Succulents and a little something for me

I don’t know how you feel about succulents but in the last couple of years I

have really gotten to love them.

(These were from a vendor at the Old Saybrook Art and Craft Fair last week)

 

Maybe it’s the ease in growing them?

and of course they don’t require as much watering….

and that’s always a good thing.

Oh except these are ferns.

They may lack flowers but the colors make up for it.

Ferns make a nice addition to these troughs too.

                                              

                                                      

                                                                                       

I spent most of my time photographing things that

I didn’t leave a lot of time for shopping

but I did manage to find this little necklace.

The top is from a real acorn attached  to a handmade bead.

While I was retrieving the website of the vendor I bought

this from I noticed the links weren’t  working right,

so I went back and fixed them.

Just incase you wanted to visit

The price was reasonable at $15.

I thought.

The necklace looks petite next to the hydrangea flower but it’s a variety

called “ The Swan”  which gets the biggest blooms I've ever seen.

It gets it’s name from the way it grows.

Starts off like an ugly duckling and

matures into a.......yes you guessed it

 beautiful Swan.

It had just rained a few minutes before and with it came a cool breeze.

Ahh so nice after all this heat we’ve been getting.

While I’m on the subject I thought I  would show you a print I bought on one of my

other trips to the craft fair.

It’s a Giclee Art Print. From the word “squirt” in french.

If you’re interesting in how it’s done you can read about it and the artist below.

I just know that it spoke to me the moment I saw it

…..and isn’t that what Art is supposed to do?

I’m a little behind on framing it but I’ve been painting a lot of frames as of late…..

so I should be able to get to that soon.

Waiting for the rain to come…….

skies are getting dark and rumbling in the distance.

Hopefully this will cool things off a bit.

How’s the weather your way???

March marchs on!

The weather of late has been less then ideal.

I think payback for the great weather we had the week before!

Even me who never minds the rain is saying enough

Thank you!

The worse is not the rain but the wind. Saturday was the worst.

60-70 mile an hour winds and gusts.

If any of you have ever been in a greenhouse when it's raining ....well that is a

walk in the park

compared to how it sounds when the

wind is blowing hard.

Only 2 thin sheets of plastic between you and the elements.

The sound can be like a freight train.

(Hosta and Algeria Ivy)

Most of the time it's not that unnerving

but a little voice kept saying to me

" you should have replaced the plastic on the greenhouses last year"

Ugghhh!!!

I know, I know!

I'll cross my fingers and hope we won't blow away.

I stood there watching the lights and metal purlins sway back and

forth.....the real bones of structure. The cracking sound of the layers of plastic hitting each other was deafening. At times I thought how

is it that this structure is still standing???

Of course I still stayed in there most of the day.

Boy, was I happy we had no deliveries scheduled.

(Clivia)

Years ago when we first started this business, when we had a

hurricanes we would come down and spend most of the night

just sitting in the greenhouses just in case something happened.

(Osteospermum)

It seems so silly now. What were we going to do? Mother nature was going to do what

she wanted and we had no power over her.

We once did lose a house in a hurricane.

It was in the process of being finished. The sides still hadn't been

secured all the way.

The wind just came in and pulled the piping right out like toothpicks.

If we had just slit the plastic off it would have done less damage.

The good thing is that there were no plants inside unlike what could have happened

last weekend.

We were very lucky and not even lose power.

Many areas around us did and suffered from flooding.

Sempervivum( Hens and Chickens)

in a chicken feeder

Before we know it Spring will be here.

No, this picture is from last year.

It's still pretty gray outside and nothing green

except for the Leprechauns lerking about:))

I can't believe that St Patricks day is Wednesday and our anniversary

the day after!

                                            I guess we'll have to go out for green beer:))
                                                         Not for our anniversary though...

maybe champagne!!!

What do you do for St. Patty's
do you go out and kick up your knickers??

Remember everyone is Irish on St Patricks Day!

Have Fun!!!