A friend's new blog and my new garden blog.

Oh...and some collages too!

I finally learned how to do photo collages.

Well...kindda...

I still have some practicing to do.

These are my first attempts.

I have wanted to do them for a long time, because sometimes I have too many pictures to share

for one post and it's a great way to condense so you aren't having to scroll through a ton of

pictures.

I have rediscovered how much I love photography.

I am terribly out of practice though and

spend a lot of time playing with the settings on the camera and different light sources.

And while I will never do family portraits again or weddings professionally

(hated it) too much pressure and too much time away from my family))

I do love taking pictures of 'things'.

Cool 'things'

Pretty 'things'

I still have so much to learn about digital photography, and am quite a late bloomer in it.

But my desire to have my camera with me all the time is strong,

 so I can capture all the beautiful things

the world has to offer. 

The three collages here are shots I took around the house

of things I thought looked Springy.

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Now...

I would like to introduce you to one of my face to face friends who has recently started a blog to promote the
 sale of her quilt patterns. I don't know how many of you who read my blog are quilters, but even if you aren't, you will love her designs.

Kay and I have been friends for a L O N G time.

We have children that grew up together.
 Our families spent a lot of time together when our children were young.
So many good memories!

Her youngest son even married one of my daughters!

I don't think either of us ever thought that any of our kids would grow up and marry.

When Season first told me she was seeing Beau I said 'you're kidding, right'.

She wasn't


Kay has so many talents, and quilting is one of them.
I wanted to share a few of her designs here today.

 To see more of her designs, you can visit her blog Applevine Design

or her Etsy shop by the same name.
 This girls got talent!!!!

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I have started a garden blog to keep record of the many things that go into keeping a garden.

I needed this blog for me. I often go about things backwards and I'm hoping this 

blog helps me to go at things in a more orderly fashion.

So really this blog is for me personally, but since I am also keeping a record of the garden through pictures  

I thought I would also make it public. 

I will not be enabling the comment setting on it however,

because... 

some days it will be the ramblings of a woman who has had too much sun,

too many ideas rolling around in her head,

too much dirt and grime,

too many tasks to ever be able to tackle in one day,

so it won't always be worth reading.

but...

some days it will be full of beautiful blooms,

interesting gardening tips,

some conversations.(mainly in my head)

Whatever strikes me on any given day.

While my  Laughing With Angels blog is where I like to show the pretty things in my life.
This blog will be a little of everything.

 The blog's title is Grace Gardens.

I think of my garden as an expression of grace,

 so the name seemed appropriate.

This is the little Spring banner I created for it.

I do hope you are all enjoying Spring wherever you live.

The snow is finally gone here except for a patch or two in the backyard.

And I couldn't be happier!