School’s out for the summer, leaving us a little extra time to stretch, be lazy, wear pajamas and do things other than school. Like, organize our garage and other organizational to dos (see also organize closets). I’ll spare you the victorious pictures of a clean garage and instead share a few pretty little things.
Pretty, little things are the best. Don’t you think?
I got this advent calendar kit from Purl Soho a few months ago. I’ve been wanting a cute advent calendar to share with my kiddos. Usually, this desire returns right as advent season begins, which isn’t the ideal time to start one. So with school out I finally started working on it. Hopefully it will be finished by advent.
We also found time to go to the nursery and buy some baby succulents. I’m ever so slowly delving into gardening. Well I shouldn’t call it gardening, but keeping plants alive. A plant added here and there over a few years means we are up to almost five I haven’t killed.
You know, my mother had some handmade beaded ornaments on her tree when I was growing up. I remember thinking the ornaments are beautiful but I could never imagine beading ornaments. Yet here I am – beading ornaments. Never say never!
And finally, on my run to Target earlier in the week I was shocked to find wee peonies for sale. I squealed with delight (literally… probably a frequent occurrence at Target actually. I’m easily delighted by pretty, little things) and brought them home. Speaking of me gardening not killing plants, I would love to grow peonies… Not sure how that’s going to happen. But never say never.
I have a black thumb. The rental I just moved into has a beautiful garden that grows on it's own. But I'm afraid to pull anything out because i don't know what is weeds and what is flowers! LOL
Okay, I want that advent calendar SOOOO bad. I totally can't afford it but I may have to find a way.
Peonies are so, so easy to grow. They almost thrive on neglect. Out neighbors asked one year why our peonies were larger and had more flower than theirs. I said I wasn't sure, because we moved them down every July or so, because they were in the way. So I told them to mow them down. Don't know how it worked for them, because we moved. Now we have peonies again, but they're in a garden so we don't mow them down. But every fall, my husband basically cuts them down and cleans them up, because they grow from the root every year. They get to be about 5 feet in diameter. So, like I said so wordily, they are very easy to grow.
I've been trying to work on my Halloween quilt early, too, but it always seems to get pushed out of the way for summer-type projects. Good for you for getting started early.
I'm jealous of your peonies. We can't grown them here because we don't have a hard freeze in winter, but I did plant a rose bush that gives blooms that look like a peony! So beautiful–have fun!
Elizabeth