Sweet mushroom set! -So cute! I like your water-plant basin too. I added a couple plants to my bird bath as they add a nice touch of life when the birds are playing elsewhere. Thanks for sharing!

LOL!!! Those stones were the easy part! I hope your broken ribs heal quickly. Fortunately this is the slow, just-keep-them-alive time of the year. I don't lift and carry those stones. (anymore) I lift a bit with a sharp shooter to get my fingers under them, then lift the rest of the way to stand on edge and kinda roll them in place. Hubby had to help with a few to get the cardboard tucked under them. I was so hot and tuckered out by that point. I plan to move 2 of them a few more inches over to make walking easier. I had placed them there a few years ago--so that much of the labor had already been done. :) We got the Mel's mix all done and in the beds this morning. It was pretty easy and went fast. We used a big tub and a special blending attachment to our drill. :) I just got it all soupy wet, it is draining now. I'll go back later when its shaded there and re wet some areas that need it and we'll see in the morning if we need to add more mix or not. This evening we'll go through the seed stash and plan what seeds go directly in the beds and which ones to start in trays for our fall vegetable garden. I'll start seeds over the next week or so. We're so excited. This is the fastest I've ever gone from weedy mess to able to plant! And its the best looking planting area I've ever done too. Bonus was getting all those pots off the porch! It makes our patio seem bigger, airier, and cleaner too. Unless you garden, you have no idea the labor involved. Just getting the bags of stuff from the car to where you want them is enough to make most people decide they don't want to do it. I have another longer bed on the other side of the house that is also very over grown and wild. It is full of grass and weeds too. Towards the end of Aug beginning of Sept I plan to round up most of it, protecting the plants I plan to move and get ready to do the same thing in that bed. More raised beds and tons of mulch. It will be ready for fall-winter/early spring food crops. I want to make those raised beds much deeper for bigger rooted plants and more root crops. The ones by the back porch I plan to grow mostly greens, and this year some fall tomatoes that I suspect (and hope) won't get as huge as the ones we grow from spring up to last frost. We eat greens everyday so having those beds there will make it much easier to harvest and use. Here's another view.

Beautiful! I too just love the edging. On another note: I have Paint Shop Pro version 8 loaded on my computer. On the top bars it has an auto picture adjust. I just let the program do all the corrections. I find I am using this alot to correct the colors and alot more. What it does, is it will actually pick up on the actual color, no matter how pale it is, and bring it back to the original (yellow in this case). Give it a try. It will even correct red eye! Happy crafting to all :>)

Congratulations! Jennifer :) Love the hair! LOL Out of six, only one of ours ended up with red hair:( Hopefully Melanie doesn't have the temperment my redhead has! Can't wait to see her at the retreat! She'll certainly have plenty of 'aunties' around to spoil her:) ~Cindy