Lucy's Garden

Daughter Sarah and her Andy have a new house

Well, a new "old" house

1892, actually

in a small town near Minneapolis

New house

Now a new baby

Who has time to garden?

But the corner of the lot was desolate 

to say the lest

Of course, the dirt was far better

than the knee high weeds that were there when they closed on the property.

Cleared of weeds

And spaded

Husband Jim and I

found a shopping cart full of plants

We talked of annuals

But decided on mostly perennials

purple cone flowers, coreoposis

and Angelonia (which is an annual)

The cone flowers are bookended on either end by grass

(for Husband Jim loves grasses)

a homage to the grass that filled the bed when they moved in!

Made for a pretty bed

worthy of the pretty new house

A line of yellow mums which will bloom in the fall

And purslane will spill over the bricks

Instead of a bouquet of florist flowers

We chose "roots"

for our new grand girl, Lucy

It's "Lucy's Garden"

And there is a sign that says so.

They can watch the garden grow as they watch Lucy grow!

We're are home now

The dogs are happy

(Although Dolly did have an adventure yesterday)

Today was a busy day

We went to church, unpacked, did laundry, filled the fridge

And on my way through the breakfast room this afternoon

I was entranced by the sunlight streaming in the window on the vignette on the sideboard!

It's Monday and the garden transformation is my Met Monday post -- join Susan at Between Naps On the Porch to see the other transformations this Monday!