Let's check out the studio garden

Want to see my studio garden?  i thought you would. there is lots of color there right now. we have had so much rain that it is all blooming.

Here is what i see from my window inside......looking through the screen makes it a strange scene. i have a hard time remembering to keep that birdbath filled.

If you are on the street it looks like this....if you look at the bottom right hand corner of the fence you just see Beauregard peeking out....watching you.

Coming up the steps is the fragrant honeysuckle...love that smell.

And sharing this little arbor is a purple clematis...i'm hoping it will get much larger this year. I had them in a previous place and they did really well.

I have day lillies like crazy that were transplanted from the house that are in the front of the bed. they are basically what you see from the road.....but they are so tall that they hide the asian lillies...red ones and yellow ones.

there are also a couple rose bushes hiding in there....the rain has knocked down most of the petals. my uncle johnny planted these for me when we first moved down here about 5 years ago. i have 2 bushes on each side of the steps and they bloom beautifully.

Of course, my mascot, Beauregard, guards over the garden. he lives on a tree stump and peeks out the corner of the fence. he is painted light pink but he doesn't mind. he is huge and weighs about 30 pounds. he might be due for a refresher paint job.

Many years ago, when my niece graduated from college and became a graphics designer, she painted about a dozen stepping stones for me. they have traveled from house to house....garden to garden. the paint is wearing away on most of them but i just love them. she did such a fine job.

I also planted a couple forsythia this last fall and they are coming along nicely. and i have concete pots on the steps with annuals in them. lots of bees and dragonflies and butterflies come to visit. in other parts of the yard i have planted butterfly bushes and a redbud tree and other flowering trees.

I need to start on the other side of the steps and plant that space. so far it has a redbud tree and a flowering shrub. i am thinking of putting some hostas in there since it is shady most of the day.

Now i better get back to quilting....smelling the roses time is over.