Tuesday, June 25, 2019

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ~



Bright sunshine.  Blue skies.  Temps in the low 80's.  Summer is here ~ at least for a day or two.

At long last I got my teeny tiny little pond cleaned out :)  DSO modified a pump for me that I am using this year to pump water.  The iron hummingbird was a gift from my younger son for watching his dog one weekend.  It sits perfectly on top the old sewer tile I had sitting in the garage.  The perennial geraniums are almost done blooming.  They get kind of scrappy so I will cut them back and get more flowers later in the season.

Congrats to Julie ~ My Primitive Heart.  She is the winner of the little hooked hit 'n miss mat.  Thanks to all who entered and left such kind comments.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs :)
Lauren

10 comments:

Saundra said...

Congratulations Julie!!!! Am sure you already know how good a hooker Lauren is so sure you'll look forward to displaying it.

Lauren, have you ever had any heron or other birds of prey swoop down to fish?

Julie - My Primitive Heart said...

Hi Lauren,
OH MY GOOD GOLLY GOSH!!!!! I am just over the moon excited to be the winner and hope you can hear me yelling, THANK YOU!!!!!! all the way from AZ!!!! You truly made my day and I feel very blessed to be the winner!!!
Love your sweet photo of your red pump and I'm sure the birds love to hang out there!!!
Yes, Saundra, you are so right about Lauren's rugs and I am tickled to bits to be able to give this one a good home!!!
Hope you have a wonderful week, Lauren, and MANY THANKS, AGAIN!!!
Heart Hugs and Happy Dances~
Julie xo

acorn hollow said...

I love your little pond! and congrats to Julie!
Cathy

Prims By The Water said...

Would love a small pond here, nut with all of the rain we have had this Spring...we have ponds everywhere. Love that hummer and what a sweet gift your son gave you! Congrats to my blogging friend Julie! Janice

WoolenSails said...

Wonderful little pond and love the idea of having an old pump for one.
The ones I see in the store look cheesy, but something I would like to do in our yard.

Debbie

Julia said...

I'm so glad that Julie is the winner. She knows how lucky she is to have one of your pieces as I am...
I love that little hand pump and the little pond and that it's functional too.
Hugs, Julia


marly said...

Sweet water feature! I have a pump similar to that, or it may be the same (since I don't know where it is). I need to look! Very nice Lauren.

woolwoman said...

the clematis is simply gorgeous. I have never seen one that color. love your pond I've always wanted one but after tending to that money pit in our backyard called a pool - no way I can even speak about another body of water in our yard to DH. Loved seeing your wool stash - I feel the same way about overdyed cotton thread or silk - no matter how much I have - I never have the right colors. Hope you get to reschedule your bike trip sometime this summer. Mel

Jennie in GA said...

Love your little pond. Does it have fish? I have the same hummingbird in my garden, except mine is a greenish color.

TheCrankyCrow said...

Congratulations, albeit belatedly, to sweet Julie.... I know she will love it with all of her beautiful heart. Your little pond is great...we had one once...but DH never got the water feature of it set up, and after one of Little Crow’s friends took an unexpected “dip” in it after prom, it was gone LOL. I have some perennial geraniums too (not as lush as yours, of course and mine are blue), but, yeah...they sure get a bad case of the scragglier, don’t they? ~Robin~