jim ......ammophila is correct! mare_wbpa & alisande.....Thank you! I like doing projects & keeping things out of the land fills. I actually missed getting several swings before I found this one. I had to drive to a nearby town to pick it up. They sell replacement seats, but they cost what the swing did.

Kittywhiskers, great puzzle.....I have one of seed packets here to do, but it has a lot more color variation in the picture, so I am sure will be easier than yours was. My lone Peony bush was planted in the mid 1920's according to the lady that we bought this building site from. It was one of many bushes here that my daughter dug up and saved from the construction site. Daughter has the rest in her gardens. Peonies are tough!

After a rain.....taken in Copperopolis, CA a couple of years ago. Interesting little town in the gold country of California. Lots of history.

summer, the Winchester Cathedral is beautiful. I have David Austin's Charlotte blooming now. I've had to baby it through three years of uncertainty, this June it is healthier looking than ever it has been. My new project for the secret sunken garden. I want to add a monogram above and to the sides of the lion's head. Still brain storming on how to create concrete letters in a Baroque style. I epoxied a garden plaque onto an inverted paver stone I found at Lowes. ha I expect the cement to darken and have an aged look eventually.