It's a Good Thing!

Hello everyone!

Do you remember watching the Martha Stewart Show and she would always have a "good thing" segment? I always liked those and hearing her say, "It's a good thing".   Well I thought I would share some of my "good things" in my yard.  

The thing that makes me the happiest right now is our humble little garden.

It's growing fast and we're just starting to see some tomatoes........

and squash.

Eating home grown vegetables from your garden, is a good thing!

Another "good thing" in my yard are these fragrant gardenias.

These bushes are right outside our garage next to the driveway and smell wonderful every time I go out there.

 Smelling gardenias on your way to loading the trashcan in the driveway, is a good thing!

Next to the gardenia's are these lillies.  They are just starting to bloom also.

Adding a little color next to the driveway, is a good thing!

On the other side of the house, this birdhouse is now home to a family of blue birds.

 Watching blue birds fly in and out of their house while you eat breakfast in your kitchen, is a good thing!

Do you remember me telling you that our arbor fell over and broke during the snow storm last winter?  Well, I thought my jasmine vine, that grew over the arbor, was dead.  We hauled off the arbor and the remains of the vine.  But look what appeared this Spring?

It's growing again and needs another arbor to grow up on.  That's a hearty vine!  Guess I'll need to get my husband to build one or find another metal one like I had before.

Having a vine grow over an arbor that makes a charming entrance to a back yard, is a good thing!

Also, I moved the bird bath over to the pinestraw area.  I love it there.  Still need to plant more flowering bushes in that area though.

A place for flowers and a birdbath, is a good thing!

And lastly, this is a VERY special hydrangea bush.  I know it doesn't look like much, but it was beautiful when I first received it.  It was given to me by the photographers that came out last February to shoot my house for a magazine.  It had blue blooms on it then.  I made sure to plant it in the yard this Spring in hopes of keeping it alive.  Time will tell.  I'm babying it for sure!

Having a sentimental plant in the garden, is a good thing!

Well that's a brief tour of some of my "good things" around the yard.  I'm hoping to get our front porch bleached and cleaned up on Monday so I can share that with you too.  We are late getting to it this year!

Having a clean front porch to enjoy, will be a good thing!

Thanks for stopping by.

~ Kelly ~