Another journal page from Italy!

My friend and I arrived into Italy a few days early to explore before our Adventures in Italy class(I think this was 2011 or 2010 Sharon T).  One of our adventure was a trip to Villa d'Este in Tivoli.

This photo is one of the 100 fountains in the wall…"Le Cento Fontane"(The Hundred Fountains)…the entire villa is breathtaking…the grounds, the grotto, the steps go on forever….and then there's the interior…click on the link above if you'd like to learn more….

Ciao!

Because I'm Happppppy!

Once those lyrics get in my head….glee is inevitable…it's time for skipping…wiggling…clapping, bouncing with the pup, smiles... smiles… and layering of vibrant garden hues that make me…..

HAPPY!!!!

Betting you are too!

Home Sweet Home

One of my morning garden "inspections" revealed this…..

Snuggled in a bromeliad….I think she has great taste!   Don't you?

May's Garden

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

Alfred Austin

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Rudyard Kipling

Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.

Alfred Austin

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Alice Walker

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

George Eliot

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

Oscar de la Renta

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.

Luther Burbank

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.

Liberty Hyde Bailey

When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.

Emilia Fox

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

Luis Barragan

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Save a Tree….Carve a Tiki

Sadly, this queen palm has died…a toxic disease that affected a couple of our other queens…we were warned it would spread and it did.

No choice but to call the tree trimmer.

However, this is no ordinary tree trimmer.  Behold - Chainsaw Art!

And it just keeps getting better…add the grinder for detail work.

30 minutes from start…(longer than Mr. Trey expected)…here's the result!  Happy Dance!  Pretty awesome seeing the whole process!

As he stands…with a heart tattoo for my tiki loving husband:)

P.S. The artist/tree trimmer info:  Trey Bliffen's Tree Service, 772-475-3378 Stuart, FL

Green!

A quickie post on the Monday garden feature…

Great things happening here!  Will share more later…till then, share your green and be joyful!

To Do List

Attend a Happy Hour:

Why not have it in my own backyard?

Margaritas :  One Size Fits All

You're invited!

EnJoy the florals!

Meet me back in the kitchen for appetizers?

For more details on artwork click here

Joining Paint Party Friday!

Monday Morning

My Morning Commute....

Welcome 2013!

Cheers to a Very Happy New Year!

Baby It's Cold Outside - (NoT)

It's December 12....

81 degrees in the house for the last week...

Tried to appreciate the open windows...

but alas....

had to turn the air conditioner on today....

Divine!

Splurged to 72 till I felt a "chill"..

Here's what it looks like outside our tropical abode in December...