My Garden

Usually I post about crochet but I want to share some of garden with you today :)

I love my garden, I have found gardening to be very therapeutic for me <3

A wildflower, I don't know what kind

Bleeding Heart (about a month ago)

Canna

Gloriosa lily (vining lily)

Gulf Frittilary caterpillar on the passion vine a host plant for this species

Passiflora incarnata
(passion vine, maypop)

Pileated Woodpecker

Sunset and storms last week

Happy New Year!

Sorry that is a bit late lol

I have been busy with a new gift my mom got me for Christmas: A crochet pattern calendar!  Yes, It was one of my favorite gifts of all time!

Light and Airy Afghan

(Patons-  and my calendar!)

My version is obviously not one color

In other news...

Pay it Forward 2015 is in full swing!  Custom Hats , custom headwraps and some rtg (ready to go)!

Remember for every hat or headwrap sold I am donating one hat to a person in need :)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd....

Edgar & Alan are at the Desoto County fair this year!  This is my first time entering any of my crochet work in any event!  I am super excited!  I hope I win the Blue Ribbon!

Edgar & Alan- The Frog Brothers at the Desoto County Fair 2015!

And now for something completely different...

I love to garden.  Like,  I really love it.  I find it helps me therapeutically to deal with my pain.  My second big hobby :)  I did a bit too much and pulled a few too many plants and I am paying for that still...however my kids and husband stepped in, helping me when I needed it most! 
We have had some odd winter weather here in SW FL this year so when my 16...almost 17yo daughter asked to spread some wildflower seed early I figured it couldn't hurt. Today I went to check on her seed bed and voila! Babies!!!!  I tossed a few dozen marigold seedheads in the bed 2 days ago, that is what the brown pod like things are.

Emilie's Flowers

That has been the beginning of 2015.  I couldn't be any happier than I am here today and for that I am thankful :)  Thank you friends for looking in on the crazy life of this old hookin' yaya.

Another passion

Gardening.  Yes, getting out into the garden and getting my hands dirty is gross.  But the therapeutic benefits are unsurpassable!

When I go outside into the garden I want to feel like it is an extension of my home.  I love the feeling I get when I am greeted  by a beautiful flower as I pull the yucky weeds. All the hard work of maintaining and caring for the plants is repaid by the simple action of the plants thriving.  I think of gardening as vital to my life now. 
A few years ago if you told me I would have flowers in my yard that are not from a weed I would have laughed at you!  My husband planted a few borders bed around our home as a surprise for Valentine's Day 2013 and said, "You always say you don't want cut flowers from a store so I planted you a garden."  (*collective "ahhh" from the ladies)  He is really the best husband I could ever ask for.
Caring for the small border beds sparked a passion as I realized that I did not have the "thumb of death" but a greenthumb! That passion sparked a Facebook page for just my garden...yes almost an addiction.  Here are a few of the beautiful things I have seen over the last couple days, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Hidden Ginger, Hidden Lily
Curcuma petiolata

(from a friend)

 

Tall Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott's'

 

Chicory, Italian Dandelion
Cichorium intybus

 

Chicory, Italian Dandelion
Cichorium intybus

 

Long Stem Red Rose

 

Blue Sky Vine "litter"

Bengal Clock Vine, Blue Sky Vine
Thunbergia grandiflora
(from two friends!)

 

Bamboo (from a friend)

 

Hard-shelled Gourd, Calabash
Lagenaria siceraria 'Birdhouse'

 

Shampoo Ginger, Pinecone Ginger, Pinecone Lily, Pine Cone Ginger, Pine Cone Lily
Zingiber zerumbet

 

 

Kalanchoe

 

 

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse of my garden!

 

~Anna