Millinery Eggs for Easter....

I try to mix up my Easter decorating each year,

some years like this I just do a little

and other years I go all out...

 

I always bring out my millinery Easter Eggs...

 

I made them years ago

and shared them my first year blogging,

but back then

I didn't know most of you...

 

they are Paper Mache Eggs

covered in silk,

with vintage millinery flowers,

tulle and ribbons...

 

frilly and girlie...

 



 

my Mount Tacoma Tulips

are blooming

and made a pretty pairing...

 

 

Wishing You

a wonderful Easter Weekend...

 

I am linking up to...

Shabbilicious Friday

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Be Inspired 

and

Feathered Nest Friday

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today...

Lost in the Garden...

I have been lost

in the garden....

 

completely absorbed by the beauty of Spring....

 

 

Blue Skies

and

Pink Trees...

 

my utopia...

 

 

the flower beds

are filling out so quickly...

 

it is a wonder really,

how quickly it all happens...

 



like tissue paper pom poms...

 

the perfect blooms

of the Kwanzan Cherry...

 

the last tree to bloom here

and the best in show...

 



 

Pink Geraniums...

 



 

now fill

my front porch planter...

 

simple and cheery....

 



 

Woody Hyacinth...

 

I believe fairies

must dance beneath the forest of bells

in the moonlight...

 

 

Violets...

 

intoxicating...

 



 

Money Plants blooming...

 

 

Forget-Me-Not...

 

 



 

everyone has an

extra spring in their step...

 

 

or swish in their swim...

 



 

My newest back porch planter

and Paul's Himalayan Musk Roses

leaning in from the left...

 

I planted Paul last year...

he is as healthy as can be,

and already covered with tiny buds...

 

Roses soon...

ahhhh...

 

I am linking up to,

Outdoor Wednesday

Wow Us Wednesday

Home and Garden Thursday

 

Shabbilicious Friday

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Be Inspired 

and

Feathered Nest Friday

 

Thanks for stopping by...

Easter Sweets...

Since there are no little ones here,

the Easter Bunny won't be stopping by with any baskets...

 

still...

 

 

Easter Candy is just too pretty,

to not indulge...

 



 

so this year,

I filled my apothecary jars

and cloches

with some favorite sweets...

 



 

perfect pastels...

 

irresistible pink grass...

 

 

white rabbits...

 

a little Chocolate...

 

 

wishing you something sweet...

 

I am linking up to...

Metamorphosis Monday

Amaze Me Monday

 

Inspire me Tuesday

The Scoop

 

Wow us Wednesday

 

Home and Garden Thursday

 

Shabbilicious Friday

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Be Inspired 

Feathered Nest Friday

 

 

 

thanks for stopping by...

Beautfiul April....

 

I love Spring...

 

it is my favorite season,

everything is so fresh and new...

 

a beginning...

 

 

so far ,

April has been a beautiful month...

 



 

on the first day,

I thought I had plenty to do...

 

then this box of bareroot Roses

 showed up on my doorstep...

 

I am not complaining,

not one bit!

 



 

these are my choices...

 



(Mount Fuji Cherry)

 

the current stars of the garden are the trees...

 



 

 

the Magnolia...

 



 

and down they come...

 



 

the Easter Egg Tree

is in full bloom...

 

Pink Magnolia snow in the background...

 



 

Viburnum on the cusp

of wonderful!



 

an airy spray of Bridal Spirea...

 



 

Tulips popping....

 

 

 

the Starling

are beginning to nest...

 



I should say...

 

"the VERY ambitious Starlings"

 



another joy of gardening...

 

the found treasures,

through the years I have gathered quite a collection

of buried yard treasures...

 

mostly buttons,

a porcelain figurines boot,

bits of pottery,

oyster shells,

horse shoes,

and lumps of coal...

 



 

I hope the Beauty of April

is in your Heart too...

 

I am linking up to

Wow us Wednesday

Home and Garden Thursday 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today....