Stephanie Luman

Sorry I’ve been gone so long. I’ve been super busy but I’m back! Here is a card that we did at last month’s club using the faux silk technique.

Stamps: Touch of Nature
Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Rose Red, Rose Red DSP
Ink: Basic Brown, Garden Green, Barely Banana & Creamy Caramel
Accessories: White Tissue Paper, Photo Corners Punch, Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Black Brads

My DH and I were standing on our deck planning where we were going to plant new trees and noticed that a Mourning Dove had made a nest in one of our hayrack planters. She was sitting there keeping her two babies warm. Aren’t they adorable?!

I’m so excited…I’m finally going to work on my yard this weekend!  I usually put my flowers in by the middle of May but we’ve been too busy to do it.  I have beds in the front and back to plant, 3 hanging baskets, 4 hayrack planters and 5 large pots.  My favorites are my pots on the deck.  Here are some photos from last year to give you an idea.

We also have a small pond in one of the flowerbeds below the deck.  You can stand on the deck, look over the railing and watch the fish.  We’re going this afternoon to get more Japanese Shubunkin.

A couple of years ago Brad put in a paver patio.  We love to sit around the firepit in the evenings.  We need to do some maintenance work on the patio this weekend also.

I have a small saucer magnolia that I moved from the side yard to next to the patio.  It bloomed for a very brief moment this spring before the frost got the blooms.

I don’t have pixs of my front yard or other clematis vines, I’ll try to take some later today.  The clematis are blooming like crazy right now.