"So, what's out there?" Panda's question put an end to my reverie. I had been so absorbed in looking at the back yard that I'd forgotten all about him. "Well," I responded. "It's looking pretty good out there. I think it might almost be spring." "Oh, does this mean the groundhog did or didn't see …
Let me begin by saying... My bottlebrush tree is doing much better since the day I "found" it.In March, I trimmed the bush/tree next to it as far back as I could, so the bottlebrush would have more room to grow.However, we do need a bit of "truth in blogging" before we get too far...I …
I think it's about time for an update on my Whimsical Garden. Feel free to come along for a visit, and I promise you won't get caught in a whimsical spider web! One of the things I like best about my Whimsical Garden is the fact that I now have some solar lights in the …
Well it's Whimsical Garden time again...although I have to admit I had to look back on my old posts to see if this was Part 2 or Part 3! The weather is getting nicer and with that comes inspiration to work in the yard. To start with, the daffodils turned out pretty well. I planted …
As you know, I'm still working on my whimsical garden. (My Whimsical Garden Part 1) So now it's time for Part 2... One of my goals is for my back yard to be drought-friendly as well as whimsical. There already isn't much grass, so I feel like I'm saving water there. But I can't just leave …
If you have read the post "My Whimsical Garden Part 1" you may have been wondering how that is going. Well I got the key windchimes done...(used all of 4 keys) and now I've been working on birdhouses. But first let's look at the wind chimes. It took a few tries to get it right, …
OK, now that I have introduced you to my whimsical gardens on paper, and to my friend's real life whimsical garden, it's time to have a look at my own "garden". It's safe to say it is a "real life garden" but I'm not sure the word "whimsical" can be applied, yet... (that's why this …
A friend of mine has what I consider a real life whimsical garden. She has a very small area to work with but has done an incredible job making this tiny space into a whimsical wonderland. Here are some pictures of her garden, followed by some more "whimsical garden" drawings. Do you see the similarities? …
This post will give you an idea of how artwork can help you get through an uncomfortable time in your life. These are my first notebooks from 2011, the year when everything changed for us. I have notebooks like this from as far back as 2005 but what I noticed in looking through them is that until …
This is the excerpt for your very first post.