Growing Cotton…

Can’t believe I’ve never tried growing cotton, this is a wonderful plant!!

The bud

The flower opens a creamy white

Then turns this gorgeous pink, falls off and I guess starts producing the seed inside the cotton.  Free cotton balls for me, I’ll post a picture when it’s ready and I will grow the cotton plant again!!!

Another favorite is my buttercrunch lettuce as it goes to seed, I love these little flowers, and yes they do reseed themselves.

With the perennial geranium in the background ~ so pretty.

Butterfly visitor

xoShawn

Pool to Pond

We took down the pool a couple years ago and this spring started on the pond project, we’re getting there and loving it except for all the work!!

We already have (goldfish of course) and three kinds of frogs visiting on their own and tadpoles, guess our little ecosystem is working and it’s only been a couple weeks since we finished filling the pond.  We are using a biological filter so it will probably take a few weeks for the algae to clear.

The lotus, oh I love this plant and have been having fun water gardening.

Enjoying peppers and onions from the garden with sausage cooked on the grill…yum

And our favorite tomato salad with Italian bread.

xo Shawn

A little knitting and a little

Black Lace, a beautiful and unique plant.

Also knit the Wonderful Wallaby, (sz 2), Love this sweater, so fun to knit in every size!!

Happy Wednesday,

xoShawn

Ranunculus

a gorgeous plant with a beautiful flower!!

Spring has finally sprung around here, yay!!!

The background is a Weeping Cherry, so beautiful this time of year.

So I’ll be spending a lot of time with a Wildcat and his friend Mr Weedywacker….

xoShawn

Wax on Wax off

Joining the shutter project link up at Donna’s Funky Junk Interiors

I found this shutter at a local Antique Store. I used Miss Mustard Seed’s inspirational tutorials on painting and waxing  to give it a whimsical look, and use it as a shelf in my greenhouse. I love the little porcelain knob, so sweet.

Had so much fun with this project, I started and finished another.  I really like the waxing technique.  I’ve refinished many pieces of furniture but never with paint and wax, it was fun and fast!!

A couple greenhouse pics

A flowering succulent

I like to decorate my pots with moss.

We have a little wren who likes to make a house in here in the Spring, hope she picks this one, this year!

xo Shawn

Splash of Color

and enjoying the plants in my little greenhouse, it definitely puts some cheer into the gray winter days.

There is just something so sweet about these little begonias, I love them. Thanks Anna, and linking to Emma’s Splash of Color.

xoShawn

Decorating…

cooking and baking are my favorite parts of the Season … shopping, not so much.

xoShawn

My Heavenly Blues

Never bloom until September

Twining through the delicate herb Sweet Annie ~

 

Happy Fall

xoShawn

Woodland Bloom

 

Stacked coins quilt

This sweet quilt measures a generous 47"x50". It stitched up very nice and is soft and cuddly, it has already been washed and dried.

The stacked coins are so cute.

Fabric is "Woodland Bloom" by Lila Tueller for Moda.

The quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted with a swirly - loopy - design, the double binding is a Hoffman paisley and is sewn on the edge by hand.

The back is white with two rows of 4 and a half inch blocks down the middle.

 

I really enjoyed stitching this quilt

xoShawn

Happy first day of Spring

 

Finally finished a Whirlygig Quilt

Fun and easy to piece and measures 50”x60”

Quilted in a loopy design on the seams

 

Quilted in 3 pieces, “Garden Party” by Blackbird Designs for Moda.

Looking forward to a wonderful warm weekend

xoShawn