Grandma's Flowers

My Grandma and I share a love for flowers and these

are few of them that are growing at her place.

Do you know your flower?

Birthstone Flowers

January - Carnation

February - Violet

March - Jonquil

April - Sweet Pea

May - Lily of the Valley

June - Rose

July - Larkspur (This one is mine and my Grandma's)

August - Gladiolus

September - Aster

October - Calendula

November - Chrysanthemum

December - Narcissus

Which birthday flower are you?

Katherine

Birthday Cake

I love to bake and decorate, so making cakes for special occasions is a lot of fun.

This is the cake I made for my Grandma's 75th birthday party.

It has pink roses and 3 layers of marble cake with vanilla frosting.

She loved it!

Katherine

Bird House Gift

This is the birdhouse that my dear husband made out of some leftover wood that we had in the garage. He cut the wood with a table saw and had it put together within an hour for me. Then I spent the next two days decorating it. The roof is covered in the sawdust that was on the floor after he cut the wood. I had a bag of marble glass from a previous project. The rocks are from a nearby creek. And the finial was in some scraps of wood from a box in the garage. The hole was a natural knothole in the wood. (How convenient...;)

It didn't actually cost anything to make since we had all of the things to make it already. It was a labor of love. We gave it to my Mother for her birthday. She loves it! She even gave it a grand pedestal to sit on.

Katherine

Lane Family Sticker

I thought this was such a cute thing to create.

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Katherine

Rockbridge Mill

We recently took a daytrip down to a little town called Rockbridge.

It was a small town established around the late 1800's and my

Great Grandfather was a Blacksmith there.

It has a wonderful restaurant there!

http://www.rockbridgemo.com/home.htm

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View from the steps up to the restaurant.

The springfed creek that runs along where the mill is.

Back of the mill.

The water smells so fresh and is very clear.

It is relaxing to listen to it run over the wall.

This is the tree that my husband (Jim) carved our initials on over 20 years ago.

This is the tree now.


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Katherine

Chandelier

Julia at Hooked on Houses is hosting a Hooked on Friday blog party at

http://hookedonhouses.net/2009/01/08/hooked-on-fridays-martha-stewarts-glass-chandelier/

This is a beautiful chandelier that I love. It would look so lovely in my home.

Here's the link where I found it. And not a bad price either. ;)

http://www.gallery803.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=144

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Katherine

Flower Shop

I went to the flower shop today to get some flowers for my Great Uncle's funeral. The only flower arrangement that they had was purple and pink flowers. So I bought this pretty plant instead. They added a nice blue bow since it was for a man.

Unfortunately, they had few flowers left because there have

been so many funerals this week that they were behind on orders.

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Katherine