s1600/IMG_6606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqEFecc4ZBQC7GwGw3WvJ8a7qRhtgxMdq_YuchEX3Yugyu3m2OCO6VqSpXSAdFE9Q7_zolKcAFdryoJQH7TXTu26ySunThauNoV02ydFUSyhJYn0D9ZU_-oc-K7icJ6x0jURYxIZV9sm1/s320/IMG_6606.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> I bought my spikes and they will stay there when I take out the pansies and replace them with impatiens.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS6dbkikqm3ANq4ZeaAAd3PgybXUrh_MGwNe6Q9flQXQ9_SfyaWjk0JgF8ihEsNHMbKiwVkVP3fQZB21JuA5jsOCbyTpSVoKxBWxDwkQSpwilIUPyb-JJbb2ikNvqMXumDg2jRMSe8g-W/s1600/IMG_6608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS6dbkikqm3ANq4ZeaAAd3PgybXUrh_MGwNe6Q9flQXQ9_SfyaWjk0JgF8ihEsNHMbKiwVkVP3fQZB21JuA5jsOCbyTpSVoKxBWxDwkQSpwilIUPyb-JJbb2ikNvqMXumDg2jRMSe8g-W/s320/IMG_6608.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp7mL8QJ47S-GeO-FEAO_Y_eP5l1Lr0YU1m5oKEUnAogsDkCXk4eMgc8zqx7ME-1s6YwYc8r_NULQoWJAXTeyr-1-B3cTPJ7Ob7FDtdM5zoTLBEFgvjw5-Rs60rHu3lfbKIKSMWhHwMet/s1600/IMG_6609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp7mL8QJ47S-GeO-FEAO_Y_eP5l1Lr0YU1m5oKEUnAogsDkCXk4eMgc8zqx7ME-1s6YwYc8r_NULQoWJAXTeyr-1-B3cTPJ7Ob7FDtdM5zoTLBEFgvjw5-Rs60rHu3lfbKIKSMWhHwMet/s320/IMG_6609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Lenten rose.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs8HdzmWLoDCe0OWqHmf9AH-4jU7FVOUmtjz9gwSZzYQJo8cvw4X-z7TW5kHMKXI9S65p23OK_ZRm7N2I8Xgy_k1X_oVexmkq3SFovnYZCru8peq3O1dzoFKlNJ4Rj9drIkfHWUblJ4dj/s1600/IMG_6610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs8HdzmWLoDCe0OWqHmf9AH-4jU7FVOUmtjz9gwSZzYQJo8cvw4X-z7TW5kHMKXI9S65p23OK_ZRm7N2I8Xgy_k1X_oVexmkq3SFovnYZCru8peq3O1dzoFKlNJ4Rj9drIkfHWUblJ4dj/s320/IMG_6610.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Yellow lenten rose.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r4zVaPnAnn1TeR1e9Xdx1Fr9B1SHzwP00aoDYsEDmgmDplqLo-s_86OAi25GTH4QrUtfGCRbK4Nsytz8XLCrgq5JvgmVc7D_aVWUkVsD1psqvWfG6KAO2aLXd2Sofr1dGSODJRQAZLIU/s1600/IMG_6611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r4zVaPnAnn1TeR1e9Xdx1Fr9B1SHzwP00aoDYsEDmgmDplqLo-s_86OAi25GTH4QrUtfGCRbK4Nsytz8XLCrgq5JvgmVc7D_aVWUkVsD1psqvWfG6KAO2aLXd2Sofr1dGSODJRQAZLIU/s320/IMG_6611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Hyacinths are almost full