Yesterday I was gifted a visit to the home and garden of a 90 year old gardener! Yes, she is 90 and still pulling weeds and growing beautiful flowers. She keeps her bouquets fresh in 3 vintage refrigerators in her barn and shed! She cautioned me that I can't do the same with the new frost free ones we all use in our homes or they will dry out the flowers. So she has a man who keeps watch for old ones for her to replace these when they quit. #gardeninggoals
First fruits and new blooms! The white one is a Double Click Snow Puff Cosmos, the red flowers are from heirloom seeds and is a biennial, Cypress. My Blackberry Lily is blooming too! Sadly, with all three, there looks to be only a few blooms to enjoy. #nofilter #gardening #flowers
I inherited my brother Wendell's letterman's jacket after Mom died. Wendell died 32 years ago. Now @willjmartin49 models it, but I'm passing it on to my nephew, Jordan who will enjoy it all anew. #oldschoolatitsbest
Three quart jars of water inside my old hole in the bottom watering can...turned it into the perfect vase for more sunflowers. Now it's on our kitchen counter. #sunflowers #fleamarketstyle #fleamarketstylegardening
Before the sun got too mch higher, I quickly made an herb wreath this morning. I didn't use any wire, just wood vine pulled from our trees so it's a tad wonky but smells oh so good! Tomorrow I hope to harvest more of the herbs. #herbs #basil #mint #oregano #wreath
I discovered that sunflowers are a little tricky to arrange, but worth the effort! More on my blog if you're interested. #sunflowers #flowers #gardening
Nora learns to chop! Audrey is in the background working on biscuits. #4hbaking #whitechocolateapricotmuffins
Good morning! #sunflowers
This is Audrey's costume for her 4h theater arts project. So the play has a robot and a fairy....! Some insulation I saved from the construction of our house 20 years ago finally found a use! #robot #makebelieve
My sunflowers are beginning to bloom! These are a wonderful lemon yellow. Also, #nofilter because the dappled morning sun is pretty perfect. #flowers #sunflowers
Windowsill flowers. 💚💛🌻🌼🌹 #saltandpeppershakervases
Two bluegill at the same time! I'm fishing with @willjmartin49 out on the pond tonight. Sadly, nothing to keep yet. #nebraskathroughthelens #nebraskagram
Nora has finished her costume for the 4h theater arts project. She's a woodland fairy!
The girls helped with harvesting the onions, carrots, and beets this morning. A bountiful harvest it was NOT, but we have a few pretty albeit little veggies to eat. (There are more than in this photo thank goodness) Note the big sunflowers in the back that we are waiting to bloom. #harvest #darnhotout
I went up to the farm today to take pictures of the wheat field before they harvested it. It was just so strikingly beautiful. This is the first time they have planted wheat as it's not all that common around here. I brought a few heads home to put in a vase for this fall. I also got a great shot of @farmerrandy farming 2017 style. Talking grain contracts and combine repairs in chore boots in the middle of a wheat field. Regarding the convenience of cell phones...my Dad would have said something like, But then you'd have no reason to go into the house for a glass of iced tea... #progress #nebraskathroughthelens #snapshotnebraska #wheatfields #nofilter
