Garden Progress

[aimeekitty]

Please see previous post for Doctor Who silly arts

SIDENOTE: I got my Costume College class pack yesterday and sent in my limited class choices this morning. I decided to try for: Introduction to Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Shiny! Making Wings That Gleam, Wire Frame Early Victorian Bonnets, and Embellishing With Bead Embroidery.
I do wish there were some Victorian or 18th century dress-making classes or something of that ilk this year, though...! I so enjoyed taking the francaise draping class last year!

By the way, if you're signing up for classes, my darling Judy is teaching a couple and she rules and does great classes. Her Fantastical-wig class on Friday should be fun. Cause she makes crazy wigs like this and this. She's also doing a Historical and Fantastical Hats class on Saturday. :)



My husband is so handsome. Even when he's irritated because he has to mow the lawn. (IN HIS SUIT! SO DAPPER! OH MY!)


This is one of the plants that was put in by the builders of our house. I figured out what it was the other day, an Australian Tea Tree. It's charming!


Mom bought me a few of these little toadstools for my herb pots. They're made by a local socal artisan. They're so cute! My mom really loves stuff like this.


These are treasure boxes! I've always loved them. They're so weird and pretty. I vaguely remember them from elementary school and this friend of the family that I loved who treated me like her grandchild. I think she had them in her garden. And my mom had them in her garden all the time.


This is what my backyard looks like right now! (In case you're curious this is what the yard looked like in January)
The Crepe Myrtle is leafing out as are the previously dormant wisteria.
Weeping sakura in front, sakura in the back... morea, delphinium, foxglove, wistera, cosmos and penstemon.


Mostly roses, lavendar and prostrate camellia


more roses, crepe myrtle, irises, etc...!


rosemary, morea, irises, etc..


This is the back left corner... I put in a couple clematis near the climbing roses. The idea is to add some kind of arbor inbetween them so that the purple clematis and the pale roses can climb over it. I still haven't decided on an arbor yet.


Here's Raubritter, which is a low growing shrub rose that I loved the bloom of so much, I didn't care that it was once-blooming.


One of the clematis I put in this past weekend! This is Silver Moon.


the position it's in on the sideyard (the plants are centered on the house windows in the kitchen and dining room)


some kind of daisy I got this weekend. I can't remember the name. I'm not sure what it is... if it's the color or the proportion of the centers to the petals... but I really really love this little daisy.


My mom brought me irises from her garden (and her mother's garden) over Christmas break and I planted them...they seem really happy and one of them looks like it's going to bloom soon! When we went to the nursery, we saw a really frilly iris... and my mom said something like "well, the ones I gave you aren't as fancy as that one..." but honestly... the ones she gave me I will love more than any frilly thing from a nursery. And sometimes simple things are the most eloquent.


Here's one of the blooming ones!


This is what Great Maiden's Blush's bud looks like. Isn't it weird? :D


Lastly, here's some of the already sprouting seeds I planted while my mom was here! These are probably the wild flower seeds from Colorado that Jocelyn gave me

Comments

[iamchubbybunny.livejournal.com]

Dude, Judy rules. I need to meet this lady!

Your garden is SO CUTE! GARDEN PARTY SOON KK? THANKS!!! GET OUT THE LANTERNS AND TEA!!!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

haha... can we find a cheap card table or something? I have tableclothes but only one small outside table. I think that would be really fun. but maybe not till june? May is looking kinda hellish. lol.

[iamchubbybunny.livejournal.com]

4th of july maybe? heheh..

I have that round table i was using for a crappy sewing table:
http://dailybooth.com/u/2mk1m

We can cover with a cloth or something. It's not super big but enough for tea cups and things! If we trick--err i mean invite greg, he's got a nice big folding table that Jenny cuts on mehehe.

Or... PICNIC STYLE ON THE GROUND!

[salty-dog.livejournal.com]

Your garden is beautiful! It's looking so fantastic so far! I especially love those mushrooms in the potter. Keep up the awesome work :D

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

thanks so much!

[ajmeow.livejournal.com]

You ALMOST make me want a yard. But then I see Mitch mowing (he even looks grumpy!) and I think: hm, maybe not. LOL

I'll just come loaf in your garden ok?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

he was grumpy!
you can have a gardener or a local kid or something do it for you, but we're trying to save money right now. :)

I do all the weeding and plant maintenance, etc...

you can come loaf in my garden anytime! I'll be expecting you at 7pm tonight (ha ha)

[pogo101.livejournal.com]

I want to hire the probably illeeeeeeeeeeeeegal guyyy

[sakurae.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! So close to me ^^ I think one of my college club lunches was at that hotel too. I must sign up right away!

Also, Mitch is the best dressed gardener man I've ever seen XD

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

if you're going to sign up for costume college, you should do it today as the limited classes fill up fast and people are already signing up for them. there are lots of other good classes, too, though!

[sakurae.livejournal.com]

Doh! I totally forgot about signing up earlier so I'll send out a check tomorrow. Thanks for letting know!

[lilusako.livejournal.com]

The wildflowers are bloooooming!

They've taken off over at my boss place... a lot of them is find the wildflowers (she planted colorado and arizona wildflowers in her 'meadow' area). I hope they will grow to give you pretty flowers!

I also love the treasure boxes! I really like the celosia family... they look like fuzzy tufted things.

[uniformgrey.livejournal.com]

Your garden is coming along wonderfully! You've really got a nice variety going there as well. With your husband mowing the lawn in his suit, I half expect to see you with a martini glass lounging on a chez in an A-line dress with sunglasses smiling!

And that Costume College sounds heavenly.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

"With your husband mowing the lawn in his suit, I half expect to see you with a martini glass lounging on a chez in an A-line dress with sunglasses smiling!"

In reality I was cleaning the house... but I think at some point I will try your suggestion. <3

[fatwetdog.livejournal.com]

Ooh, exciting! Have I mentioned how much I envy your weather? And your garden is amazing.

Augh. Everyone on my FL got their CC books today. Oomf, I want to go so badly! @_@

[jezeroth.livejournal.com]

I like it! I particularly like the mushrooms, those are super cute! <3

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

thanks man! :)

[last-chael.livejournal.com]

Wow! It's come a very long way! I love the tea tree too, it's so pretty!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Costume College sounds amazing! *_* I wish there were something like that on the east coast since I'm afraid to fly.

[kinaree.livejournal.com]

I read: "This is Sailor Moon. " and thought, wow that's really a flower? D'OH!

Costume college sounds amazing. Also JUDY BLOWS MY MIND!

[supinternets.livejournal.com]

What progress! It is really coming along. I especially love that tea tree. Lovely!