Bloomin' Tuesday

It has been a while since I have joined Jean over at Ms Green Thumb Jean's Blog  for Bloomin' Tuesday!

I went out and snapped some pictures today. 

I have a old Outhouse where I store all my pond supplies inside

This is my potting shed where I keep all my garden supplies

I love to collect old signs and junk to place around in the garden

This phone booth has a phone inside but its not hooked up.  We just like how it lights up at night!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a enjoyable day!

Bloomin' Tuesday

I am joining Jean over at Ms Green Thumb Jean's Blog and posting what is blooming in my garden today!

Old wheel barrels make great garden pots and decoration!

This is my latest addition to my garden. Its an old washing machine I picked it up at an antique shop. It was sitting out back behind their shop and I had a vision when I laid eyes on it! My husband didn't have the same vision when I saw it but he has changed his mind now since it has found a new home!

I love geraniums. I have several colors throughout my garden, however, I love this shade of pink flowers. It grows into a huge bush just full of flowers.

I love this rose bush. It is called St Patricks. It is always full of blooms early in March for St Patricks day and it keeps blooming during the summer through fall. Right now it has about 18 flowers on it. It is a beautiful color yellow!

I don't know why but you cannot buy a Hollyhock plant at any of the nurseries near me. I bought 6 little plants through mail order. My gardener thought they were weeds and pulled up all but one of them. (I guess he never saw a Hollyhock plant before) Any ways, this is my only plant and I was so excited that it finally bloomed this year.

I looked at this head I have hanging on my fence and I noticed all the sticks hanging out the side of it, I went and investigated. I don't know who got more scared, the 5 little birdies that flew out of it or ME!

My pink Hydrangeas are blooming . Since I have so many plants, I love to pick them and have them in a vase in my kitchen.

I HATE gophers! Anyone have a good suggestion on how I can get rid of them. I tried the trap but it keeps pushing it out of the hole! It needs to DIE or relocate! I woke up this morning to these huge dirt piles all over my lawn!

For more Bloomin' Tuesday posts, please go visit our hostess for Bloomin' Tuesday, Jean at Ms Green Thumb Jean's Blog!

Pink Saturday!

I just love to join Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and all the other pinkies every Saturday for Pink Saturday.

I made a new style tea cup bird feeder for my Etsy Store today. I used a heavy and very tall rod iron candle holder with lots of swirl decor. Sprayed it white and epoxy a pretty PINK tea cup and saucer to it.

I love the print on the tea cup and saucer

Today I received these beautiful PINK Azaleas from my son and his wonderful family for Mother's Day. I had text my son and thanked him and he said his wife mentioned they should arrive just in time for PINK Saturday!! Oh yeah....

Does anyone else remember doing this to their kids? I received this card from my son for Mother's Day and I just about fell over laughing....

It said, Happy Mother's Day to Mom, the original Seat Belt........then he made reference to my Lee's Press on nails I use to wear!

I can remember MY mom doing this to us too when we were kids in her 1956 Chevrolet Belair when there was no seat belts! Such fun memories!

Happy Pink Saturday and Happy Mother's Day!

It's Blooming Tuesday Today!

Today is Blooming Tuesday where I join Jean over at Green Thumb Jean's Blog and post pictures of what is blooming in my garden today!

This Rose Bush is called St Joseph's Coat. I have it growing on an old salvaged green rusty iron fence

This is a planter out by my husband's workshop that I have planted Gerbera Daisies 2 years ago and they are still going strong

I call this bush with these giant clusters of flowers my "Bee Magnet" Bush!

My Marigold Patch. These are the giant ones that get 2 feet tall when they are mature

This is an Iris patch that I have growing on a little hill overlooking the pool area

There is just something about white daisy bushes that make me smile!

This is a old outhouse I like to hang old vintage rusty junk on the outside and inside I use it for all my pond supplies.

For more Bloomin' Tuesday posts, please click here!

Red Wednesday - Red Garden Items

Today for Red Wednesday, since its spring, I thought I would post some pictures of some red items I have in the garden. For more Red Wednesday posts, please click HERE and go visit Sue at Sue Loves Cherries Blog

A red tricycle

A Red Garden Sign

A red home grown gourd bird house

A red watermelon bird house

A Red Strawberry Bird House

Pretty Spring Garden Art and How To Clean Your Bird Feeders

I love turning my garage and flea market finds into decorations for the garden. Here is a cute romantic yard decor that I made out of a old china gravy boat, old china plates, a old silver spoon,a vintage jewelry brooch and a piece of a old staircase post!

I love my pink daisy bush too! A sure sign that spring is NEAR!

Everything is epoxy or screwed together to last years in your garden. I have even painted and sealed the wood staircase pole to with stand the outside elements too

I love the touch of the vintage brooch on the spoon's handle!

This can be used as a bird feeder, bird bath or just plain garden decor

Do you ever wonder how to easily clean your garden
bird feeders or ceramic bird baths?

Here is a tea cup bird feeder that is over 6 years old. I always leave it in the garden all year long. This is it at the start of this month, all dirty and crusty with water deposits, mud and dirt. Yuck!

I pour CLR into the cup and plate. You can actually watch it start to break up all the deposits. I leave it to clean about 5 minutes. No need to scrub, CLR will do it all.

Just take a hose and rinse it clean! Here it is 5 minutes later all clean and ready for its spring visitors!

To see more of my tea cup bird feeders and garden decor, please click here!

Pink Double Bird Feeder

I love to create garden decorations from my flea market finds. Today for Pink Saturday I am posting a cute PINK double Bird Feeder I made for my garden.

This is made from a old iron wall lamp, two tea cups and saucers, an old staircase wood pole and a handmade rose

I found that iron wall lamp in a pile of junk for $1.00. I painted it a pretty pink and screwed it on top of the old wooden staircase pole I used one of my handmade clay roses to cover the screw head. I used strong epoxy glue to glue the tea cup plates and cups together. Then I used the same strong epoxy glue to glue them to the iron wall base where the light bulbs are suppose to go!

To purchase this bird feeder or others like it, click here for Anne Fannie's Etsy Store!

POST UPDATE:   This tea cup bird feeder was featured in the Spring Issue of Artful Blogging Magazine.  Click here to read about it!   http://annefannie.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-pink-tea-cup-bird-feeder-is-in.html