A Garden Tour with a Surprise

My aunt's, sister's, daughter's, neighbors cottage...

no one was home...

we snuck a peek...

It was so adorable...I wanted to take you on a tour 

Do you see the window in the upper right corner of the picture above? I love how they open out...

it looks so cottage-y

and what would a cottage be...
without a potting bench...and this one is adorable

an old vintage rusty stroller turned planter...

Do you see what's out beyond the fountain?

WE INTERRUPT THIS 
REGULAR SCHEDULED GARDEN 
TOUR FOR A PRISON BREAK



I happened to glance back at my sister's

Isn't her Clematis beautiful?

But let me crop the picture, cause I've got to see that little face up close...

"Grandma...I wanta come too"
He isn't saying to many audible words yet...
but I just know that's what he's yacking about!

The kido's should be included for the rest 
of the tour anyway...

WE NOW RETURN TO OUR 
REGULAR SCHEDULED 
GARDEN TOUR

back to the view beyond the fountain...
I'll take ya in a little closer...

A MUST SEE!

 Quaint and Cozy 1 room Playhouse...

 exterior has many upgrades...
  
custom windows...

fancy front porch
made for easy cleanup
(of drippy ice cream cones)

Easy access to transportation...

Beautiful yard with 
well maintained country gardens...

Nature abounds....

spacious, immaculate interior
fully furnished, with vintage furniture...

all window coverings included...

comes with extra seating for quests...

beautiful cathedral ceilings...

Better hurry...


This one won't stay vacant long!

Thanks for stopping by today!
I really appreciate ever single one of you...and so enjoy reading every single comment I get!

Oh...and by the way...we did confess our trespass to the homeowner...
and was given her blessing to post these pictures!

Sharon

Still counting my blessings...

Making decisions, and not looking back

My sister, who is battling cancer, looking to, and depending on God to see her through. 

A safe trip to and from Michigan, 

listening to my grandkids laugh and have fun together as they play

a beautiful day and a barbecue at my sister’s

watching my mom and dad...Enjoying my grandchildren

Don't know who that is next to my mom...
but she was enjoying my grandson too!

Linking to:
2805 / potpourri-friday
redoux interiors
at the picket fence/inspiration-friday

Buddy Boo Recovered Pictures 1

Spending the morning at the park with Buddy Boo

Simple Pleasures!

we crawled through the mouth's of animals

and we were swinging...

we played music...

we played dress up...

We went on the slides

Grandpa got into the action too!

We rode dinosaurs...

We drove a choo choo train...

We looked through a porthole

We threw rocks off the bridge into the water...

"I very love the bridge Grandma!"

(said with the total excitement of a 2 year old)

Ok...so whilst at the park...I decided to go on the slide with Buddy Boo, when suddenly my big booty seemed to get lodged...

not that BIG yellow slide...

NO...

the one I was on was red...and it was a 

TEENY TINY, ITTY BITTY slide! 

Geeze you'd think they made these slides for 2 year olds or something! 

Now Buddy Boo and I were holding hands...

and I was trying to keep up with him 

as he was moving at a much faster pass then I...

due to some neighborhood prankster oiling his side of the slide, 

while putting glue on mine!

That had to be it!

you little hooligan

but I was booty walking running down the slide...trying to keep up...when suddenly my rubber soled flip flopped foot, stopped...and my booty kept going, until slamming into the back of my flip flopped foot...now the back of my foot...has not been able to reach this booty of mine for about 32 years...and it should have not done so this day either! Thank goodness, I am the one usually taking the pictures, and this sight was not captured  on camera!

I limped for several days afterward...

It was worth it...

Besides...I work for an orthopedic surgeon...

 

What a beautiful day...

at a beautiful park...

beautiful memories...

simple pleasures!

We love you "sooooooo" much Buddy Boo!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Sharon 

Still counting my Blessings

Recovered pictures, lasting memories

My 2 year old grandson, going on 5

A beautiful day to enjoy the park

Simple pleasures, like a swing and a slide

Last but certainly not least!

God is blessing us all with a new baby…

Buddy Boo will soon be a big brother!!!

 

Linking to:

farmhouse porch -cowgirl-up

A Walk in my neck of the woods!

Welcome to my neck of the woods!

Sometimes, I still can't believe I live in the country!
I grew up in a Detroit suburb. 16 years ago we moved to a small town in Indiana.....for 18 months.

We're still here....

I love Hoosiers...but I will always be a Michigander at heart!

I've been missing my snow...I really love a good snowfall...I am from Michigan after all...but after the last 2 beautiful days...beautiful spring like days...I think I could skip the snow, and I could most definitely handle this for a few months!

It has been so nice to get out and walk...and so I thought I would share some pictures from the last 2 days as I took a walk in my neck of the woods.

This pond is just across the street...it's not ours...but my boys use to fish in it when they were young.

Though I grew up in Michigan...my parents grew up in Arkansas...that's where I spent all of our vacations as a kid. I always loved going there...I'm sure this is where my love for country came from! It's in my bones....in my blood!

Continuing around the pond...here is a look across the way at our house.

The house looks so bare right now...I just recently took the Christmas wreaths down...and I've not put anything back up on the door yet...I need to get going on that.
This unseasonably beautiful weather has got me contemplating all the changes I plan on making once spring is truly here.
I can wait to see all of the flowers blooming!

Some random things you would see as you walk through my neck of the woods

I have scars from crawling through barbed wire fences as a kid down in Arkansas!

Trees...

...ya think?

A horse.........

a potty....

you never know when you're going to need a porta potty on the back 40!

You want to see something magical...walk down this road, on a warm summer night...and their will be soooo many fireflies...it's amazing!....I have never seen anything like it anywhere!!
It looks like thousdands and thousands of white Christmas lights twinkling from the ground to the very tops of the trees, lighting the path like an enchanted garden. It's beautiful! I'll have to remember to collect some in fruit jars with the grandbabies this summer! Oh I can just see their little expressions as they see them light up in the jar.
Catching fireflies in fruit jars...is one of my favorite childhood Arkansas memories.
I don't remember seeing many at all in Michigan.

Lots of farm fields around here.
Come harvest time...they will be full of corn...or soy beans.

A field full of deer....

I can't believe that I forgot to bring my telephoto lense, I couldn't get very close to the deer.
I tried to crop the picture a bit...but they look really blurry now.

I'm not sure if their worried I'm eying them for dinner...

or their eying me for dinner!

No telephoto lense needed here.

And the road back home...........

Thanks for spending this time with me...taking a walk in my neck of the woods!

Sharon

Still counting my blessings

56-60

 Answered prayer

 Sunshine on my shoulders

Gods beautiful creation all around us!

A rusty barbed wire fence

A good day at work (for a Monday)

I'm partying with:
Wild About Mother Nature!