The unoffical last day of summer...

It rained today ... five minute sperts at a time throughout the day... sometimes the rain was hard with drops large , others were softer spoken with the light scent ...Beautiful.. 

I stayed inside and watched three movies in a row, took a nap and it was dinner time...man that was rough...

I ventured outside a little while before dark and saw this...

One year it took for these babies to bloom, look at them now...

the little boy was a gift from my mom.

The dog of our yard, an ivy topiairy, the grass, mint and strawberry beds in the background, the succulent all a blush, love walking up to see what else has bloomed..

 Salvia and Zenia surround Momma Dragon ...I hope they re-seed for next year...

 Tried to get the thrasher, but when I  moved so did she... still got this though... our back yard patio veiw...

 Walking down to Iris Alley and the sweet surprise of the Myrtle in bloom...

 Caught a bumble on a dalhia

and ...

Then I remebered the pineapple ....

ENJOY
JL

Chime Time....

One of the fun things my husband and I do together in our spare time is make wind chimes out of the ordinary things that we find at yard sales.

After a day at the swap meet and yard sales in the city, we place our finds on our two picnic tables and try to decide which of our finds will go well together and start the process of assembling them together.Wayne is the master mind of drilling and making the fixtures, while I put them together...

We have made them now for about a year and they are flying off the shelves as they say...
This year we added a new feature to our chimes... PLANTS !

It really started out as a need for a paddle and after that it blossomed into a really fun idea...

Some times a theme is easier to do, as in the  case of this pretty little one...

 

Some times they go together in twenty minutes... like this one ...

and some times they sell before we can even put them together ...like this one... ( the elephant has an added feature, a battery operated flickering candle...SO CUTE !!

 Most of the plants we are using are flowering succulents like this one that bloomed after we made the chime...

 The Christmas cookie cutters  chime is one that is close to my heart, bringing back memories of making sugar cookie with my family ... and it chimes so nicely !!

This garden themed chime is another one that sold before we finished it...

 and another baking themed chime... Momma loves this one...

  So if you too would like to have one of our chimes, let me know... anywhere in the USA they can be shipped to you for a nominal fee and we would love to sell you one !!

 ENJOY
JL