Take a Walk With Me

 

     I thought I would take you on a walk around my yard today. I want to show you my little desert garden. My husband made me a very shabby box from old wood and he added a little worn looking paint. We mixed a little sand in with some potting soil and topped it with rocks found in the fish section of Walmart. I love succulents this year, so I found some interesting ones at an area nursery and added them to my garden. They said I only needed to water this twice a month...maybe I won't kill it!

 

Some people put fairies in their gardens, but mine seem to need a gnome.

 

Who needed a place to live. See his rusty watering can?

 

 

 

Color has finally shown up at my house!

 

Just a hint of MICKEY!

 

I just love it when everything starts blooming.

 

 

     I even found a "blooming" rug for the deck. It really is just one color, but the house is shading part of it.

 

     Today I am joining:

Kim @ Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays

and Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday.

 

Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival (part 2)

 

If you missed part one of the Flower and Garden Festival,

 you can see the pictures by clicking here.

 

     New this year because of the film Oz: The Great and Powerful, was this clever children's play area complete with a yellow "brick" road and a field of glass poppies.

 

Who knew? I'm not doing it.

 

     We have been in the butterfly house at prior festivals, but the fairies were all around this year and I fell in love with them!

 

 

We always have to stock up on our Twining's teas

 and the Tea Garden has such sweet things in it.

 

Gardenia was my mom's favorite flower.

I had to stop, smell and take a picture for her.

Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival (part 1)

     The nice thing about writing a blog post about the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, is that I really don't have to write much. The pictures do the talking. We actually went to Epcot the day after the Boston bombings. I will admit to feeling guilty going to a theme park when so many people were suffering. It was also very eye-opening that as we entered the park, we immediately saw an officer with a security dog. In our many, many trips to Walt Disney World, we have never seen them sweeping the parks with dogs before. It is one more reminder of how much our country has changed and how it truly feels as if nowhere is safe anymore. How sad for all of us.

     Now that I have you depressed, I think I'll let the pictures make you smile. Some things were new this year, some are old favorites and all of them are simply amazing!

 

More to come.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!