Welcome to August!

Where did the summer go! Now that the summer break is near an end, I just realized I haven't had time to blog! My Grandkids start back to school on Mon Aug 6th. We had a busy summer with arts and crafts, cooking, activities and school work to help prepare for the new school year. Here are a few photos of some of our projects.

They made Milk Jug Art Work!




My grandson made his own 'pokemon' with clay and a battlefield from a box.


They painted a Tea Set!




I need to share some photos of my garden. As far as the Pallet Gardens, I couldn't be more pleased, especially with the fact that there were no weeds! Part of our summer was extremely hot and dry so everything needed extra water. The pallet gardens require more watering than my in-ground gardens, but not as much as the plants in my container garden.








After the extreme hot and dry weather we had a period of excess rain, making everything very soggy. It was a difficult summer for veggies and fruit. Nonetheless my strawberries, broccoli and tomatoes have been delicious and my herbs have grown well!









I love having morning time in my garden, always a good start to the day! Here are some garden scenes.

















And here are my fur babies who bring silliness and sweetness into each day: my dog Zorra and cats Goldie & Max.





Goldie in particular finds a way to add laughter!




With my grandkids returning to school next Monday, I should be able to reclaim my creative time which was minimal during the summer break! I will update my jewelry in the next blog.

Thank you for sharing some time. Peace&Love.
~Gilannie~

A Quantum Leap into June

Where does the time go? Hard to believe my last post was on May 1st...and today is June 18th. Life happens and sometimes one does take a quantum leap. This leap was via a vortex of chaos; chaos caused by my Mom's new health issues and home-repair problems. Fortunately for me, the leap was only to a new month and has removed me from of that vortex. Now I am trying to restore my normal routine. (Yippee for normal routines!)

Here are New Photos of My Little Sweeties and some of My Garden~

Zorra the Wonder Dog


Goldie my SnuggleBug


Max the Hunter, on the prowl for moths and other deadly creatures


Ripening tomato


Happy Sunflowers


Green Peppers


Hyssop Herbs & More


Gaura & Red Begonias


A Corner View


And here is a very silly photo. This is Tasha, my Mom's old dog, a pale lab mix. A little creature had gone into this left over piece of landscape tube. Old Tasha stuck most of her head into the tube trying to find the creature. The photo is a bit blurred as Tasha was shaking the tube with her head. In fact, when I first heard the noises, I though Tasha was wrestling with a large snake! Whatever was in the tube most like escaped through the other end.


Until next time, Live~Laugh~Love!