Yard Art  Trash to treasure. One of my favorite things to do when I am not gardening. Turning something broken into something beautiful. If you have read my blog you know I love lanterns, and living south of Chicago, I have to contend with windy conditions. Wind + lanterns equals broken glass. At least around my house, that is what it equals and this poor thing was on the front porch. The porch is supposed to be a safe zone. Least it was. ...

Well, yesterday was a productive day! I had a weirdo episode (again), LiveWriter finally started working again, (Thank you microsoft! and G+ for working things out) and the sun came out so I could snap some pic's of whats blooming. ...

Gardening tips and tricks to help any gardener. If you ever wanted a beautiful garden out front and your first thought was "That is a lot of work". Well, you're right; but the payoff you get is well worth it! So I decided to share a couple of tips that might help and make life a bit easier and Gardening more enjoyable. ...

Decorating a small front porch certainly has it challenges.  Every time I walk into a store or the garage I see something that I can put outside on the porch. ...

Fall Garden   I finally got some time to do a Fall Garden post showing you some of the colors in the front yard.  I had this post in my head to do it on Friday but what do we say about making plans? Yeah! lol I got hit by that Home Depot breach.... which hit them, then it hit my bank account. Big headache there!  ...

  Turning leftover scrap material into a gorgeous bird feeder that becomes yard art in the garden. ...

Chandelier Makeover   It's that time again for another inspiration filled Yard Art Project for your yard. ...

Garden Maintenance I am going to share my secret for trimming around a massive amount of flower beds...A lot of you know I have about 140 square feet of Garden around my house and Garage.  ...

Let's take a nice quiet stroll and look at some flowerbeds in my front and backyard shall we? ...

Ohhh the things I've seen.... sometimes these things keep me up at night.  Because I wonder... have I had the weirdo magnet all my life? or  have I just gotten "ed-u-ma-cated" enough to finally give it a name? The WEIRDO MAGNET ...

Turning trash to treasure for the garden is a great way to up-cycle old lamps an chandeliers. ...

I finally finished editing all the photos I needed, so now I can give you a tour of the front and backyard flower beds.  ...

I thought you'd appreciate a Garden Tour of a gorgeous Landscape Nursery here in Northwest Indiana. ...

I finally got to spend some time outside porch tweaking... and it didn't involve snow removal.  It involved lanterns, silk flowers, rocker cushions  and most of all......Flip Flops! I have never been so excited to wear a silly pair of sandals then I was today ...

Taking a look back at what my Garden looked like last year and starting my Garden Plan for this year. It's time to spring forward. Put our clocks ahead one hour, start our garden plans. What are avid gardeners like me going to plant what am I going to move to a different spot. ...

Adding Fall Touches to the backyard Patio space. While I have been decorating for Fall today my mind has been operating like a pinball machine... ...

I shared my front yard flower beds a couple of weeks ago, now I'll give you a walk through my backyard.   As far as I am concerned the Oakleaf Hydrangea is a showstopper... ...

I thought you might appreciate some flowers....from the comfort of your favorite chair and with the A/C running... ...

Doing yard work  Ya ever feel like I'm getting too old for this?  I cut some peonies from the front yard to enjoy them inside ...

Here is what's blooming so far in my front garden I have been moving some items around so I have some filling in to do, but to me, that's the fun part! ...