Jewels from the garden

Just a little warning about this post...

I had too many favorite photos to choose from here,

so I decided to post too many  photos  : )  !

The color of these little iris really pop in the mostly white color scheme of my living room.

I had to take a picture from every angle possible.

I bought this beautiful vintage necklace last week from a dear friend

who makes such amazing pieces.

I had to have it the minute I saw it. I loved this color much too much to let it stay in her display case.

Leslie creates the loveliest pieces of jewelry from vintage elements she finds in her travels.

Leslie has an on-line store and an Etsy shoppe called Tarnished Lace.

I purchased this piece in Picabo, Idaho where she has a few items on consignment.

Leslie is a sweet face-to-face friend that I see often and lives in a town near me. 

She has been in Oregon visiting family 

so she doesn't know yet that it hangs around my neck now : )

See the pretty little case it is sitting on?

My mother came to visit for Memorial Day and brought it to me. 

Thanks mom!!!!!!!!!!

I love it when my mom gives me the things she no longer wants

and decides to edit out of her life. 

I made a goal early this season that I would spend four hours in the garden and two hours

cleaning the house daily. 

How am I doing???

Good as far as the garden goes.

House, not so much!

My white slipcovers might look white in these photos,

but what you can't see are the little children's dirty footprints from the

past two weekends,

 and little white doggie footprints on the arm of the sofa where he 

watches me when I go outside without him.

I did get my windows washed yesterday.

(that sound you hear is me patting myself on the back)

I was much better keeping my house clean when I was a crazy young mom with
six kids underfoot.

Now I find too many fun things to do when I should be sweeping and dusting.

The lilacs are still blooming and I cut a basin full and thought they would look pretty in the house,
but this many lilacs in close quarters wrecked havoc on my allergies
so out to the front porch they went.

Earlier this week I foofed up the front pergola and hung the curtains out and baskets of 

lilacs for a welcoming feeling.

Dale calls this space 'his office'.

His favorite place...Spring, Summer and Fall.

Landon loves it too. 

He sits out here for a couple hours most evenings in the Summer just

chillin' with his dad.

I hope all of you are enjoying a beautiful season whether it be 

Spring or Fall where you live.

Many hugs till next time!