My container garden for this season.

Here is my container garden for 2011. It is filled with hostas, peppers, tomatoes and one strawberry plant. I even have my favorite, a Gerbra Daisy. I allow myself one Gerbra Daisy plant a year which I will killed before it's time. This year I am trying yellow squash. Not sure how the squash will do in a container. In the beginning I put cayenne pepper on top to keep the squirrels from digging up the seeds. My hostas are doing great this year. By the looks of them, I will have to separate them this season which = more hostas! 

A Friend's Garden

This past weekend I was able to enjoy some time in my friend's garden and wanted to share some of the beautiful images of her garden.

This is the watch cat, his is protector of all growing vegetables.

Back Porch Visitor

This adorable raccoon came visiting earlier this evening. He enjoyed a romp on my back deck that lead him to tear up my vegetable plants and the hanging petunia plant. But he did pose just long enough for one photo, one that I took from behind the glass.

Tuesday with Liam

The day was so beautiful that we got to go outside to explore and look at the pretty flowers in the neighbor's yard.

For a moment I thought Liam was interested in the pretty pink roses

or maybe in the nice purple irises growing along the driveway, but I was wrong...

...it was his foot that interested him.

Trees in bloom

I believe the trees bloomed overnight. I had noticed sweet little buds on my trees one day and, I swear, the next day all the trees were in bloom.

When you looked down my street it looked like it had snowed, touching only the trees.

This is a photo of the blooms on one of my trees. (I am practicing with my camera trying to get good close-up photos.)

Signs of Spring

The Daffodil is one of my favorite flowers of spring. I love driving down a road and suddenly coming across a patch of blooming daffodils, it just makes me want to do a happy dance. It also brings me joy because I know that my all-time favorite flower, the Gerber Daisy, will be arriving soon.

These are photos of lovely daffodils that are planted in a sweet little garden located beside The Regulator Bookshop on 9th street. We use this walkway to get to the parking in the back. I park in the back lot because the thought of parallel parking makes me nervous and the palms of my hand sweat making it hard to hold onto the steering wheel. So for me it’s just easier to park in the back and use the lovely walkway, plus I get to enjoy the flower garden.