Welcome To My Secret Garden

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!  I was

very busy all weekend.  Despite the blistering heat, I made more additions

to the garden around my potting shed.  This garden and shed are 

separated from the rest of the yard and this separation made me feel 

that I could create my own secret garden.  I have tried to make it into

more of a cottage garden, because y'all know that I still love the

cottage style.

I hung more bird feeders.  We have lots of songbirds here, especially in

the morning.  I love to listen to them as I am watering and snipping off

the spent blooms.  It's such a cheerful time of day.  Last evening I noticed

that several birds had discovered the feeders which makes me to happy!

I was at Hobby Lobby on Saturday and could not resist this farm fresh sign.  We recently

bought an older pick-up truck.  Not as old as this one, but it's a rugged truck and I have

fallen in love with it.  We bought a new full size Ford Expedition last fall.  It's

great and we love all the bells and whistles, but we love a rugged pick-up that will

easily haul plants and gravel and withstand the rigors of oil field back roads.  So

now we have the best of both worlds.  Oh and there is the Jeep Wrangler too.

I named the new pick-up "Trigger", after Roy Rogers' famous Palomino.  We call

the Expedition "The Wagon", because we think of it as a station wagon.  The

Jeep has always been called "Langiappe", the Cajun expression for a little

something extra.  It's my baby.

Here is the bistro table and chairs in the secret garden.  I painted and

hung these little bird feeders, but instead of seed inside, there are

LED lights to bring a little glow to the area in the evening.

Here is a new star jasmine, freshly planted.  I am encouraging it

to grow as fast as it can :-)

Some vinca surrounding the bird bath.  I hope the birds start using it.

That's it for now from the garden.   I still have more plans, but they will

have to wait for another day.  Yesterday we took everything out of the

potting shed and reorganized it.  Huge job!  It would have been much

easier in cooler weather, but I was born with the "get the job done" gene.

David had to keep reminding me not to overdo in the heat, but of course

I did.  So today I will stay inside and work on another project in the

cool house.  

That's it for now.  Love you guys!!!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley