Spring's Buzzing Trees!

This was the View of the front yard and his

flowering Yoshino cherry last Saturday evening...

And this is his beautiful flowering Yoshino cherry tree tonight!

It is Spectacular! And...

It's Buzzing!

There is no breeze and yet, these Branches above me are

waving to and fro against a constant Bombardment of very busy

bees. I see little bees, medium bees and big Fat bumblers!

This weeping dwarf Cherry next to the yoshino is all a-buzz too!

I don't care much for this magnolia... Except in Spring!

The flowering Crabapple by the driveway is about to burst! And, I

suspect it'll take all of Five seconds for the bees to find it when it does!

Spring is here and I couldn't be happier about it! How about you?

Day Eight - the Finale!

It's the final day of our Spring Blog-hop campers!

It's been a Fantastically sweet ride and I sure hope you've

enjoyed it as Much as I have. Before I tell you about today's

featured blogger, I want to remind you to Hop over and enter

the giveaway open until Monday on my hop-day, Here

Okay... Back to telling you all about day eight and Shelley from

Cookies and Cups! I am so excited to share her with you. Why?

Well... Take a look at these adorable creatures! Cute, cute, cute. Huh?

Photo belongs to Shelly

Shelly has many talents, but she creates fondant Cupcake Toppers unlike

any I've ever seen! Shelly's business motto is, If you can think it, I can make it.

And I, for one, Believe her! So what are you waiting for? Hop... Or Slither

on over to Shelly's blog right now to see what's on her Spring Blog-

hop menu, and don't forget to enter the giveaway!

Photo belongs to Shelly

Hippity-Hop... It's day Seven!

It's day Seven of our Spring Blog Hop and boy, are you in for a real

treat today! Liz over at Hoosier Homemade volunteered to do double-

duty during our Blog Hop so we're back with her again for another

fun springtime Goodie, and great giveaway! So follow me Here!

Day Six... You've got to See this!

It's day Six of our Spring Blog Hop and today's featured

blogger is Amanda over at, i am baker. Amanda is clearly one

of those creative bakers you just know you'll see one day soon on

the FoodNetwork, participating in a challenge show or hosting her

very Own show! I am amazed by Amanda's talents and much

like Bakerella's Cupcake Pops I had never seen before or

even Imagined were possible, these surprise cakes

that Amanda creates just BLOW my mind! Photo Belongs to Amanda

So Hurry! Hop over to Amanda's blog. Check out her

very special Easter cake and for goodness sake, do not

forget to enter her Giveaway for cold, hard, beautiful CASH!

Spring Evening Garden Stroll

It was a Beautiful spring day today. And now, it's time

for our evening Sunset stroll around the gardens

It didn't photograph well but the Rose along

the fence is coming back in a big way!

Kinda like the Calla Lilies by the front door. Every day he reminds

me to leave them alone. He knows I'd love to have them in a vase!

The flowering trees are Amazing this time of year!

I cannot wait for the Japanese maple to come

back. Only then will the front yard will be complete!

Around the house and through the Wisteria arbor, we find the back

yard! Now two weeks ago I was complaining about the mess he made out

of the yard while he was coring, adding top soil, Seed and fertilizing...

I'm not Complaining any more! But I am eager for the Trees to

flush so they will Hide the house on the hill. We own the property

right up to their back door but Rarely do we wander up that far

We prefer to stay down here... In the park we've created for ourselves!

Of course, by we, I mean him and the Mouse in my pocket...

Because we all know that the extent of my Effort

for the success of his gardens is to Enjoy them!

Which works out well for Both of us!

These Daffodils are my favorites!

But I'm fond of all his Garden bloomers!

Every bloomer!

And every blade of grass!

Springtime is worth its weight in Gold to me!

It's beginning to get Chilly now so we need to hurry up our stroll

Tomorrow it will rain. Which is great news for

all new tulips I'm about to have! In vases...

I can hear him calling me a Flower murderer already!

But that's okay. I can handle it... 

And he'll get Over it!

Okay... Time to pop inside to make dinner and Watch a movie!

Good night, Garden!

Oh! Before I forget... I found these darling little pot

mushrooms at Target this afternoon. They're So cute!

Good Spring Night!

Bedroom Hardwoods

It's been a couple of long days for me and Bing. We've had to

move out of the bedroom and take everything in it with us

in order to have the carpeting replaced with hardwood

flooring. Now that it's all said and done, I'm really

pleased, and looking forward to sleeping in!   

The carpet wasn't terrible. I picked it out. I especially

liked the name of the color. It was, cheesecake!

But I prefer hardwood to carpeting. We have it downstairs, except

for in the den and living room, and I love how easy it is to clean and

keep clean. So after hearing Rush Limbaugh, you know...The man

that is the syrup to my pancakes, talk about Lumber Liquidators

all these years, I decided it was past time to check them out. Luckily

for us, moving out of the bedroom proved to be the only difficult

thing about shopping for and installing our beautiful new flooring!

Turns out, we have a fabulous Lumber Liquidators showroom/sales office

nearby. Almost immediately, we both knew exactly what we wanted, and we

were thrilled to learn it was in stock and ready to be loaded into our truck

right away! Throw in a very helpful sales staff, and Lumber Liquidators

left us no reason to second-guess our decision! By the way... Bing hated

moving out of the bedroom! There was strong protest and even growling!

But like most things worth-while, you just have to do it if you're

going to decide to do it, and keep pushing until you get there! 

Because in the end, you'll be Happy you did!

Very happy! Honestly! Have you ever seen prettier floors? Well, if

you've been to a Lumber Liquidator showroom, you might come close!
(Click any photos to enlarge)

The best part of today was coming home to

find all of my stuff put back where it belonged!

All I had to do was put fresh sheets on the bed,

which is something I do every Friday anyway...

I love this floor! It's warm, comfy, and handscraped to

appear naturally worn. Very cottage. Don't you think? 

It's called Matterhorn Birch. See it here

I was amazed by how affordable quality solid wood flooring like this

is at Lumber Liquidators. You would fall out of your chair if I told

you how much we spent to put that engineered stuff I don't even like

in the kitchen. And yes... That floor is on my hit-list to replace too!

Now all my bedroom needs is a walk-in closet. Oh,

how much I miss my California walk-in closet!

But I don't miss the traffic noise that came with that fabulous closet!

The only draw-back to having my things put back before I got

home was that he discovered all of my little stashes of goodies

stock-piled here and there. He said 200 pounds of lotions, body

washes and candles was too much. So to make peace I may have

promised to stop shopping on Thursdays. For a little while...