We’ve had some delightfully cooler days this week and I’ve found myself drawn more and more to the outdoors.  Today, after some plant watering and weed pulling, I took the camera for a little wander around the garden.

little mushroom

I found this little fellow in the middle of our side yard.

lovely, tiny, pink flower

I scanned my flower seed packets, but I’m not really sure what kind these are.  At first I thought they were primroses, but now I’m not so sure…

Lovely photo by Pretty Good

You should visit Pretty Good for gorgeous photos and happy thoughts.

I love this photo!  Doesn’t it sum up a summer Friday so perfectly?  Just looking at it, I feel the humidity and smell the heady perfume of the roses.  It’s certainly humid here and our little garden is flourishing from all the rain we’ve been having.  Does it feel like summer where you are?

I’m so glad it’s the weekend!  So far my plans include homemade chicken salad, a movie date with Joel, a mini road trip for a friend’s wedding, a fun knitting project, and lots of reading.

We’ve gotten all of our summer veggies planted and more and more of our flowers are blooming.  The camera and I had a little stroll around the garden on saturday:

violet blue

My mom gave me these flowers last summer and I managed to keep them alive through the winter. They seem pretty happy to be back in the sunshine.   I’m not quite sure what kind they are, but I just love the shape and color of the petals!

lovely

Oh my goodness!  What a crazy week!  Joel’s parents and sister came out to help with some major house renovation projects.  Thanks to their hard work, we got so many things done.  It’s so exciting to see progress!  Who knew that our poor, mistreated house had so much charming potential?  Joel has a few photos up on his Flickr photostream with more coming soon.

The shop has been keeping me super busy too!  My pink mug cozy was chosen for the  Mother’s Day Gift Guide and my green cozy was featured on the front page making orders pretty steady.  I have two custom orders to start soon and I am so excited about them!  (Hint: cables knits and legwarmers!)

I love with these lovely Organza Hair clips by Calexandra.

Our hyacinths and daffodils are all blooming and it looks like our tulips will be soon.  Tonight I am going to start our temporary inside garden, seeds that we’ll start inside and then transplant when they get bigger.  We picked out all kinds of oranges and reds; our little gardens will be so colorful!  I can’t wait!

I saw these adorable moss terrariums on etsy today:

I want to make one!

Today has been such a great lazy time. We gardened a little:

and then Joel grilled salmon for lunch:

Classes and graduation are over. Sunday before (graduation) we bought flowers and tomatoes plants which we are going to pot tonight. They are lovely:

Today I started my summer job.  I like it.  I do all kinds of officey things.  Right now I feel tired and ready for a break, at least we have flowers!