bloomed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6Ktt7kqWn2O7zGEowVjH0VRPIRP23wcYOxSV0k5Vfml7WjSNfy2LYrkvDVIzk0fcRTU7-EWiPDW-o2h7BoBW8lXd4kGJTm45fNrZwSaflQq8i0rwPG3F-tpMIfeuCcsy6q2ItFuzU49I/s1600/IMG_6612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6Ktt7kqWn2O7zGEowVjH0VRPIRP23wcYOxSV0k5Vfml7WjSNfy2LYrkvDVIzk0fcRTU7-EWiPDW-o2h7BoBW8lXd4kGJTm45fNrZwSaflQq8i0rwPG3F-tpMIfeuCcsy6q2ItFuzU49I/s320/IMG_6612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjkb0tPQqMCbnI049k2E-FduwXZ7SFKCqraYPUcbZXAsPUcY_cNNOVmU9CtcLphsNMm3TwfLT5QEvAbMRUNAq0kZftQ3pXFKS9JNrY20dJIAudRpnH4z-IJ2L_35kJS4dxKmwVhWNTCsY/s1600/IMG_6613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjkb0tPQqMCbnI049k2E-FduwXZ7SFKCqraYPUcbZXAsPUcY_cNNOVmU9CtcLphsNMm3TwfLT5QEvAbMRUNAq0kZftQ3pXFKS9JNrY20dJIAudRpnH4z-IJ2L_35kJS4dxKmwVhWNTCsY/s320/IMG_6613.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> This is part of where the crane messed up the driveway. Thankfully the hostas weren't up far enough to be too damaged!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF_kS2lNCYCG4Glib5ifkrxF0qN3nNUyW9J0GaNo4sQtwP11XNRSt_3tka0Yu81bhVzTNi40vOm3qA_PMJc2Bb8d7UJImPZ0wK9sb3I_qxtTmMgLLoCJV_RVQe-wZMCxvf9sG4PNdyNTI/s1600/IMG_6614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF_kS2lNCYCG4Glib5ifkrxF0qN3nNUyW9J0GaNo4sQtwP11XNRSt_3tka0Yu81bhVzTNi40vOm3qA_PMJc2Bb8d7UJImPZ0wK9sb3I_qxtTmMgLLoCJV_RVQe-wZMCxvf9sG4PNdyNTI/s320/IMG_6614.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Daffodils!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPjFD-oRazKYu_jqU_j4-_GxqtCyDgW8GwU8riH7sCisuhKx01TcIjDPlJ8mYMY_cFeqB4zuU1fIWAA5-rhyphenhyphenQviDE9OIJdxPXsSJroGmY5YMJgXplohrKWs1zlv467fOjiBOzRggjBRIm/s1600/IMG_6616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPjFD-oRazKYu_jqU_j4-_GxqtCyDgW8GwU8riH7sCisuhKx01TcIjDPlJ8mYMY_cFeqB4zuU1fIWAA5-rhyphenhyphenQviDE9OIJdxPXsSJroGmY5YMJgXplohrKWs1zlv467fOjiBOzRggjBRIm/s320/IMG_6616.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Forsythia!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReHEO914jRuLpEYksqiksADwmQenEOHBrleRXJErL-jTqikg0fxSUxgs6ie6WKSoCbec49_RJQmjDN6zluSOXyG30h6WwBZsq8lN1mknsx85HeXg4YgJ5ISPnx7HZfCc08zwxCid9wTGE/s1600/IMG_6617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReHEO914jRuLpEYksqiksADwmQenEOHBrleRXJErL-jTqikg0fxSUxgs6ie6WKSoCbec49_RJQmjDN6zluSOXyG30h6WwBZsq8lN1mknsx85HeXg4YgJ5ISPnx7HZfCc08zwxCid9wTGE/s320/IMG_6617.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Hydrangeas are leafing out!!!!! I can't wait for hydrangeas, one of my favorites!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kSqgNrnYOHnol4dUJ5MjxYDebp6kp1YAbpxxmlJgumVYfaBH4Lb9Zmvdj-9KBnyyFUZgU3ksz0snX_jqbV0vDoCDF8LWtjdn0p2GNjeW80xuH5sy5p6lIpiIm8-DPMEwxq_eS3ySzuAb/s1600/IMG_6618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kSqgNrnYOHnol4dUJ5MjxYDebp6kp1YAbpxxmlJgumVYfaBH4Lb9Zmvdj-9KBnyyFUZgU3ksz0snX_jqbV0vDoCDF8LWtjdn0p2GNjeW80xuH5sy5p6lIpiIm8-DPMEwxq_eS3ySzuAb/s320/IMG_6618.