Welcome…. While I dont have a garden per se…. I do have a small lovely outdoor area on my deck which is my garden du jour… at least to me anyway …. so pull up a chair and sit …. relax…. have a cuppa…. tea …coffee ….beverage of choice …. maybe a few cookies and enjoy my lovely array of flowers
We will start off with my bird bath … which is in a small patch of area in the back yard…
Since I really dont have one (a yard) …. I decided to take advantage of the small lovely space so that I could watch the birds bathe and enjoy the coolness of the water…. they do have fun…. but it has been difficult to capture them splashing around as they book for the trees the second they see me with camera in hand…. they sure do have my number by golly….

I love ivy… and in my yard or what I have of a yard it is all over the place… climbing up the trees… all over the ground … and one of my favorite areas of all…. the garden planter below…

Now along with the ivy there may be a little something of interest … and if you look closely you may see a surprise visitor…. keeping cool and “thinking” he’s cool … hiding in the shade of the leaves

One of the window boxes I hung on the railing of my deck

A little fleur de lis…


This little blue metal planter is one of my favorites…

I have several of these below hanging on the outside walls around the deck

A little bit of art…

Someone gave me this metal planter which I really love and I put some kind of creeping ground cover in it last year… it came back again this year… and I am sure it will drape and look lovelier and fuller as the summer progresses….

My Italian Garden is starting to fill out …. I added some annuals and a few perennials to the boxes.. and may do a bit more to them should I see something that strikes my fancy…



A little night shot….

My little friend here keeps watch over the garden and the deck… He’s my bud…

View from my kitchen….


And a little side shot…

Can’t have a garden without a few flowers here and there and a surprise or two…







And lets not forget the rose… with all its fascinating colors…




What a knockout!!


What have we here? A couple of dragon flies going for a carpet ride…

And no garden would be complete without herbs… we have… Rosemary..

Chives….

Some oregano and thyme…. Love this idea… and yes I painted the design on the chair…. never did get around to putting the finials on the ends though…

More Thyme… and believe it or not… I forgot a picture of my sage… no parsley though

This is actually an iron planter on legs and I just added all kinds of things…. a bit of basil.. dill.. marjoram.. savory… oregano… and once again… no parsley

A lovely view of the woods from my deck… so serene

And last but not least… no garden would be complete without this little creature to tear it all up…

I hope you enjoyed my tour…I have a lot more to show… perphaps another day….. I will provide links below to Deenas blog… she is one to admire … and is such an inspiration…
Since I am not computer savy I have not figured out how to add the graphics and link for the click for the cure but Deena and many others have it on their side bars…. please click so others may receive a free mamogram if needed… and dont forget to visit all the other gardens… at…
WWW.DEENASSTORY.BLOGSPOT.COM
Thank You All
CIAO!!
JO