a little bit of this:
quite a few of these:
some of these which I planted…
and on the whole, a lot of this:
Trust me – I never would have guessed so many gorgeous perennials lay underneath the tonnes of weeds we found when we first moved here (of course, we found them AFTER the snow finally melted). It took many, many hours of weeding, cutting some plants back, and TLC before we discovered all these beautiful plants. This is just one section of the yard. To the left of the photo there is a birdbath with more perennials and some annuals we planted, and to the left around the bend we have our vegetable garden which is growing very nicely. Then we have some trees, more garden with perennials, then some raspberry bushes by the fire pit. We LOVE OUR YARD!
In case you can’t tell from the horrible photo, I printed the photo on FABRIC! Remember I said how I was finding it hard to take on the latest Goodie Box Girls challenge of scrapbooking with fabric? Well, let’s just say they inspired my creativity. I used spray adhesive to adhere a piece of fabric slightly smaller than 8.5X11 to a letter-sized piece of cardstock. You need to make sure that the printer is going to grab hold of the cardstock, not the fabric, hence the slightly smaller sized fabric. It ran right through the printer, no problem, and i love the effect.
I call my girls my bouquet of roses – each unique and beautiful in their own fun ways. I was just reflecting a couple of days ago on what fun kids I have. They are so cool, so sweet, so GOOD. I don’t mean they are perfectly behaved all the time- trust me, they are still children. I mean that their spirits are filled with goodness, just like so many children I see. They inspire me to be more childlike in how I perceive others, how I treat others, how quickly I forgive show love towards those who I have taken offense against. They are nearly always eager to be obedient (much more so than I remember being) and they have such wonderful questions about life.
It Works For Bobbi! 
Oh Bobbi! I get excited for you when you discover all that lays under the weeds and snow……it totally takes me back to when we bought this place and for the first time discovered what we had. It was like finding treasure! This house had be so uncared for for so long. And I can TOTALLY relate to the dandelions and roots as big as trees! I remember all the neighbors down our street would walk by and laugh at us and say “You know…they just will come back up again.” I had no idea that they do. I thought after you dig, they were permanently gone. Who knew?!!! I was SO naive about so many things about our yard. Yeah….you could tell we were renters for SO many years. But, I am tickled pink that your yard seems to be JUST like ours. Flowers and everything. Fire pit included. We have the exact same one. Built just like that.Thanks for sharing pics. We hope to see it in real life someday.
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What a gorgeous garden you have Bobbi & this layout is fabulous – how cool is that you printed right on some fabric.
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Is it alright to admit that I am a tad bit jealous of your yard? I love to garden and would have loved to have one like that when we moved into this place. What we got was weeds and some type of grain up to my armpits in the front and back. Just about bought a goat and let it go to town. We uncovered an adorable tree that is doing great now, but that’s about it. If I want a garden like yours it is totally up to me, and that is not happening this year.Your “roses” look great printed on fabric, what a fantastic way to display them. One thing I like about you is how much you love your girls and love being a mom. That seems to be a more rare thing now days.
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