Flowers that bloom in the spring...cont'd

Sorry the pic's are mixed up from what I said in my blog. Things got rearranged after I published the post. Still learning.....But...they ARE pretty flowers, don't you think?

The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la! Our garden is coming to life!

Signs of new life in our garden in Holbrook, MA. I LOVE to see these new beginnings for our flowers each year. Thought I'd share a few pic's with you of what I'm enjoying these days.

The pic to the left is of our Variegated Weigela. VERY pretty. It's grown to 3 times it's original size in just the last 2 years! Yesterday I saw a hummingbird sipping from it's flowers. Hoped to see one today to take a pic of, but not to be.




Two very pretty Irise's. I like the purple Iris a lot better than the pale yellow. Maybe I should cut the purple one and bring it inside to enjoy it's beauty more often. (2 pic's in center)

Our clematis is starting to burst into bloom. There has to be at least 100 buds getting ready to open. So far, just a few have opened. What an electric purple/blue color! (pic is top center)

The bleeding hearts plant is almost done blooming for this year. A week ago, there were blooms all over it! (pic is top right)

The pic top left shows a few plants I potted up yesterday. They add quite the splash of color to our deck. I have them in a few other places on our deck railing.

It's so nice to see color sprouting in and around our backyard. Lots more to come over the coming weeks and months. Can't wait!

Some people just shouldn't have children.

Just because it's biologically possible to have children doesn't mean some people should. I was really bothered by the story of a Georgia father who (back in 2006) poisoned his kids soup with prescription drugs and lighter fluid. The kids were 18 mos. old and 3 yrs. old. (They DID survive,thankfully!) WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THIS MAN? He did this so he could attempt to sue Campbells Soup...saying the soup was tainted. The guy was just sentenced this week to 100 years in prison. Unfortunately the kids may suffer respiratory problems throughout their lives because of this poisoning. But, it could have been worse... Pretty sad.
http://news.aol.com/article/dad-poisoned-kids-soup/496124?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl6|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fdad-poisoned-kids-soup%2F496124

Folding some origami cranes to use as Christening favors for an order I got. Took a while to get the pic's and wording in the right place so they'd show when the paper became a crane. This folding process is really pretty relaxing. See pic of some of these cranes I've made in the past.

If more people created/folded origami cranes, the world would be a calmer, less angry place!

New at this blogging thing. Everyone seems to be doing it so thought I'd give it a try. Learning more and more but it's so slow going. Recently started "tweeting", enjoy blip.fm. Have been selling handcrafted items and other things on etsy.com and bonanzle.com. SO much to do and learn...SO little time to do it.