My Cozy Corner: May 2015

Thursday, May 28, 2015

May Garden Journal 2015

Hello everyone,

Sweetheart and I have been busy finishing up our living room and master bedroom update. Saturday we hung our new sheers in the living room and on Monday we hung our artwork in the living room and bedroom. And then we (two 70+) non techies hooked our DVD to our television and hooked the tape deck, CD player to the receiver and hooked four speakers to the receiver... Three hours later we were finished. Our daughter came down just as we were finishing up and invited us to have dinner at her house, It was so pleasant to eat dinner and not do any dishes. Sweetheart and I were entertained by their two new puppies that have just joined the family. The total dog count in now FOUR. I love dogs as long as they belong to someone else. LOL!!!

As they say "Now you know the rest of the story" LOL
Now to get to this month's garden journal. To see how the garden has grown from last month go here.

The May garden has a variety of blooming flowers, herbs and vegetables. As you can see the lavender is ready to harvest.

My newest rose is Cherish a florabunda and has 28 petals per bloom.

The purple spike flowers are called Veronica.

Foxglove

A Christmas Amaryllis is blooming. When the Amaryllis is finished blooming at Christmas time I bring the bulbs outside and plant them in my garden. In the spring they bloom and multiply every year. Give them a try...

It's lavender harvest time. I have seven plants this size.

Christmas bazaar projects this fall.

I have Grosso lavender and it is so fragrant.

I use Alyssum as ground cover in my rose beds and as borders in other beds.

My new love this year is the Hosta. I have a big shade tree and my hostas love the space. Nice and cool. This is my first hosta bloom

~ I am in Love~

Blooming artichokes. Last month we cooked the small artichokes from our other plant. This plant is going to bloom into a beautiful purple thistle

The grapes are going to be very tasty and plentiful.

Yarrow is the most beautiful yellow.

Last year after the Rose Tour was over, my friend gave me several miniature rose bushes. This one is called candy cane and it is the sweetest climber.

I hundreds of plants, but my hydrangeas are so beautiful. I have lived in my house for over 45 years and I have had hydrangeas in oak barrels and two years ago I planted two hydrangeas in this bed. The big tree that's shades the hostas is also shading this bed. I think this is going to be a successful endeavor.

I plan to dry some blooms for a bouquet to put in the living room this summer.

Always a mosaic to remember the moment.

Hopefully I will get the tripod out next week and take some photos of our living room update.

Hope you have a nice sunny weekend.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to:

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday

Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Memorial Day 2015

Hello everyone,

Memorial Day

May 25, 2015.

Thank you for taking time to pause and remember the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

I have been blogging since 2010 and I have remembered Memorial Day each year.

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner this holiday weekend.

To see complete posts GO HERE
Linking to:
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday

Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

Joyously,

Betty

Monday, May 18, 2015

St Patrick Kneeler

Hello everyone,

We are so busy around here at My Cozy Corner. Our bedroom set was delivered and I have the Master bedroom almost put together. Our painter is painting the new french door to the patio as I write this post. But now I want to share the latest kneeler I finished and donated to our church. For the past year and a half I have completed three kneelers. This kneeler is dedicated to our son, Patrick. He was born the day before St. Patrick's Day in 1964. He was a faithful acolyte for many years during his youth.

I love to do this needlework...The color and the design are so beautifully matched to form a bright and interesting design.

To learn the truth about St. Patrick the patron saint of Ireland

GO HERE

The kneelers are done.

St. Anthony of Padua was dedicated on the same day my kneeler was dedicated.

BEAUTIFUL

We have a very talented group of stitchers or needlepointers.

The saints kneelers are stitched five holes to one inch.

The four Evangelist kneelers are stitched with 7.5 holes per inch.

We are back to the beginning of my stitching journey where I started a year and a half ago.

What a wonderful and joyful experience.

Cecilia is my middle name and I dedicated this kneeler to my mother and father.

St. Thomas is dedicated to Thomas our son the eldest of our three children.

St Patrick is dedicated to our middle child.

Dedication Day~Jean and I are having our kneelers blessed♥
To see the complete story on the church kneelers GO HERE

The Easter Service was beautiful. The choir are amazing and the church was filled to capacity. The large flower arrangements were donated in remembrance of loved ones and the Easter lilies were donated by a member of the church. I wrapped the pots with burlap and tied them with a piece of twine.

I already have new ideas for the lilies next year.

Hope you have enjoyed a little church history and some art work.

I love to make a mosaic of my posts to capture the essence of the each post.

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments on my Peony Tea Time.

Yes, I love to garden as well as sit and do needlework. I am a truly blessed lady.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to:
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse

A Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

Katherine's Corner for Thursday Favorite Thing

No Minimalist Here for Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday

Monday, May 11, 2015

Summer Wreath Before and After

Happy Monday morning to everyone,

We are busy putting our living room and master bedroom back together after the carpet was installed on Thursday. Now we are waiting for our bedroom furniture to arrive on Tuesday. Only the chest of drawers and two night stands will be delivered tomorrow. The bed will be delivered around the 26th of May. In the meantime we have been sleeping in our covered patio in our old King size bed.It has been wonderful. I just love to sleep outside. If you would like to see my new bedroom furniture
go here.
Now on to my new Summer Wreath above.

I found the pink tulip wreath at Tuesday morning after Easter for 50% off $20.00 dollars.
Very nice wreath for $10.00 dollars.

The most fun I have is transforming one wreath from season to season. But my pink wreath is only going to see Spring and Summer. The wreath below was my fall wreath with the letter Y painted black.

This is my spring wreath with a Forthysia garland added and a burlap and chevron ribbon.

I painted my Y one shade of Chartreuse and the ribbon is another color of Chartreuse.

HISTORY LESSON:
Chartreuse (US /ʃɑrˈtruːz/, /ʃɑrˈtruːs/ or RP /ʃɑːˈtrɜːz/;^[1] French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁœz]) (the web color) is a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its resemblance to the green color of one of the French liqueurs called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764. Similarly, chartreuse yellow is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green that was named because of its resemblance to the color of one of the French liqueurs called yellow chartreuse, introduced in 1838

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