Beautiful View

Here is some of the wonderful sunsets I get to enough out my back door.

More pictures of pretty flowers

Here are some of the pictures that the professional photographer took at my cousin's wedding, showing off the flowers I did a little more.

Family Heirloom

I finally have a spare bed where I can display some of my family heirlooms. This blue star quite was made by my great grandmother Eloise Butler. I will treasure it always.

Plant Pick of the Month - May

Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) are one of my all time favorites. I quess they are one of my favorites because of story my grandmother told me. When she was little her grandmother had a playhouse that her and her cousins would play in, surrounding this house was Hollyhocks. So they would call thier playhouse Hollywood. I always thought that was such a cute story. I think most of the time we tend to like plants because of memories associated with them. Hollyhocks come in a variety of colors. They can be short lived and sometimes considered a biennial. They can be 4 to 8' tall and 2' wide. Growing in zones 3-7 they like rich, well-drained soil and full sun. They are pretty easy to grow from seed, which I decided to try this year. The same grandmother I mentioned in the story knows how much I love hollyhocks and gave my a couple of plants for mothers day.

A few more pictures

Wedding Flowers

My little cousin got married this last weekend and I was lucky enough to do her flowers for her. Here are some pictures of them, I will have some more to post later.

Beautiful Day

Today was a wonderful day in Boise. The temperature was around 75 degrees. You can't get any better than that. It was a perfect day for us to get out in the yard and get a few things done. Travis mowed the lawn, I cleaned up the garage, and we did BBQ for dinner. If only the temperature would stay this way all summer. When I am huge in August and the temperature is around 104 degrees I will be staying in the air conditioned house and soaking in the pool. Hope everyone else had a great day.