Summer is Here!!

I've been trying to get all the baskets, pots and planters done,,,,but realizing I'll be a while yet before I've said enough is enough!!! I cleared out the small garden area and put in grass there.  Pat built new fence line which made some wonderful posts for hanging baskets, birdfeeders and more "yard art"....I think I've become a collector of such items and have had a blast arranging them in my yard.

Disguised here is the "tongue" of the trailer....
yes we live in an old mobile home,

or better said in "redneck" a trailer house: a mobile home designed

for those years in which families truly were "mobile".

We considered having it removed, but in the event

we someday are financially able to build on this site,

we would need this apparatus to remove said

trailer house from current location.

So, being the ever clever artist I am,

I converted the "tongue" or hitch for a plant stand.

Now, there's an original idea.

This is my old "seeder" that now holds a couple of trays of

petunias and pansies.

The old milk can serves as a bird feeder as well.

We fill the lid with sunflower seeds.

To the left is the "wine rack" bird feeder.

It holds a "sock" of seeds for the little birds.

The larger birds can not get to it.

Just behind the seeder is the Oriole jelly feeder.

So far this summer we have gone thru

24 qts ( 6 gallons) of grape jelly.

We have 3 jelly feeders around the yard and usually

fill them 2 to 3 times a day.

This is a "flower bed"  Really!!!

Found this cute little twin size headboard in our dumpster.

Just couldn't resist it!

Will be a few weeks before it all takes shape,

but I just loved the detail of it.

See the cute hummingbird feeder that Stayton

gave me for Christmas.

And the hanging basket.

This was once the ugliest corner of the yard.

I'm loving it with my painted milk can,

rescued geraniums that stayed inside all winter.

The fish pond is just under this.

The sweet little birdhouse

which was a gift from a dear friend.

I've got more, but have been on this computer for hours!!!

Hope you enjoy the tour.