Well March is now here and we are one step closer to Spring!! I can feel and smell it in the air when I go outside. Riley was really jumping around the yard wanting to chase all the robins that have been in our yard lately. I love hearing the birds singing again, the dandelions coming out (they feed the bees, so I leave them alone), I even saw a violet blooming in the yard yesterday.
I had to go to the post office yesterday to mail a watercolor painting I did for a client and the gazebo in the center of town looked so nice. The skies were blue, the sun was out and the camellias that were blooming there were so pretty! Here are some photos of that:
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| Maple buds getting ready to burst out with leaves! |
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| This camellia bush was just loaded with flowers and buds. So pretty! |
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| I love that this gazebo is in the center of town. |
I have been keeping myself busy with work, painting the kitchen and knitting. I even got the energy to clean up my crafting table! It needed it so badly for the last few months. Now I might actually be able to work there-LOL!! I am painting the kitchen the same color as the living room-SW Sea Salt (I had Benjamin Moore mix it though, I just like their paint better). I will be painting the dining area the same color. All 3 rooms just are open into each other. After I get the actual rooms done, I will paint the 3 entryways to bedrooms and the garage. I am so glad I painted the rooms this color. It makes it so much more homey and inviting.
I did a little more decorating on the kitchen island. I bought these faux tulips from Amazon and put them in a blue Atlas canning jar. They look and feel so real. I already had the bunny. I love this time of year!
I painted a red headed woodpecker for a high school friend of mine in GA. She hired me to paint another one for her sister who lives in NJ. I painted, sprayed it with UV protectant and mailed it to her yesterday. I hope she loves it as much as my high school friend!
Can't forget to give a garden updated even though not much is going on out there. The roses are starting to get leaves on them. The Lady Banks rose bush on the trellis by my front porch has green leaves coming out already! It should be beautiful this year. I see some daylilies starting to send up leaves too. The Helebore (Lenten Rose) that had one bud and flower on it is nowing blooming really nicely. So good to see the garden waking back up!
Well that's all I have for now. So remember even though Winter is still here, get outside and look at your gardens and see Springtime wonders!
Sherri
