Current WIP - Large Afghan Blanket

 Good morning,

I have flowers growing in a box in the dining room again.

I've started another large afghan blanket.  This one will have these lovely pink and red flowers surrounded by white and burgundy.  I'm much further along than this image now and the colors are just gorgeous together.  I have finished 80 of these, have added a round of white, and am now putting it all together. 

There is already a wide variety of other afghan blankets in the shop now that are ready to ship.

What are you making, baking, growing this week?

I hope you're having some of this beautiful Spring weather wherever you are, too!

 All the best,

Lois

 

Lily - My Little Helper

 Good morning,

That's our little Lily "helping" me with the Amazon packaging pillows.

Actually, she wasn't helping.  She grabbed those then ran to the top of the steps to see if I would chase her.

*sigh*  Puppies are so much fun.  ;)

Anyway, she's cute....

 Lois  

Daffodils and Peonies

 Good morning,

I love going out into the garden every day to see what is newly blooming.  We have several different types of daffodils that bloom at slightly different times so we have a constant parade of new blooms.

If you look carefully, you'll see the peonies are growing on each side of the daffodils, too.  Soon we'll have those large fragrant peonies to enjoy.

All the best,

Lois

Red Tulips

 Good morning,

These Red Tulips are survivors of more than 40 years.  I planted them that many years ago and they continue to return and provide Spring color every year.

I love our garden!

Enjoy,

Lois

Honey Bees and Dandelions

 Good morning,

If you look at the flower toward the bottom of the image, you'll see a honey bee hard at work collecting pollen.

To be sure the honey bees have enough pollen to harvest, many environmentalists encourage us to leave our dandelions alone rather than "weeding" our gardens.

An interesting note about dandelions:  they were originally planted to provide salad greens, but managed to spread so profusely that they became known as weeds.

Ah, yes, Spring....

:),

Lois

Red Bud Trees

 Good morning,

The Red Bud Trees are spectacular this year!  What makes them even more fun is that these are "volunteers."  

Forty five years ago I had a Red Bud tree planted just to the left of the two you see in the image above.  Eventually, a big storm took it out and I thought we were without our pretty spring flowering tree.

 But, here we are with more lovely blossoms.

The two trees you see in the first image grew on their own, whether from roots of the original tree or from seeds.  I certainly didn't plant them, but when I discovered they were growing there, I marked them so they would not be mowed down during grass cutting.

We have a third Red Bud tree "volunteer" out closer to the street.  For about a month, our front yard is just magical with the pink flowers.

Happy Spring!

Lois

Sweet Little Violets

 Good morning,

We have violets growing in the space between portions of our sidewalk and I'm not trying to get rid of them.  

The violets not only provide a lovely band of color, they remind me of my childhood when I, with some of the other girls in the neighborhood, picked violets and made chain necklaces out of them.  

Lovely childhood memories.

The pink petals are from the Tulip Magnolia.  See yesterday's post.

All the best,

Lois