This is my little patch of strawberries. They are getting ripe and the robins are eating shortcake. I will have to get up earlier than they do to have a strawberry. Look at my little homemade fence.
My little bathtub pond. Oh boy, we got to come outside and swim, that basement aquarium was pretty boring all winter. Now we need some water plants.
Jeff's pond. His fish get to stay outside all winter.
This is a cutting that I made from the rose bush below. I did it like my grandmother did. After the blooms were gone I cut a piece from it and planted it with a canning jar over it. By fall it had sprouts and I left the jar on the next winter, and took it off in the following spring. I did several and they all grew.
This is the big rose in a vacant lot by us. It gets no feed, pruning, insecticide or fungicide. Yet it is probably the most beautiful rose in the neighborhood. It has it all figured out, living all on its own, completely trusting, requiring only what God gives. I love it and I'm sure it loves me back. Happy Friday everyone!
First, some flowers for you, it's Bee's Jubilee clematis at PJ's. It's a good one to have if you don't already.
John Michael and I have a book club. All about dogs today. He says I pick out good books but I stink at singing. Also she tried to get me to eat brocolli.
Everyone tried to get me to read this book and I kept putting it off. My Melvindale library ordered it from the Dexter Library. It is a real privilege to be able to get any book this way.
This is a line-up of bears from years back. Some are artist bears but I made the little ones in front, the quilt one and the calendar one from Jordan's birth year. Tex has lost an eye and all need new hairbows and such.
This little bear has literally been loved to pieces. He will get new joint replacements but nothing that changes the charm that love has given him. To me, that is the utmost compliment a bear-maker can get.
Whoa, what happened to your shoulder? I made this one, she will get dress repair.
Elwood is in really good shape. I put him here because I am amazed that I made him. I don't remember him at all and where did I get this pattern???
Hands to work, Hearts to God, an old Amish saying I haven't seen in a long time. I only made a pic of the biscuits because they were a big hit. We had all the fixings of a country breakfast and everyone enjoyed it...one person told me that he never gets to have a breakfast. It was a great success in all the ways that count.
Of course, this is a Sweet Meadows design. I made some of these little girls for a special order...and made a new friend by doing so. Best wishes to you Dee, I'll be thinking of you.
One flower that is blooming in my garden, Texas something or other. It doesn't require anything, just room to bloom.
John Michael is teaching me to babysit. This lesson is called "some buckets can go on baby's head."
This is my ASAP angel, little and tedious to make, but still I make her...
My new plant from PJ. It's called Euphorbia "breathless blush", grows 8-18 inches tall, 9-12 inches wide, flowers all summer. See it in the June issue of Garden Gate.
First visit of the year to Graye's Greenhouse, Joy and Lilley Road!!
Little guy, made from a Bird-in-the-Hand pattern......
Much taller and skinnier is this one, a Country Cupboard pattern.
These days I only get pictures of Mark with Betsy and Kyle. That says he is spending all the time he can being a good pawpaw. 
I love this picture of Mark and Betsy. Even though you can't see Mark's face, I know he is smiling. Happy Birthday Mark . Love ya!!!
This is one of my Mother's Day plants. Please disregard the spinners from the maple trees that are in the photo, they are EVERYWHERE. I will let you know the progress of this plant as the season goes along. It is called "Pretty Much Picasso" from Proven Winners.
I get really inspired by stuff like this.......
look at this amazing little metallic thread shoe. I'm not sure if it is finished, but we are keeping it forever....
and I finished up another Angie with a little of my own vintage sewing treasures. Hope someone will like her. 
These were the plants we took to trade...
I loved her little blue wagon, would have liked to trade for that......
This gentleman knew a lot about plants, he always had a crowd around.....
All persons photographed bending over shall be nameless.........
Lastly, the two crazy ladies with their doughnuts and plants. In case you don't know me I'm the one in the ugly pea-green coat that I wear everywhere. My friend Barbara's face was frozen but she managed to join me in a Krispy Kreme.
These are some pictures from PJ's estate sale finds. From someone who loved to do needlework. We will certainly treasure the work of her hand.
Embroidery, crochet and tatting (at the center, the hanky with the lavender trim). Look at the pineapple pattern crochet pieces, ready to trim a pillowcase. And this is only a small sample.
And even the tins are keepers! I would have loved to know what else she made as there were also yards and yards of fabric.
46 degrees, wild winds, snow, sleet and rain. Isn't this insanity?
I'll trade you a lamb's ear for a pair of gloves. Isn't this madness?
You wouldn't believe how many people showed up with their little red wagons. Isn't this craziness?
No complaints here. We had Krispy Kreme donuts and Krispy Kreme coffee. Free!
This is our Betty in Barbara's van with a list of plants to exchange (give away). Betty wrote us a poem . "A Riddle for You".
This is my Guernsey Cream clematis. It is one of the best ones I think. This plant is about four years old.
These are some little white Anemones passed along to me by Sue, from church. They are really sweet and have good manners.
A bad bear picture for any of you that are disappointed when I don't have crafts. Sweet Meadows pattern. Old wool skirts and flannel shirts make good bears.
That's not really her name, but it will do for today. I made her from one of my older Sweet Meadows patterns, you can find it by the flower. I get one of these little heart buttons in each package of the hand-dyed buttons that I use and I never know what to do with them. So is this likeable for not? 
I didn't walk out for almost a week , that's like missing your child's first steps, at this time of the season. Strawberries are blooming.....
The Guernsey Cream clematis is blooming.... under the milk jugs I have Heavenly Blue morning glories started. I'm trying to get them going early this year.
The tin garden lady needs a new flag this year, she is the boss of this little area. She is made of screen wire and plumbing parts and what-else. Everyone loves her but no one can make one like her. Kynda found her at an art fair in Springfield.
