More planting and more blooms

My lilacs were no longer looking very well so I snipped off a few of the blooms from my snowball bush. They are so beautiful! I love having fresh flowers in our home!

I also wanted to share the side of my shed. My Mom planted every one of these plants and she told me they would fill in and be beautiful. She was more than right and I look at them and know how much she loved us and remember all the time she shared with us! There is one rogue columbine but it was blooming and I just could not pull it so it is blooming and shining bright!

I traveled to my daughters home and helped her plant under the tree and to the left you can see we planted beside the house also! But it was 87 degrees so we drank some lemonade and then we had the neighbor boy mow the yard...lol we had a great time picking everything out!

I found the this beautiful pink flower and I placed it on my Mom's memorial garden. I think she would have loved the garden we have planted for her! I miss her...more than anything.

Small Changes

Dear Friends,
   Today  I am taking a break from painting and priming in my shed. I now have the walls primed with three coats of bonding and two coats of paint...done. I even add the glitter to the paint but I must admit that was quite disappointing. I added two packets of glitter even though they recommend only one. I wanted the glitter to show but alas it is very faint, not at all what I wanted.
   I am almost done with ceiling but I just could not face spending another afternoon with a paint roller in my hand so instead I changed things up a little in the living room and then I am going to start a craft.
   This is what has been hanging in the living room since after Christmas. I figure that is long enough.

I found this print and thought it would be a nice change so here it is...the lighting is so bright today but I guess you get the idea.
 I did plant some of my flowers today and gave them a nice drink and next week I will have to purchase the rest of them.

I know that it looks crooked but honestly it is just the camera angle..lol at least I hope it is!

 Have a great weekend!

Priming and Primer

Just a quick update. I had the primer tinted so this gives you a little peek at what I am doing. The walls are done with the primer and the ceiling is 3/4 done but honestly I was just too tired to finish it today. I drove to Van Wert to spend some time with my sister for her birthday so I didn't start painting until maybe 4. The wood work still needs primed and then finally I will start the paint...I can't wait to get those walls painted. I have furniture that needs to be moved into the building and until the painting is completed I just can't.
  Tomorrow I have a lunch date and then....I will finish the priming...I will finish the priming!

Flowers in my Garden

  I thought I would share a few simple shots of the flowers that are starting to bloom in my garden.

It is kinda funny that they are both purple. This flower is near our little pond so I have my little gator nearby. My parents  brought him from Florida for each of us a few years back!

And a special gift from my fil...on Sunday he brought me a large bouquet. He said he had to climb on a ladder to cut them for me, He is 86...Oh my...he is a dear!

More Painting....More Painting!

 Dear Friends, I have been so busy that I have neglected my little blog. I will have to tell you that there is so much drama that is whirling around me but  I am preferring to set my sites on some nice hard work. I am once again painting, painting and painting!!
  Here is the inside of my shed and I am priming the walls and trim. I am preparing for a nice paint job to be finished so very soon. But the weather has not be cooperating with me. It has been so cold that I have not been able to to work in the shed the last few days because we have not installed the furnace yet and who would have believed that it would be so cold this late in the year??

I am using Valspar Bonding to help smooth the walls out and it is doing a very nice job. I love using their paint and primers and I have purchased some of their glaze but I have not tried it yet.

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I have not primed the trim just yet. I wanted to complete the walls before I started the trim. Hubby is going to put up molding so I don't have to be too careful while I am painting. I used all 2 1/2 gallons but ran out before I was finished so back to Lowes I went. Since then it has been to cold to finish but you can see in the previous posts that I am moving forward by purchasing furniture while I am waiting! So for now...which project do I start...let me see..so many to choose from!

Mom, Just for You!

Friends, 
  I wanted to share a few pictures of Mom for Mother's day. I can't think of a better way to pay tribute to her than show a few pictures and share a few stories. Mom married her High School sweetheart. They were married for 60 years before they passed away. She had a heart for her family and for making a house a home. My Mother always put others before herself, more concerned for their well-being. She put love into everything she did..without her our hearts will never be the same.

This is their  wedding picture. My Mom had on a soft pink suit, oh how beautiful she is in this picture.

I smile when I see Mom all dressed up. She always dressed up when she was going away and she loved shoes...even her casual shoes were awesome. This is a perfect example of that!

And just for fun...Mom and two of the girls when we visited her in Florida. We were so happy that it was warm because we were having a blizzard in Ohio but Mom was freezing! We could not stop laughing. She was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and if you look close, the girls had on their swim suits...Oh what fun we had on that visit!!
  We will miss you everyday until we meet again! Our hearts are with you always!

She is a Beauty!

I have spent the morning getting everything ready for Mother's Day. I have swept, dusted, all the laundry, moped, trash, put all the laundry away, changed the sheets on the bed and put the craft stuff away. I think all I have to do is grocery shop and I am done.
  Mother's day is such a sad day without my Mom...oh how I miss her but we have an adventure planned for Saturday and a full house on Sunday so I am going to enjoy being with the ones I love.
  My sister and sil and a few others are spending the day having some fun on Saturday so I wanted to be done today...I think I have almost completed my jobs!
   Do you just love the cake I have made as my centerpiece of the table?? haha it's a sponge...but it does look so wonderful..I should burn a cake candle for the smell...well, I hope you are having a wonderful day and I will be back to share on Sunday!