These are not all brand new pictures (although most are very recent), but all are of things that I love in my yard. We have a small yard, but we have worked really hard to make it a homey, happy, blooming kind of place in the summer. 😆 I don’t profess to have a green thumb, but I am able to get some things to grow, and I love having other “stuff’ in my yard – bird feeders, bird baths, and what can be nicely called “yard art”. 😀
Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
1. I have impatiens every where I have shade, in one flower bed and a couple of pots. Here’s a hanging basket of them in a tree, that I love – it’s blooming nicely this year:
2. A new bird bath that hangs on a hook; we bought it this summer:
3. I really love watching the squirrels eat their corn from their feeder (yep, I’m weird that way!):
4. My pink moss rose is blooming well this summer:
#5 through #13 on the extended page….
5. We bought 2 new plants, yellow carpet roses, this summer and they are blooming nicely so far:
6. I love these 2 stakes we bought at Lowe’s, one is a dragonfly and the other is a butterfly (I have them in some built-in planters on my deck, by the back door):
7. Some periwinkles that I planted in a planter (that hangs on the back fence)… they are doing well this year, they get tons of sun and as long as I water them every day, they are blooming up a storm 🙂
8. Another new plant for me this year is a butterfly daisy; it’s doing really well also:
9. I have several bird feeders, most of them hold seed, but one of them holds suet cakes. The chickadees and wrens love the suet:
10. My daylillies started blooming in early May… and the last of them are about to finish blooming:
May blooms:
late June blooms:
11. My pink crape myrtles up front are blooming now, always in time for July 4th!
12. And, my rudbeckia have just started blooming this past week, too . They normally bloom in July and August… I hope they have a long blooming season this year!
13. And for the big finish…. my absolute favorite thing that we have outside of our house is the deck that my husband built me several summers ago. We had a tiny patio, with only room for a chair and a grill. He designed and built this deck for me, and I love, love, love it. It’s my favorite thing outside:
Another view, the grill side:
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Wow – beautiful flowers!! I especially like the yellow carpet roses. And I love your deck, too.
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Oooh, everything looks so bright and cheery! You’re going to invite me over for a BBQ and a chance to watch the squirrels eat corn, aren’t you? *grin*
Thanks for sharing your world with us!
What a gorgeous yard! I really love that butterfly stake. So pretty.
I really like your backyard, too. I don’t have a yard, here in my condo. 🙁 But then, no mowing, either. ha.
Good shots as always! Think I’ve seen a lot of those….guess I need to get some of that rudbeckia sometime.
Love the squirrel pic. My husband feeds our neighbourhood squirrels – the cutest things. 🙂 And your flowers! Gorgeous! I have a brown thumb, so I’m totally envious.
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Beautiful. It looks like you have a lovely garden. 🙂
Very pretty flowers and such! Love it!
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It looks to me like you have one heck of a green thumb! Those are all beautiful pictures.
Oh, and your husband is some kind of handy if he built you that deck! You’re a lucky girl. 🙂
You have a very lovely garden. Lillies are my fav, and yours are gorgeous! I’m jealous, I wish I had a green thumb. Your husband did an awesome job on your deck.
Thanks for visiting my TT! Have a great Thursday!
your photo for #6 has a great perspective Stacy. i love it!
i’m still so busy trying to get the inside of my house the way i want it that the outside is being maintained but not much else at this point.
You have a beautiful yard! Such great pictures. 🙂
Your garden sounds lovely and I really enjoyed looking at the photographs. Thank you for dropping by my TT 🙂
Wow! I can see how all that stuff would make you happy, it’s all very beautiful 🙂 Neat yard!
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I wish I could grow impatiens… it all looks pretty!
Your blooms and flowers look exactly as I would LOVE for mine to look. I admit that I don’t take as much time with them as I probably should though. What a nice, uplifting post, with pictures, too! Loved it!
Thanks for visiting mine. I love this pictures. Beautiful.
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Very nice. We haven’t had time to totally groom the yard only being here 6 months. I do want to start putting in plants so that I have a full bloom for next year. Rubeckia is my favorite flower! Very pretty. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by my T13. Hope today is a Terrific Thursday for you!
