eenie meenie minie moe ~ pick a subject and away we go....

My post today will reflect the way my brain is working...

a million thoughts and no end in sight!

thought #1

first of all here is that dresser garden I told you about ~

would I do it again? yes.

 would I do it differently? yes.



what I learned...

1. do not try to paint wood with a veneer and then fill it with dirt and water.

it will buckle, ugh.

2. make sure it is level BEFORE you put the dirt in it. ugh.

3. edit, edit, edit.

You know how it goes, way too excited to make a real plan.

I mean that's the way it goes for me,

not implying that you all are flying by the seat of your pants too,

but please humor me and tell me that you do!

As I looked at the dresser all by itself against the barn,

I thought to myself...

too lonely.

So I put a piece of wood on top and planted the tomatoes and basil in different containers

and put them on top.

It still looked lonely

so I added the planters with the blueberry bushes that I managed not to kill last year.

The wheel barrow is full of hens and chicks and

I can't remember that spring flower that you see in there. 

It was planted by birds.

gotta love our birds. :)

and ofcourse it needed a chalkboard with instructions!

So here is the low down on the dresser.

You only plant in the front and you put a false back on the drawers so that you don't fill it all the way with dirt... that way it's a little lighter.

Not much fits in there, so that is why only the lettuce and a mint plant and one cinnamon basil is in there.

oh yeah, and some marigolds to help keep the critters out.

we really need to paint our barn.

now I went and put a garden in the way...

think that was an accident?

subconciously...

 yes.

thought # 2

a while back I won a giveaway from Linda over at Itsy Bits and Pieces.  Novica let me choose an item from the vast amount of goodies they carry.  I picked this gorgeous hand beaded necklace and I just love it.

Then I won Z's giveaway over at Old Grey Mare for a pair of Heather French earrings.

I chose the gold/green pair because I thought they would match the necklace.

I was right!

and may I say... they are beautiful! 



it is really hard to take a picture of yourself.

especially when you won earrings because you said you were a lobe model!

I had a reputation to live up to!  ;)

I mean there was no hair and make up artist in sight.

no one to fix me up and make me presentable but I had to show you these

and say

Thank You Linda and Suzan!!!

I love them so very much!

I wore them yesterday and my neighbor told me I looked sparkly!

sparkly is good!!!

thought #3

You need to see the art gallery in front of my house.

Hannah is the artist in residence...

love her queen bee!

Max made a ninja.

nope not just a ninja
a ninja zombie!

Yesterday all of the neighborhood kids got in on the art work, our sidewalk is full of beauty!

today it was just Boo and she left everyone who comes to our front door a special message.

too sweet.

So there you have it.

I am actually sparing you 999,997 of the thoughts running through my mind.

you can thank me now!!!

I do have a few things to show you next time,

I made a new cover (think burlap) for our dining room chandy chain, and I made a new candle for the patio, and I hung a bird cage planter from the pine tree,

whew.

see what I mean?

a million thoughts and no end in sight!

Thanks for stopping by!

love,

Theresa xoxo