Who Knew Lupins?

The weather was back to normal for this part of the country, but we were outside working - because we're natives.  I found this cluster of lupins and was facinated by the water being held in each cluster of leaves.

This one held even more, but was bumbed during photo session

We thought this drop looked like a seashell

This drop looked like a diamond & I think the sun came out just as we were looking at it

So Close

After the stones were in place Tom could not wait to get the bark down on the ground, even though the weather was not co-operating.  It does look nice & it feels good under foot, but it also means that I won't be doing any barefoot gardening this Summer - unless I want slivers in my feet ........... ouch!

Getting Fancy

Tom has been working every sunny day we've had this week out in the yard.  He wants to put bark around the planter boxes and doesn't want it to stray too far out of the boundaries so he decided to purchase these stones from Lowes.  Lucky for us they were on sale!  It is almost ready for a magazine shot.

Trying

Initially I couldn't post this with my computer so snuck down to use Tom's in the early morning hours.  Better late than never!

Slowly

We put some starts & seeds into the raised beds over the weekend.  It's a good thing because today is pouring around here.  There are now green onions, spinach, garlic, tomatoes, red leaf lettuce, romain, snap peas, and pole beans in the beds.

Here we are relaxing with Susan's dog Samson.  He enjoyed all the attention and food that Tom would share with him while we were planting.