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Garden Update!

by ‎08-28-2015 02:52 PM - edited ‎08-28-2015 03:05 PM

Hello my friends!!

I've had a chance to enjoy my garden more than usual this summer, since I've been home on medical leave. I wanted to share some of my favorite spots with you before I come back to work soon. I hope you enjoy them!! 

 

I'd love to see how YOUR garden's are growing this year!! 

 

XO,

Carolyn 

 

 

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Hitting the deck at our house means relaxing right here with a favorite beverage! (Share courtesy of my pal Ellen's awesome ED On Air patio umbrella!!) 

 

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I love flowering patio trees...and so do the butterflies and humming birds! 

 

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My dogs are happy I set up the Bliss recliners and pop-up umbrella in their play yard!!

 

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It's a topiary "Rowdy!" (My dog!!) 

 

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Topiary bunnies grace a side table on my deck. They were a gift from my pal Barb King! 

 

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I found the perfect spot for my Scott Living charis and umbrella, in my rose garden!

 

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Look how fabulous my late brother's garden spot is looking this summer! 

 

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Here's the view from my front yard Adirondack chairs!! 

 

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Hello Cottage Farms hydrangea shrubs!! Aren't the blooms spectacular?

 

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The baby peeps (now 3 months old) enjoying a swim with mom, dad, and Aunt Rosie! 

 

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Ahhhhhh.... love our Pawley's island hammock!!

 

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The backyard patio is another inviting spot!

 

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Some of my favorite garden statuary is placed along the backyard wall near the peony garden. 

 

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This little guy looks like he's having an "ornery angel" time out!! 

 

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I planted these cherry willow trees from Philip Watson myself, about 9 years ago. If you look closely, you'll see my sheep herd from Plow and Hearth in the shade underneath!

 

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WHOO are these cuties? They're my Plow and Hearth owl planters of course! 

 

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One of my butterfly gardens...it's a busy spot!

 

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Johnnie Dog's memorial spot...I see the local cottontails have munched on some of the moss roses!! (He wouldn't mind Smiley Happy!) 

 

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A Black-Eyed Susan parade!! 

 

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Amazing Cottage Farms hydrangea trees along my driveway. These are 2 of the 8 that are on my property. 

 

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St. Francis watches over ALL the critters in my garden!!

 

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Another pet memorial spot...I have several places like this here and there. None will ever be forgotten!

 

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Showing off a gorgeous "one-year-old" baby hydragea tree from Cottage Farms. He'll soon be as big as the others!