Miscellaneous Photos From Around The Cabin

The goobers above, are Hootie and Baby Rocket Dog after running around the outside of the cabin for about 15 minutes. It was their afternoon-crazies time. Below is my kitchen window. This is one of my miniature Lilac bushes. Wierd little Lilac flowers.

This is my newest planter for on the deck. It came with all the flowers in it already. My light pink rhododendrons. Since posting the first pics I've found I'm lucky they bloom at all!

This is my clever rock work around the little Blue Spruce.

Peonies. Poppies.

Here are a few more photos I've taken lately. The Poppies, Peonies and Lilacs in vases are from The Cornman's yard. He also let me load up on river rocks...see the rocks I placed around one of my Scotch Pines? I'm so thrilled by the little things! Right now I have a mess of new rocks I've picked in the back of my Subaru wagon. Our friend, The Cornman, has to pull the big rocks out of his fields when he plants his corn. It seems he always has an abundant supply of them and told us to come and get them all if want them. Since Pat's back in Phoenix, I only manage a few (tons) at a time. The 2 pups are laying on the car seats as I type this in the parking lot of the visitors center. It's sprinkling rain a bit and the air smells so fresh and clean. Well, better go now. See you on Monday!

Have a great weekend. love, Cassie

Flowers & Trees At Our Place

I planted double petal Impatiens in the mosaic pot I made. Can you see the snow in the mountains in the back ground?? The Rocky Mountains go up into Canada from here.

The second hanging planter here is full of baby lettuce plants. They've already grown 2 inches!

These plants on the deck are my most recent "gardening" projects. One hanging planter I didn't show because it just contains seeds. Sugar Maple Tree seeds! My blog-buddy, Daisy,in Ohio sent them to me while I was still in Phoenix. She also sent some packets of flower seeds which I planted in my little garden patch. Will let you know if they come up.

This is a Sweetheart Cherry tree that Patrick planted for me. It's still in a bit of shock I think.

This Rhododendron bush is 1 of 3 that one of our neighbors was going to throw away last year! We couldn't believe that they would just dig them up and throw them out and asked if we could resurrect them. (By we, I mean Patrick...he did all the digging and heavy lifting. Thanks baby!) We also got 2 Azalea bushes that haven't bloomed yet. They look pretty scrawny, but the flowers are pretty. If any of you garden aficionados out there have any suggestions for plumping up the leaves on these bushes, please feel free to comment.

This little guy is one of 4 Blue Spruce that we planted last October. They all made it through the rough Northern Idaho winter. Yippee!

I hope you all are having a lovely weekend. A special shout out to blog-buddy, John in Wales on his 47th Birthday!! If you get a chance, hop on over to his blog and wish him happy returns of the day. Approaching 50 can be traumatic to some!!

May the Lord of Heaven and Earth rain His blessings on all who read this.

love, Cassie