I've been keeping busy by working in my garden and I have to share some pictures with you. My Knock-Out rose is just gorgeous. This is the third growing season for it and it must have over a thousand blooms on it. I guess all those April showers really did a great job of producing May flowers.

I have this one corner of the garden in the backyard that has a lot of tree roots and shade (the crappier side of the yard). So, I decided to make it into a "Fairy Garden", which turned our pretty cute. I put up a shepard's hook and hung a candle and in the evening it just looks magical. Of course, Bailey thinks I put the gnome there so that he has a place to cock his leg. Gotta love my Garden Guard Dog...

Up until today the weather has been delightful, warm during the days and cool in the evenings with a nice breeze . However, today it was HOT (90-degrees) and I had to break down and turn on the air conditioner (argh).

We celebrated my granddaughter's 11th birthday this week - how can she be 11 already? Now that she's a "tween", I picked up a copy of a teen magazine as part of her gift. Can you believe that Tiger Beat magazine is still around? That brought back a flood of memories for me. I used to love that magazine. And, she was thrilled with it, too.

I've been working on another embroidery project. A "Bare Roots" sewing tote, but I don't have enough done on it to share a picture yet. By the time I finish working in the garden and cleaning the dirt out from under my fingernails, it's so nice and relaxing to just sit and stitch.

I think I'll kick back and relax tonight with my new copy of Quilt Sampler magazine.