My moment in the spotlight. 😎 @bonnieleahmartin gave me a set of rusty Allen wrenches she found at a garage sale. Said they looked like something I would like. Apparently they had my name on them. (Or in them.) 😆 #getbacktowork
I was down in the barn and saw my old tape measures...and remembered that I saw on Facebook that it was @studiofourcorners birthday today. An idea clicked. Happy birthday Amy! Amy was one of my first blogging friends years ago and she loves tape measures! (I didn't have time to faff the whole word birthday so this will have to do.)
The plan was to grill for @farmerrandy and Nora's birthday celebration today, so grill we did albeit a bit windy, snowy, and chilly! We had cookie cakes and an ice cream sundae bar. 🍨🎂 Nora requested a Happy Day Bouquet as part of her gift. 🎉🎁
I just had to cut another bunch of #salvia for drying! Their color stays pretty deep even dried. And I'm bringing in two more plants to attempt to over winter. As the saying goes, the struggle is real when you try to decide to fuss with the mess and often failure of wintering over vs letting the beauty and expense go in the frost. #tankgarden
I'm finding places for some of my dried flowers today. This keg I picked up at a garage sale this spring is great for broom corn, grasses, and a stick I filled with eucalyptus and dried flowers. Above it hangs more broom corn with a navy velvet ribbon I made. . #broomcorn #driedflowers #vintagevelvet #nailkeg #falldecor
I so enjoy the burning bush every fall outside our living room window. 🍁🍂🍃
New kitty play. 🐺🐱🐈 (space in the sort of clean barn!)
I rehomed some of my back yard plants today to others who could winter them over. I'm so happy these lush beauties will live on somewhere! I'm taking a few cuttings from different plants to bring inside. Tricky to find the space for them. The end of the season is hard. #houseplants #ferns #succulents #mandevilla
It's sunny today! All of the rain has produced some new blooms. It's time to cut more seed pods and flowers to dry also. The blackberry lily makes the neatest seed pods! . . #blackberrylilyseedpods #tankgarden #gathering #flowerarranging #flowergarden #blackberrylily
Been working and cleaning in the barn. Finally hung up my birthday gift from @farmerrandy from a couple of years ago! The daily scripture this morning from Ecclesiastes was the one about there being a time for everything. Apparently, it was finally time to hang this light. 😄 You can't see in this photo, but it was made from a piece of old rusted sheet metal that had been shot up by some unknown hooligan years ago. We got it at @benchomaha and it's seriously so cool. #junkart #junk
This morning in the #tankgarden there were so many Monarchs!! Such a treat to watch them! I just had to catch another #slomo clip. They are attracted to a lot of the flowers, but the Salvia seems to be a favorite right now. #monarch #monarchbutterfly #salvia #slomotion
I cut my Mini Pumpkins on a Stick tonight. Found out today that I should just cut them and let them dry. First year with these so will be interesting to see how they dry. Right now they look cool! #garden #gardening #pumpkins #falldecor
A Barn Haiku. (I got side tracked when I walked in here. It's raining and cool and it intensified the smell. 💚) #haiku #backtowork
Yesterday @farmerrandy helped me anchor the branch that we'd cut down weeks ago from the Tree of Heaven in my #tankgarden. Now to plan for the vines and lights to have on it next year! I think this arch will add a nice feature.
I'm cleaning in the barn and we've been tripping over these sad irons for a loooong time. Not moving them out of our way because they are so stinking heavy when all together in a box! Today, I had a brainstorm. I flipped those sad irons over so no water gets in them thinking I'd use them as a little border. Then I saw petals. I also have those iron shoe lasts and stands hanging around. (Stems) Now how and where to place them is to be determined. Not sure I can weld such heavy pieces to stay upright. I'll consult with my welding expert. 😉 @farmerrandy #tankgarden #upcycle #fleamarketgardening
