Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2015!  As many of you have noticed, I had to take a little break this fall.  Sometimes, life just gets busy and something needs to give.  I’ve been taking lots of pictures and notes, so I’m looking forward to catching up over the next few weeks.  In the meantime, here’s a look back at some of my most popular posts of 2014!

Painted Rock Garden Labels

1.  Painting Garden Rock Garden Markers:  A fun project to jazz up the garden.

 

 

Biltmore Estate

2. Girls Weekend in Asheville:  A wonderful weekend away in a great city!

 

 

IMG_5288 (1)3.  Angel Wings in the Snow:  Fascinating tracks in the snow.

 

 

Creeping Thyme4.  Creeping Thyme Problems:  Trying to salvage a mess in the garden.

 

 

snowflakes5.  Peggy’s Snowflakes:  Every snowflake is truly different.

 

 

stephi gardens6.  Gardening:  All in the Family:  From grandparents to great-granchildren, gardening is a family tradition.

 

 

Homemade Suet Cakes7.  Homemade Suet Cakes:  Giving homemade suet a try.  The birds loved it!

 

 

glass pumpkin8.  Visiting the Glass Pumpkin Patch 2014:  I love seeing all the different creations the artists bring every year.  

 

 

Yarn wrapped bottles9.  Yarn Wrapped Bottles:  A fun and easy craft project to decorate for the holidays, a party, a wedding, or for whatever you have that needs some color.

 

 

Raised vegetable bed10.  My New Raised Bed: Construction:  I needed more garden space so we built two new raised bed gardens.

 

 

Angel Wings in the Snow

Of all the tracks in the snow this winter, I have been the most fascinated by the ones that look like angel wings.  Every so often in the newly fallen snow, I’ve found soft little wing-like brush marks.  Are they from birds dancing?  Showing off for a potential mate?  Or just stretching in the sun?  Whatever the reason, they leave the softest little flutter marks to be enjoyed by us.  I’m not positive, but I think these have been left by the Cardinals.

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bird wings in snow

 

bird wings in snow

 

bird wings in snow

Or maybe they were just making snow angels that no one, including my husband Steve, can resist making in fresh, fluffy snow.

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