Good to be home!

 Because there was no quilting to show, I'll show you the fruits of Mr Wazoo's labors. We arrived home yesterday in the late afternoon and found our little oasis bursting with new flowers. It sure did lift my spirits!  

The Sears man comes today to fix the stove. It conked out the night before we left. Normal problems for our normal life. The car has to go to Cumming for service, and I desperately need a haircut. Life moves on.

Coming home, I always feel better when I see our mountains in the distance. Twenty more miles, and we were home.

Some of the peonies waited for me to get home to see their glorious blooms.

I almost caught Bigfoot sauntering past in the background! He is so elusive..

The scent is wonderful, permeating the garden with sweet perfume.

OMG! These blooms are about 7 or 8 inches ac ross!

I spy an un-bloomed bud... More blooms to come.

The roses that hide our propane tank from the road are doing their job nicely.

Mr W's Japanese maple and hosta are also showing off at the bottom of the side yard.

In the flower bed, the roses are awake and happy. I wish the color would be right in these photos. They are actually deep red, not bright pink.

Still look pink...they are red.

The new salmon colored variety are doing great! We just put these in a couple of weeks ago.

They don't look as salmon as they are, either.

The mountain laurel is bursting with blooms, too.

Pots outside my studio. Thanks to our friend, George, for watering them.

The new mandivilla in front of the generator is doing well. 

Our deed restrictions say that all the mechanicals must be hidden from the street view.

The rose bush behind the generator is the one hiding the propane tank.

Mountain laurel flowers.

Up close mountain laurel. I love the delicate look of these blooms.

The rock garden in the sloping front yard.

Lots of shades of green and burgundy foliage punctuated with floral color.

Bigfoot nestled in the roses.

The clematis is starting it's show along the side of the walk to the studio.

In the back, the new flower box is filling in nicely

I planted it just over a week ago.

Penny's run needs a mow! The deer have eaten the top half of the shrubs. Mr W says he is going to take them out and plant something deer won't eat. This garden is always a work in progress, trying to find plants that don't require  attention and will grow in the hard red clay.

Meanwhile...last night was the total eclipse of the moon. I tried in vain to get a picture with my phone. Sometimes you just need a great camera with a telephoto lens...I don't have one anymore.

When it was fully eclipsed, the moon was a rusty red color! Here, it is about half covered in shadow. I can't believe I stayed up late enough to see it. I woke Mr W to see the fully eclipsed moon, and we watched it while the fireflies blinked and the millions of stars proved again just how insignificant we really are. 

Here in there boonies the sky at night is always a wonder. It is so beautiful here.