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> A wild flower. I don't know what it is but it comes up each Spring. Anybody know?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R9jHVzWZIYfbibS9Nog8GuUCrW6PE4z-c-yb9wBwEJsOoxZXxV9rwA0WQOiEwQ8_EDHdJ_vtMpveKYJCerSp84kOQv-e9q6_e_ZPGazsG-of6mBDF7XqY4k2hL4Frl-tZTWARmuY_g0A/s1600/IMG_6619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R9jHVzWZIYfbibS9Nog8GuUCrW6PE4z-c-yb9wBwEJsOoxZXxV9rwA0WQOiEwQ8_EDHdJ_vtMpveKYJCerSp84kOQv-e9q6_e_ZPGazsG-of6mBDF7XqY4k2hL4Frl-tZTWARmuY_g0A/s320/IMG_6619.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> My small bunny flag at the mailbox.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiw7PmkqTQV8Ocbsgz5nWDOL9KNm6YvyJB2sTE2UNANf7EqZQMfXDBZQcBmPef0bnekX7khZ4SeNp6PWHSUNDh9SB1rCXJ0ii9efZhIa6h5KVahP1vIvL73wvuoTK1fiYKGP7Gsb915rp/s1600/IMG_6621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiw7PmkqTQV8Ocbsgz5nWDOL9KNm6YvyJB2sTE2UNANf7EqZQMfXDBZQcBmPef0bnekX7khZ4SeNp6PWHSUNDh9SB1rCXJ0ii9efZhIa6h5KVahP1vIvL73wvuoTK1fiYKGP7Gsb915rp/s320/IMG_6621.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Day lilies. They come up each year but haven't bloomed in several years.......they are old!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUH7xsTekaYnvef4AdRp8At6uJNGMgV40xBDKQFwEaFYNGGLumAZmiFWgxxd7MRkPcmE1HR_FKjUbtgSZIIhHJEyv_37Uyv0_xBhb0zajcC-6j3WY1uTDi4M5X1GCD-y2fxcqwB4WJuLug/s1600/IMG_6623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUH7xsTekaYnvef4AdRp8At6uJNGMgV40xBDKQFwEaFYNGGLumAZmiFWgxxd7MRkPcmE1HR_FKjUbtgSZIIhHJEyv_37Uyv0_xBhb0zajcC-6j3WY1uTDi4M5X1GCD-y2fxcqwB4WJuLug/s320/IMG_6623.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> We got the net off of the pond! So I started raking up the leaves that had blown all around it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6UZGcJrLg8iBeBAWKemQX6tWLEg3C8DW_erit2Jlzu-khdWLBJQ5PduYbJ9GfWUKCtdSbYUtVty0waIF1D3nb8lM0u8yN4ezUfbJECAryyWQMMRQNhIPAvm3kRcmhyphenhyphenEJM1DX2d1izmCH/s1600/IMG_6624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6UZGcJrLg8iBeBAWKemQX6tWLEg3C8DW_erit2Jlzu-khdWLBJQ5PduYbJ9GfWUKCtdSbYUtVty0waIF1D3nb8lM0u8yN4ezUfbJECAryyWQMMRQNhIPAvm3kRcmhyphenhyphenEJM1DX2d1izmCH/s320/IMG_6624.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The upper pond.