Saturday, May 30, 2009

gardens and friends

we took a garden walk this morning (something we do religiously on the weekends and often on weekday evenings) and SOO many things were blooming for the first time because of all the sun we've had. i couldn't NOT take pictures. here are the beets and carrots before i weeded them! i'll update you with a weeded picture soon. our golden hops are doing really well this year and chris has finally finished the arbor...so now they have a place to weave themselves.

Solomon's seal...or false solomon's seal. i can never remember which. it's one of my favorite things in my yard.

a peony about to pop open

my smoke bush...i love the purple leaves against all the green.

the calla lilies are starting to bloom

lamb's ear along the labyrinth path

iris and lupin

the mass of clematis along our fence


bachelor buttons

oriental poppy

Luna loves the arbor chris made out front


pippa is WAITING for the strawberries to turn red...she is so excited.

finding 'heenormous' green strawberries


watering the plants.


one of emmett's favorite things is to stand on pippa's bed and look out the window.


i visited my friend sarah on friday and got to see the avid blogger first-hand. i felt like i needed to...blog about it! emmett enjoyed some sun time on her deck


eating and playing with lovely loretta

here she is...checking her stats!

and making a delicious dinner...soba, tofu and veggies with a delicious peanut sauce. check out http://www.inpraiseofleftovers.com/ for more info...i'm sure you'll see the recipe here soon! and, if you see hands in the pictures she posts...those are mine! i know, i should be a hand model. maybe after the kids start school....
there were 5 kids and 2 adults for most of the afternoon...her house is BUSY!
my friend suzy brought me some cookies a few evenings ago. i devoured them! thanks suzy!! hazel eyes and blue eyes

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love!! the garden pictures, it's just like being there! My(your) Oriental poppies are blooming too and we have an identical carrot weeding problem.
Loved Sarah's food blog too!

Mom

Jeneen and co. said...

fun fun fun! the picture of both kids on the bed looking out the window melts me...