Winter Wonderland

Hello dear ones,

It's been a while since my last post!  Today I'm going to share with you our beautiful snowfall that we had this past Saturday.  Tennessee doesn't get a lot of snow, but when it does it's beautiful. 

Welcome to our Winter Wonderland!

Rose Haven

I'm going to let the photos speak for themselves 

Our cat Sir Rupert 

Stay warm!

Much love,

I Won First Prize!

Hello dear ones,

Oakes Daylilies has every year a photo contest.  I'm so happy that I won last year's (2012) contest!  I received the news from them in the month of December.  It was a gift sent from God, and I tell you why.  In the month of December 2012,  I fell and broke four ribs, I was very sad not able to work or do the things I always do.  Thank goodness I had all my Christmas decorations done then, and I was just finishing doing all the mulching for winter.  And talking about mulch, that was the reason of my fall.  I was pushing the big trailer that we use to carry mulch back where it belongs, the trailer got stock with the ground and I was walking very fast, so down I went right on top of it and I hit the ground so hard that I ended with four broken ribs.  So now you know why this prize is a gift sent from God, in my sadness time came this well received gift. I won first prize in the category of flowers with animals.  And the prize was a $200.00 certificated to use it at their nursery.  This past summer we had the privileged to go to their nursery and spend the certificate in beautiful perennial plants and more daylilies.  Can't wait to see all those perennials coming back in the springtime!  So here it is the winning photo.

Sir Rupert the cat admiring Dublin Elaine Daylily

You can see more photos HERE and a link to Oakes Daylilies.

Have a delightful day!

Spring Tea

Hello dear ones,

It's Tea Time!  Come and share a cup of tea with us!  

Spring has returned and with it comes lot of delightful things, like sweet little chicks, cute bunnies, singing birds, and the best of all . . . flowers.

Our first blooming of the season.

Here is another precious bird carved by my dear husband, an American Goldfinch.  My husband also carved his stand from a 2x4 piece of wood and tupelo wood.

Today we are serving an herbal tea and for the sweets we have chocolate almond treasures with chocolate drizzle and pecan queen baklava. 

The chicks came from CTS.

The pecan from the Pecan Queen is missing!

I think one of the little chicks ate it. ;)

Every Bunny Welcome!

The lovely bunny came from HomeGoods and the tricycle, nest and flowers from CTS.

Got to love that store!

May your Spring be a blossoming one . . .

May your nest be full of His Glory . . .

Sweet spring is your time 

is my time

is our time for springtime.

~ E.E. Cummings

and May His beauty shine upon you!

Take some time to smell the flowers this blossoming season!

With love,

I'm joining . . .

Sandi for Springtime Tea

Cindy for Show and Tell

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dear ones,

May the Lord bring more love and blessings to your day and to your life than you ever thought possible.

"Love is like a friendship caught on fire.  In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering.  As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep~burning and unquenchable."

~Bruce Lee

"Where there is love, there is life."

~Mahatma Gandhi

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."

~Thomas Carlyle

O Valentines tree! O Valentines tree! 

your pretty hearts are hanging.

From top to bottom

you're so bright

There's only splendor for the sight.

O Valentines tree! O Valentines tree!

Your lights are shinning brightly.

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sweet friends

Great love affairs start with Tea.

~Wendy C.

"Love and friendship are the best sweeteners of tea."

~Wendy C.

"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do . . . but how much we put in that action."

~Mother Teresa

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love."

~Max Muller

Here comes our curious Sir Rupert!

Sir Rupert once again mesmerized with the flickering of the candles.

And now it's time for tea!

Duchess came to join the fun too.

May God's blessings shine on your life today and cause your heart to know just how much  He loves and cares for you!

With love,

I'm joining . . .

Sandi for Home Party

Cindy for Show and Tell

Laura for Be my Valentine Party