Beautiful pictures. I love your deck, too, it is the perfect place to spend the summer! happy YY!
What a beautiful garden. I love the picture of the squirrel! Happy T13 and thanks for visiting The Pink Diary!
Your yard looks so beautiful. The squirrel is sooooo cute. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful flowers, and I love flowers!! Great deck also!
Happy Thursday!
Oh, what a beautiful garden you have. The flowers are simply gorgeous!!
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Wow, beautiful flowers! And the squirrel, so cute!
I wish I could find those flowers here in Brazil. I wanted to plant them in my garden too. But it’s like people don’t care much for it. It’s so hard to find! 🙁
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I love the deck, something I’ve always wanted. I’d like to have the bird feeders too, but we have 3 cats, and I’m sure they’d LOVE it a little too much 🙁
Mandy
I love the photos! Beautiful colors!! 🙂
I am so jelous. I can’t get anything to grow. Of course it doesn’t help that I haven’t had time to weed anything either.
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I love the squirrel too! So cute!!
The squirrel is so cute! I would love watching them too eating corn-on-the-cob. The butterfly daisies and your patio are awesome!! 🙂
What a beautiful back yard! I wish my backyard was even half as nice! I need some shade back there and maybe something will grow.
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What great cheery photos!
Those are beautiful pictures! I love my flower garden, however this year it is suffering from lack of rain. Wonderful TT!
Kelli
That squirrel pic is hilarious!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Happy THursday!
oh so beautiful!! I used to grow impatiens…when I lived in my condo before I was married…my patio was mostly shaded and they grew so well. Now we live in a newish area and so the trees aren’t as mature so little shade these days…that means mostly sun loving plants for me.
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Beautiful Photos!!!! My chocolate Eclair Torte Recipie. 😀
Oh how beautiful! You have such a green thumb!!! And I see why you love your deck so much. It’s lovely! Thanks for stopping by!
You have a beautiful yard! Truly.
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Great shots of your yard. Very beautiful.
Cindi
oh, so pretty! I love #3 – such a cutie!
beautiful backyard! beautiful pictures! What a wonderful sanctuary for you. 🙂
Wow..thanks so much for sharing. Those pictures are beautiful! THanks for the visit too!
What great photos! So beautiful. I love you’re deck area. So peaceful looking. I got my patio fixed up this year and I can’t get enough of it. It’s my quiet spot.
You’re a wonderful photographer, keep it up. Thanks for sharing.
Maryanne
What a GREAT 13!! I love it. I leave food out for my squirrels and love to see them gnawing at the corn too! I also leave different food out for the finches and cardinals and enjoy watching them from my sunroom. My friend decorates her yard with lovely chimes so I’ve been working on doing that in mine.
That is a gorgeous deck! Your husband did a great job. When’s the cookout? I’ll bring squirrel corns! 🙂
Wonderful pictures and a great T13 list, and thanks for stopping by mine earlier.
I love to watch squirrels too, they’re facinating. 🙂
What a beautiful yard!! I love the birds in my yard, but I wish I had the flowers that you have.
What an incredible yard you have- gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing such lovely pics. 🙂
I Love your yard. It makes me want to come over and chill with an ice cold drink and some yummy summer foods. It is so inviting. I love all the flowers especially the rudbeckia the multi- colored day lily and the daisy.. Awesome!!! job your hubby did on the deck…He Rocks!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
I do love flowers and have some of those! Love that bubble wrap too! The squirrel almost looks like he’s posing.
WOW! Your garden is gorgeous! I’m so jealous, you have some beautiful flowers and you have quite a green thumb. What an awesome hubby you have to build such a nice deck. I’d love to have one of those hanging bird baths..I need to go shopping for one of those! ps..I love soy crisps too..yum! The coffee ones are my fave…
Thanks for visiting my TT.
Stacie
u have a squirrel…cool!
A beautiful, beautiful TT! I love your deck and flowers!
Oh I love your flowers, feeders & deck! All of those would definately make me smile too! 🙂
I would love that deck also!!! Great for early morning coffee!
Be blessed
Oh my goodness! I just love looking at little animals eat like that little squirrel is eating. It is just so precious. I would love that if it were in my yard too.
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