We've had a gorgeous weekend, perfect for working on projects. The shed has finally been closed in. Bob goes to hospital for back surgery in less than two weeks so we're trying to get the heavy jobs he won't be able to work on afterwards out of the way.
We finished the front of the shed (studio) with lots of windows. The sections below the windows will be covered with shakes left over from the roof. The gravel floor is covered with stall mats so I can hose down the floor when it gets messed up with clay and it's pretty comfortable for long periods working on my feet.
UPDATE: The front of shed is finished!
Bob wanted a bottle wall but bottles being hard to come by settled for this small section above one of the windows. The colored glass is pretty with the light shining through.
Warmer than usual weather has done wonders in the yard and I'm excited about all the growth. Here are the ducks in their pool in the raspberry patch. Bumblebees are busy in the blueberry flowers (foreground) awaiting the raspberry bloom when the garden will be alive with all kinds of bees.
The girls are happiest in any spot of water.
A nice shot of the patio with surrounding flower beds.
This is one of the PrairieFire crabapples we planted around the yard in full bloom. This one is in the back yard, another three are lining the drive in front. They'll be spectacular when they gain some size.
Inside the greenhouse with plants, mainly tomatoes and basil, in the ground.
The veggie beds draped in row cover, blueberries in the foreground.
This is the red bed with irises, peonies, fig tree and my favorite peony tulips. Looks like this year we might get a few figs to eat.
The New Dawn climbing rose that was just a twig last year, now loaded with buds. Clematis and delphinium also promising a good flower show this summer.
A shot of the dahlia bed with two varieties of smoke trees leafing out, a Japanese maple making a comeback on the left, and new green leaves of a weeping goldenchain tree we put in a few months ago. There are new plantings of zinnias and poppies for flowers later this summer. The dahlias aren't doing much yet.
That's all for now.