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb9huf521_6u8L9FJ8iNifuqnZC7O3WVzZNDIkCv8gAIJ4g8XxY_969o2beONUzxcVpPAtFlFqEHWE9bAMgI5AoqZTtQLxVHYlq61kZ1dMT8ZSOhf3bxYOxqiD6hfF1W8BGYeLRpJncl2/s1600/IMG_6625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb9huf521_6u8L9FJ8iNifuqnZC7O3WVzZNDIkCv8gAIJ4g8XxY_969o2beONUzxcVpPAtFlFqEHWE9bAMgI5AoqZTtQLxVHYlq61kZ1dMT8ZSOhf3bxYOxqiD6hfF1W8BGYeLRpJncl2/s320/IMG_6625.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The fish have ended their hybernation and are starting to swim around again!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt19gCJ-IoGYyOJLK54SnQ1KAXjVGm8SVN_YW5esuD7PyZKNWOBgkZkwgq5Hm2VBgjEh0cV_eegrS9eHGnTeDxthg-fc79Yh_4UzV5ydJAEoOoq4YwUvP_4lhnjnDfmC46MOopfYWAvNKL/s1600/IMG_6626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt19gCJ-IoGYyOJLK54SnQ1KAXjVGm8SVN_YW5esuD7PyZKNWOBgkZkwgq5Hm2VBgjEh0cV_eegrS9eHGnTeDxthg-fc79Yh_4UzV5ydJAEoOoq4YwUvP_4lhnjnDfmC46MOopfYWAvNKL/s320/IMG_6626.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNFizwnhyphenhyphenfasLUCu5J-26vZFpUflOrxlcT3pnYNeKAlOAoYbKbhUCx2Kp58FllwSmjgKlaF7vFKsdy83Bv9hlqOHWdkR_blqLyx4XA7RTg25HMYFEp48K4skmlDk2s-x3a38NhgM2SZqv/s1600/IMG_6627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNFizwnhyphenhyphenfasLUCu5J-26vZFpUflOrxlcT3pnYNeKAlOAoYbKbhUCx2Kp58FllwSmjgKlaF7vFKsdy83Bv9hlqOHWdkR_blqLyx4XA7RTg25HMYFEp48K4skmlDk2s-x3a38NhgM2SZqv/s320/IMG_6627.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Remember, you can click on the pictures to enlarge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXv5Cc5Dim46_csSaLKqbX6X8owHLuVw8q83ERs-wFOi9fwVbre_q4rvPA07b0Qt-C1AhowLxzOJklHz56gHi6RZY0oPoyCF4ODuyfN-j2A8swj7RgFAvVb8Zge8HJ8gUFA1DLmBBBRjA/s1600/IMG_6628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXv5Cc5Dim46_csSaLKqbX6X8owHLuVw8q83ERs-wFOi9fwVbre_q4rvPA07b0Qt-C1AhowLxzOJklHz56gHi6RZY0oPoyCF4ODuyfN-j2A8swj7RgFAvVb8Zge8HJ8gUFA1DLmBBBRjA/s320/IMG_6628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> In the midst of raking..... I uncovered the stepping stones.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqDhBbEmBzrdUK_zbU2stM398LQzd0Zq02CkDwy9UsaFZu-AxlAO-ME5oCKlEuPXQjnuUKnXo1V9juWl7fIcaWokCdEWuzlKiqwn8HTbe7uJkjNMEZZu-1sgLDqXAS14Guhyhz2EpXGyP/s1600/IMG_6629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqDhBbEmBzrdUK_zbU2stM398LQzd0Zq02CkDwy9UsaFZu-AxlAO-ME5oCKlEuPXQjnuUKnXo1V9juWl7fIcaWokCdEWuzlKiqwn8HTbe7uJkjNMEZZu-1sgLDqXAS14Guhyhz2EpXGyP/s320/IMG_6629.