Early Garden Tour

Today is so nice I just had to get outside and do some yard cleanup.

Gardening is one of my favorite things to do.

Our house is a sideways house~it sits sideways on the lot.

The pink swing hangs by the basement door, 

and our front door is up the granite steps.

I sprayed this old bike I found at the dump. 

Our walkway border has tulips blooming.

And more tulips in a small garden.
The garden house I built sits up high and holds a flower basket.

 I filled it with pansies in a pretty colorway called "antique".

This week the squirrels ate about 40 of my tulip blossoms

 right before they were ready to open.

I really hate squirrels now.

Squirrels may look cute, but they wreak havoc 

with the bird feeders and they destroyed my tulips.

I have never lost my tulips to squirrels before. 

They also dig up the pansies in the planters looking for bulbs I think.

The garden is just coming out of the bleakness of winter.

Pansies are the first touch of life. As soon as I can get them

I add them to my planters.

The big urn holds pansies and english daisies.

The cherry tree is in full blossom along with the forsythia.

I have too many chairs in my garden, so I will be playing around with 

the new vintage garden chairs and finding the right spot for them.

The garden is a little rough around the edges right now.

By mother's day it should look a lot nicer.

Hope the sun is shining where you are!

I'll be back to painting kitchen cabinets tomorrow.