JuSt ShAriN a PaRt of Me!!!

I took some photos last night at around 6pm..it was perfect out...so I thought I would get snap happy and take some pictures...here is our veggie garden with the evening sun coming through..

This is Stanley (striped) giving his Otto Bisquit a love on the head...

a little piece of lawn where a maple used to stand..it has lavendar, fox gloves, succulents and a mailbox/planter with petunias from that were weathered from last year..and a kitty cat statue..

Stanley Steamer...he is the softest,m squishiest cat ever...all the girls love him...humans and or cats...:)

This is Millie Jean, better known as Silly Millie..she makes us smile..she is our little calico kitty..she loves Stanley and whenever he shows up...she just meows at him as if to say...where the heck have you been..like he's being punished...it is too funny..or she's playing hard to get..we're not sure...

This is Sunny bunny...she is the apple of her dads eye...she definitely fits her name...she loves to sit with me in the morning when I am blogging..course I think she just wants a snack...she too loves Stanley..but she is very shy around him...

This is the "Okay Kitty Koral" for the indoor kittys when we want to put them out and keep them safe...it is completely closed off..so they can't get out..there is a cat door for them go get out of the weather or if they get scared..That is Pumpkin standing in the doorway....

Theres our handsome Otto Bisquit! he is 17 years old and still gets around pretty darned good for an old timer...he is just the best kitty ever...loves everyone...and has the biggest purr box ever..you just look at him and he starts his purr engine...

here is a rudebecka from our garden...I just love these...

here is a flower from a pack of wild flowers..we have no idea what they are, but they fill like paper and they sound so dry...we love them...they are fascinating...mixed in with the catnip...

our sunflower...they have their heads now.. so not long before they start to bloom..last year they got to be at least 8 feet tall...had a weird spring so they are about 6 foot but still growing..

here is the ecchinachea flowers..I planted these last summer and they never came up till this summer...I love them....

here is a view to our front yard from the back...

Another view of that little patch in the yard...

Here's our littlest one.. Pumpkin, aka po-po, or pody..or pumpins...we just love her... we swear she barks...she will make this growly noise when she is playing that used to scare us..because we have never heard this before..now we just laugh cause we know she is having fun...

another view of pody getting a drink out of the watering can...its her favorite....these are my container gardens using all sorts of items to make them..they have chicks and hens in them...click onto the picture to see these..I sold a lot of these last year at our local farmers markets...but I was amazed at peoples comments.. they were like now I know what to do with my old junk...if I could have sold those for every comment..I would have been rich....instead here are the leftovers and I love em...so if you have old untensils, pots or pans etc..plant em...besure to put holes in the bottoms for drainage...

a view of the picket fence leading to the backyard...old thrift store plates some with mirrors and etching and others not..tea cups with succulents and wooden bees..and pretty annuals..

the complete view of the fence...backyard, garden, garden shed and wood shed..

a view of the garden...we have potatoes..the tall plant is our token artichoke plant with 2 artichokes...it blooms this really pretty purple flower...we just have it for the plant...

the other side of the garden...has nasturiums...look great in a salad and have a hot peppery flavor to them...and lots and I mean lots of arugula...its gone wild...I am hoping to make arugula pesto...if you have not tried this you must..it is hot and peppery..don't like it by itself..but in a salad or on top of a pizza...oh yumm...we first tasted this in Italy..and have been hooked ever since..we also have herbs in the upper portion..you just can't see it through all of the arugula...it is a tiered garden made of brick and painted red...we are tearing out the big hedge in back and adding another layer for gardening...

This is nasturiums and a form of a morning glory in purple..that is just so pretty together..it sits in the middle of the veggie garden...along with rudebeckas...

Oh I just had to throw this in..I was looking at fashion do's and don'ts and this is a don't of what not to wear in Seattle...dang, I had an outfit similar to wear....NOT...

anyway we have a nice breeze outside this august day..it is glorious...going to try and get some sewing done just as soon as I pick up the house for the day..hope you all have a wonderful weekend...

Ta-Ta....:)