A Promise of Hope.....Don't You Just Love Spring!

It seems it was just three weeks ago we had snow here in Texas....

hmmmmm, wait a minute...I believe we did!

But things change very quickly in this part of the country and

I'm always surprised that we have anything that lives through our weather.

I just couldn't resist snapping these photos of what I have blooming right now in the backyard.

The banks roses have taken over the entryway arbor, but I won't let my sweet man cut them back.....they are gorgeous. Then there is also the wisteria....oh my gosh.....the wisteria.

If their beauty doesn't knock you over, their delicious fragrance will consume you.

This is one of my absolute favorite plants, and

I have even planted ten vines at the Shoppe as well.

I just can't get enough of this gorgeous plant.

Although the plantings have not come up around the fountain and walkway,

I just had to show you the tunnel of wisteria on the other side of the yard.

AND then, there is my daughter's backyard.
She lives one house down from me on about 2 acres.
Her home was built in 1940 and she named it Fox Run.
The neighborhood has a family of red foxes that live among us.
It's not unusual to see them run across the backyard to the creek.
Almost every yard in the neighborhood has some of these little purple wildflowers each spring.
We all protect them, mow around them, and enjoy their beauty for about a month before the grass takes over....it's like a neighborhood tradition.
The huge rock in the background to the right of the tree is another whole story having been dug up in the front street during repairs.
We begged the City to keep it and this is where it fell off the huge tractor, so this is where it stayed.
The other neighbors, including myself, have some serious "rock envy".

Thank you for stopping by today.

Doesn't Spring just make things "new".....

I Love It!

Quick Project Thursday #11~YoYo Flowers

I will start off this project by telling you right up front "I cheated".

Yep, I did and the original idea was in the first issue of Flea Market Style magazine right there on page 13......not a big article, but just a little blurb that caught my eye.

I will also tell you that I thought long and hard about paying the $10 for the first issue of this magazine, but after I perused it at the grocery store, I felt it was worth it.

I have no problem in buying all the Somersets I can get my hands on, so why the reservation about this magazine costing so much?

I don't know....just maybe because all of the other like publications out there are considerably less. Still, I ponied up and I'm glad I did because it is full of wonderful information and ideas.....

I was not disappointed!

I particularly liked this idea and chose to use it today, even though it's not actually "mine".

I usually govern my projects by what I already have around and I had tons of knitting needles and quilt yoyos,

which is all these cute little flowers are.

I chose similiar colors for my bouquet and layered them just two thick.

There is no glue, no scissors....absolutely nothing else needed.

The knitting needles are pointed enough, and the fabric is thin enough...that you just poke them up through the center one at a time.

You could take this so much further if you wanted.......and of course, none of us can just "leave it alone", can we!

I'm going to try creating more petals using more yoyos in different positions and see how they turn out.......

It's such a cute project, I just thought it deserved passing on!

Barbara Jean at Treasures from the Heart has a quick project for you today as well, and her stuff is always fun. You can find her here.
And also Beansie at http://Beansiebabbles.blogspot.com

Thank you for stopping by, and

I hope you create something today.......it sets the mind free!