Newport Oregon Trip

Hello Blogging Sisters!

I've been away for a week,

taking this lovely instrument to our granddaughters.

It was given to me by a lady in our church. 

She wanted it to go to a good home

and some young person taking lessons.

Our oldest granddaughter (12 years) has been taking 

lessons since September and loves it. 

We all met up at Newport, Oregon.

The weather was rainy and foggy,

but we always have fun together.

That's their dog Astro at the bottom

of the photo.

As many of you know I don't post photos

of our daughter and her family on my blog,

but I have some lovely photos of my trip.

 This is an old lighthouse . . .

boarded up and not used anymore.

A park just below the lighthouse.

We walked down around the bay area

and ate dinner at the famous Mo's.

While at the bay I saw seals out on the rocks,

Colorful buoys hanging everywhere . . .

and picked up a boyfriend, LOL. 

I like the strong rugged type :)

Over by the ocean we saw this cute group

of cottages.

Notice the big anchor. 

This was the gate into the cottages.

On the drive back to our daughter's home,

we stopped at this covered bridge.

 The next few photos were taken around the bridge area.

That is not grass but about 4 different types of moss,

with tiny flowers that look like mini daises.

It was enchanting.

I hope you enjoyed tagging along

with me.

I am now back home and ready to 

get back to my normal lovely life.

It was wonderful spending time with our girls

and just getting away for a fun trip.

Oh, and I met some interesting people 

on the plane.

A lady that teaches blind children 

and a man that just sold his business. 

A bread bakery in New Jersey 

and was retiring and starting 

a new life adventure out west.

It was a fun trip.

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Garden Chores

Spring has finally started 

in our neck of the woods.

I've gone from starting seeds inside

to re-potting and moving them to 

the potting shed. 

I set up my Christmas light cord

with a dusk to dawn setting

and put two heat lamps out there in case 

of heavy frost.

It always feels good to get them out of the house,

and it is amamzing how much they grow 

between now and May 15th when I

start planting the garden.

I also started preparing my garden beds.

Last year I planted three tires with cucumbers.

This year I'm planting six :)

I've started working some of the 

earth in some of my beds and went ahead

and planted three packs of 100 onions bulbs each.

These beds that are covered in leaves . . .

I'm going to try the 

"Strout's No Work Garden Method" here.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/no-work-gardening-method-zmaz08aszgoe 

We have this area behind the potting shed

that is adjacent to a graveled area where we park

our trucks and trailers.

I wanted to build some kind of a boarder

to divide these areas and soften the look.

So I bought some little trees and shrubs

and some trellis's and created this corner.

 

In time they will grow . . .

behind the trellis I planted two red twig

dogwood shrubs that will grow six feet tall

and six feet wide.

Some day it will be lovely . . .

give it a few years :)

While weeding out the garden beds

I came across this . . .

I think it is a baby pine tree.

So, I put it in a pot and I'm going

to nurture it and see what happens.

Walking around the yard I spied a 

few pleasant signs of Spring.

This is Steve's Dad's old wheel barrow.

I found this old log on the wood pile 

last Fall.  

It was rotting in the center

so I dropped in a couple Hen's & Chicks.

On the south side of the house we have 

tulips starting to bloom :)

And my baby Forsythia is blooming:)

Don't you just love Spring!

New life in the garden

gives me a new sense of energy:)

Happy Spring 

&

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

 

Playing House In The Living Room

Some of you may remember this sign.

I made it last summer from scraps

from Steve's wood pile.

It was the boost that I needed to play

with our living room.

Four years ago I started with these 

Walmart light filtering curtains. 

They are fine and fit the purpose of

privacy and budget.

When we moved in paint, plumbing, 

and a new roof took priority. 

Saturday I went to Lowes 

and purchased pleated blinds

and curtains. 

They look so much nicer in our

little cottage home.

I'm dancing my happy dance :)

Back to the Farmhouse sign . . .

It inspired me to try painting again. 

I have canvases in the barn loft

that I have had since before I injured my right hand 8 years ago. 

I wanted something with blues and greens

and that had a Spring feeling to it.

Anyway, I had fun painting it.

It's not what I did 8 years ago 

before my injury,

but hey, I'm enjoying knowing 

that my hand works this well, LOL.

After a year of therapy 3 days a week,

I finally got my thumb and pointer fingers

 moving at normal function.

After that first year, I just kept pushing it,

and today there is not much that I can't do 

with that marvelous thumb and finger.

For any of you that needed to hear this,

I just want to encourage you to never give up. 

On that note . . . I'll say,

KEEP SMILING!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)