Gosh!  It has been over a year since I posted on my blog----How can this be?????????
It is summer 2014 and my roses are blooming

My dianthus in the back yard was blooming in the back yard but is not done.

And our new Australian Shepherd "Trip" is already a year old.

It has been a busy time hear at Cedar Home-We have the wood shed filled for this coming winter, have been caring for all of our baby trees, ordering for our next open house in September, and I am still trying to get my website up and running.
    The days just seen to always get away from me and before I know it, it is time for bed.
Today July 22, it is 90 degrees here so we have been inside most of the day.
   Hope your all enjoying the summer.
Take care and God Bless
Hugs
Carol

 

Spring???????????///

I guess I wouldn't call this the best Spring we have ever had, but I have been able to take a few pretty pictures on the nice days we have had.
These are a few of the little trees we planted two years ago.  The First is a Red Bud with the new hitching post (eventually the clematis we planted will cover most of the hitching post).  It will be beautiful some day.

Here is a close up of the Red Bud.  It is a pretty thing isn't it?

This picture is a young crabapple tree, and this year we planted a pear, peach and plum in the same area.  All we have to do now is try to keep the deer away from them!!!!!!!!!!

You can just about see the fruit trees in the next picture but they really are there. LOL
They look kind of like sticks don't they?

Lyle and I have been quite busy outside a lot -we only have 16 logs left to cut from 5 cords of wood.  Then the splitting and stacking will come next.  We already have the wood shed three quarters full from wood we split last year. 

Now as soon as the weather becomes a bit dryer we will start staining the house.

On those days like today when I kind of stuck inside I have been doing quite a bit of creative work.

I have Santas and Snowmen made for the holiday season and have created Witches, Jack-O Lantern men that can either hang on your doors or sit on a shelf.  It has been fun making these and stuffing them the old time way with pieces of rags instead of polyfill.   The rags give them such a sturdy look and feel.  I even have them tagged as made by Cedar Home Collection since they can not be purchased anywhere else. 

In the evenings while Lyle is watching (games) YUK!  or sometimes a movie (smile) I have started to do embroidery work again.  (Candle matts, Small picture samplers and word samplers, nothing big yet mostly just to fit into 5 x 7 frames.  However the work keeps me from falling asleep in my rocker.  LOL

As we get a little closer to our fall open house I will post some pictures of some of the things we have made.  Until stay well and happy.

		IN MEMORY OF SIMON
	They say memories are golden, well, maybe that is true.
	I never wanted memories, I only wanted you.
	If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died.
	In life I loved you dearly, in death I love you still.
	In my heart you hold a place no one else could fill.
	If tears could build a stairway and heartache make a lane.
	I'd walk the path to Heaven and bring you back again.
	Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same.
	But as God calls us back one by one, the chain will link again.

Okay so it has been 5 months since I posted on my blog.  How can the time go past so fast?  Geeze it also means I am 5 months older.  YUK!
    During November and December we had our first Open House  and thanks to all my wonderful customers/friends it was awesome and so much fun for Lyle and I.  January was pretty well used up with vet visits--however we think we have a handle on that now too.
All things considered it has been a good winter and Spring is just around the corner.  There aren't any pretty flowers for us to see right now so I thought would give you some on my blog.  They bring a smile to my face because I know that we will be seeing these again this spring and summer. 
  I hope you enjoy them and know that the flowers are just waiting to bloom again.

We have also been getting ready for our Spring Open House, and I will be sending out flyers in just a little while.