In the garden

Come walk in the garden with me. After many hot, hot days, my garden has had a sprinkle and seems to be saying Ahhhhh. Let me show you what is in bloom now.

The hydrangeas are in bloom and the color is vibrant. I add coffee grounds around the base all the time and they love this! If you want a deep purple blue give it a try.

I don't know the name of this hosta, I bought it from a local nursery and it was unmarked, but I love the white edge and it provides a bright spot in a shady area.

This peach tree grew from our old compost pile years ago and it has some delish peaches. Now I have been reading up on peaches so I am going to cut back some stuff around the tree and try to get more sunshine in there and possibly feed it too. It looks like this all on its own.

The rhubarb is something I am growing this year and I have already made strawberry rhubarb jam and I want to make up hypertufa and use the leaves as molds. I did one last year and I love the look of it.

My little raised bed with mints, lettuces, basil and Swiss chard and small strawberries.

We have sweet basil, lime basil and cinnamon basil.

Some rosemary and camomile, dill and sage.

This is crocosmia at the back of my herb bed and there are some peonies and false indigo. Along with some tansy and anise hyssop.

Now on Sunday this sweet bear was delivered by Lana and Dave of Winterberry Prims. Their beautiful home is featured in the new issue of A Primitive Place and Country Journal due out on Aug 1st. Lana makes collectiables for APP and this bear is holding the issue my home is featured in, so it is special to me. Let me just say pictures do not do these creations justice. He is beautifly made and just so exqusite. I love him to pieces. Thanks Lana!

Featured in our local newspaper!

Let me share this link with you all. This was done because our gardens were featured in A Primitive Place and now this: The South Coast Today  Check it out!

Happiness is.......

OK, we were painting and weeding and trimming shrubs. Ken was adding ventilation in the eaves, before they come to do the central A/C......it was getting hotter and hotter, then our son, daughter and three of the four grandchildren arrived! Wahoooooo, we all hit the pool. What a great way to spend our Sunday afternoon!

Summer Days

I have been trying to get out in the garden early on the hot summer days. The hosta garden is doing well. I love the view of it from my kitchen window and there is really no work to it now that it is established.

 My small bed of sweet annie....I put it here so I could leave some plants to go to seed in the fall and not disturb it. I am hoping that I will have more next year.

Enjoy Summer!

Next week I have to go into Boston for Federal Grand Jury duty. One I hate going into the city myself, two if I take time off I would love a vacation not jury duty....I seem to get called every three years, like clockwork. No cell phones allowed in court so I will need to leave my cell at home, no electronic devices, does that mean my kindle? We are having central air put in and they start on Monday....I won't be home, oh yuk! I have closets to empty...can you spell anxiety? I will have to leave home about 6:30 AM. So if you don't hear from me you all will know where I am.

Do houses die?

Tell me what you think. I was out looking with a client last summer and we found this old house, you see my friend owns a primitive shop and was looking for a possible location for a new shop. Now this property pulled us both in. There was this statley hip roof colonial sitting in this hayfield with old fashioned peonies blooming away at the side of the driveway, or what used to be the driveway. I just love old houses and would love it if they could talk. This one had be worked on years ago and sadly lots of the original stuff was gone, gone, gone.

 This barn was still there! Doesn't it look charming. I don't know how safe, but charming. It has been empty for some time. The house still sits empty....do you think houses die?

The cocktail party before....

My Hubby's 40th Class reunion.......was a time to remember for sure. One of my husbands classmates invited the class to his home for a quick cocktail party before the reunion. so we left from home on a beautiful Summer Saturday.

 

We took the back country roads and got to go here......

 You know one of those secret places that say for residents ONLY! Beautiful lighted stone entry....

Sweeping private driveways that lead to breathtaking homes right on the ocean.

 The stunning view from the backyard. The guests gathered and catching up was done, but all were taken in by the view.

 The home was beyond compare, like nothing I have ever seen in real life. It looked like the home from Somethings Gotta Give. What I saw of the interior was stunning, but I did not feel comfortable asking if I could take pictures. It is a private home.....weekends and summer only! The owners were wonderful hosts and just nice people. I thought we were so lucky to be there.

This was a picture of the class....an all boys school in 1971, but now has girls too.

It was a wonderful summer evening spent in great company in a setting more beautiful than one could imagine.

We came home to our humble Country Nest, took off our shoes and snuggled in.

Happy Flag Day!

I have been a bit busy, still working in my garden and now we are having rainy cloudy weather here....great for the seedlings. I love that from Memorial Day on I can have my red white and blue out. It is such a patriotic time of year.

Last weekend there was an historic home tour in our town. We got to view five beautiful homes. One of which I wanted  to buy about ten years ago....that is another whole story. My home is 38yrs old. No longer new, but not an antique. I would so love to own an antique home. Hey a girl can dream!

So as the gentle mists bath my gardens in the sweet rainwater and I watch them grow each day, I wish each and everyone a happy flag day. Please fly your flag proudly!

Donna