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> This area has hostas too. I also plant some annuals there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYklxX4Q7s2olyfap4c1eKbTnguM9xbLkMReFlwoggRrBT7jlQp6y72fk_153i3zVDJ2Oslwj9kwtM686SzSwP-6y_lhWUM_u5Af6cNCRwtMtlXvdlgPfXJgvDN_vTNSIdlzYvISnaQFYF/s1600/IMG_6630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYklxX4Q7s2olyfap4c1eKbTnguM9xbLkMReFlwoggRrBT7jlQp6y72fk_153i3zVDJ2Oslwj9kwtM686SzSwP-6y_lhWUM_u5Af6cNCRwtMtlXvdlgPfXJgvDN_vTNSIdlzYvISnaQFYF/s320/IMG_6630.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGfvJ95Ac8u0lGBJj-8CK3O4QU7um2zCgJ6MuMk_JPjGkDOrwGFbh52To5FrXYuVCvex9HW4iJeoE-rHf3Qk1sndN4tE2oCF3Kwh8PPEDKS9i3EO6pCKSTOQ4yVjlF5JVkaloI5qgEGKY/s1600/IMG_6631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGfvJ95Ac8u0lGBJj-8CK3O4QU7um2zCgJ6MuMk_JPjGkDOrwGFbh52To5FrXYuVCvex9HW4iJeoE-rHf3Qk1sndN4tE2oCF3Kwh8PPEDKS9i3EO6pCKSTOQ4yVjlF5JVkaloI5qgEGKY/s320/IMG_6631.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> "Pirus Japonica" is BLOOMING!!! And it smells so pretty. the BEES love it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34QVv6H-ptpYq9qWXmWO1b048MknT2KpXRFC1Ec96seS4Q5wK4PTnn9DsjKkxtXnKNaPgfN-7_a0XMiETDKtGN2ejeZr401TsgLdMGugZBRMYAiMzohjAI0c2JpCxIrjM3F1CnSkQIMii/s1600/IMG_6632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34QVv6H-ptpYq9qWXmWO1b048MknT2KpXRFC1Ec96seS4Q5wK4PTnn9DsjKkxtXnKNaPgfN-7_a0XMiETDKtGN2ejeZr401TsgLdMGugZBRMYAiMzohjAI0c2JpCxIrjM3F1CnSkQIMii/s320/IMG_6632.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6h3bYdm0GXCxnX_fTL4_6c2MLcP-n3-EGr4Gabc4KCZ-6Cn23V-APTEfmifPS6iZqagBuvY-Kut2cAvKW_yJRavTcJNJKUbVyEBfN3iCO7PF8SrJfsAtQVX_PC3lVchMO91Tb7Ima9tJ/s1600/IMG_6633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6h3bYdm0GXCxnX_fTL4_6c2MLcP-n3-EGr4Gabc4KCZ-6Cn23V-APTEfmifPS6iZqagBuvY-Kut2cAvKW_yJRavTcJNJKUbVyEBfN3iCO7PF8SrJfsAtQVX_PC3lVchMO91Tb7Ima9tJ/s320/IMG_6633.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> One of the 4 japanese Maples. They are all starting to leaf out too! Life renews again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdG7ry6CIpIOBjQqJfmvCn6sv6tCDHVHV_hl5XjJE4pv0gJbD4o2GDMdWV3HXKE_u0V13vzGyhmNkvEGJRnKGTfRZqqRDS_pGjMpQxd2KlWZ9a2kOYosVB9u32rYehAtyYjuaDDEY8YIg/s1600/IMG_6635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdG7ry6CIpIOBjQqJfmvCn6sv6tCDHVHV_hl5XjJE4pv0gJbD4o2GDMdWV3HXKE_u0V13vzGyhmNkvEGJRnKGTfRZqqRDS_pGjMpQxd2KlWZ9a2kOYosVB9u32rYehAtyYjuaDDEY8YIg/s320/IMG_6635.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are getting some nice Spring weather too! Tomorrow we are going to get rain and COOLER temps again:( I am just wishing for some pretty Spring days to enjoy! Have a beautiful week everyone!!!! XO, Pinky

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