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!

My Vintage Pedal Car Collection

Since 1930 Pedal Cars have been a popular ride on toy for children. Today, they have caught the eye of collectors and are a very fun thing to look for at garage sales and flea markets. I started collecting them around 3 years ago. I had my husband build me a metal roof awning in our Vintage Car Museum and I display them up high along one wall.

These are all child size ride on vehicles!

This is a child two seater vintage coke delivery car. It even has a engine! Its to big and heavy to fit up on the metal roof! I have a crate of vintage coke bottles in the back!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and seeing my Pedal Car Collection!

Grandkids!

What could possibly make my Grand Daughter Piper this excited????

It's Minnie with sister Harper!!

Showing Some Pink in the Garden Today

Today for Pink Saturday I have walked through my garden and snapped some pictures of some pretty pinks!

This is Charlie our African Spur Turtle. He must weigh over 60 lbs. You can't tell in this picture how big he really is. I cannot pick him up he is so heavy! He has the run of the yard and the dogs are scared of him! They tell me he will get around 200 lbs one day. I feed him vegetables so that he will leave my garden flowers alone.

Yum, look at all these pink peaches on one of our peach trees! While I was walking around with my Grandson taking pictures today we came across this baby scared bunny. We picked him up and I put him in a box and my Grandson fed him some cabbage and grass. When our son came to pick up our grandson he was not happy with Grandma sending him home with a pet bunny. I love being a Grandma!

For more Pink Saturday posts, please go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Our Avocado Grove

Last year my husband and I purchased a 3 acre avocado grove next door to us. The property had been abandoned and was in foreclosure. What are we going to do with all these half dead avocado trees my husband asked me? We are going to nurse them all back and sell avocados I said! I went online and looked up how to care for avocado trees! Well, after lots of TLC it looks like my pipe dream is coming to reality! After a year of nursing these poor trees back to health, they are finally full of buds of hundreds of little avocados and the leaves are all green instead of brown!

Here are a few pictures I took today of some of the trees.

This is a vintage Smudge Pot! I have found 3 of them left on the property from the owners years ago. They are a oil burning device that is used to prevent frost on fruit trees. I have them in my garden as garden art! Aren't they fun looking??

I picked these yesterday off just one tree! Yum avocado dip for the Memorial Holiday weekend!

Here is a quick easy Avocado dip recipe!

3 ripe avocados

2-3 green onions, finely diced

1 medium tomato diced

Lime juice (I usually use 1/2 of lime)

1/2 cup chopped up Cilantro (optional)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Tabasco or hot sauce to taste (optional)

Cut avocados in half and scoop out. Throw pit away. Mash up in bowl with fork.
Add diced tomato, diced green onions and chopped Cilantro. Add salt and pepper, lime juice, and Tabasco or hot sauce to taste. Grab some Tortilla chips and enjoy!