A Welcome to April...

April...
 that blustery month that brings beautiful days, whispery warm breezes, sunshine and SNOW, gale force winds that blow the tops out of trees, beautiful blooms, and busy bees...

 Already in the few short

days that April has been upon us,

we have had every kind of

weather imaginable...

one day

 I am out in the sunshine

picking flowers from our yard,

and the next day 

I am watching the tree tops

blow across the field in front of our house...

our yard and gardens

are filled with the most beautiful

daffodils,

some bloom early, while others bloom late...

with over a dozen varieties,

they are always in a state

of blooming... 

 

 I've been posting 

some of my photos on my

2 BagsFull

Instagram page...

this is one of my

 favorites,

taken a few days ago at the

historic Lexington Arboretum and Cemetery

 the Lexington Cemetery

is a spectacular showcase of

blooms in early Spring...

this is one of my favorite places

to visit in the Spring,

I could spend hours driving and walking

around taking photos of the trees

there...

the blooms from the 

Weeping Cherry trees

fall all the way to the water's edge

at the ponds there...

the beautiful colors

only last a few days though,

so I rush to get there right after the trees

begin to bloom..

this photo,

(also posted on my Instagram page,)

was taken last week at the 

Museum of Appalachia

in Clinton, TN

we love this beautiful place...

while traveling south 

a few days ago,

we stopped here for lunch

and I snapped a few photos...

Isn't this just the most perfect

little "fixer upper" ever!!

my newest friend

at the Museum of Appalachia...

(also edited and posted on my Instagram account)

(If you have an IG account-- I would love

for you to join me there...)

 

 

 and of course...

the most sure sign of Spring--

 

 there is already lots of nest building

going on outside in our yard... 

(and inside my craft room too!)

 

Notes from me...

I was so in hopes that Spring was finally here!  Have organized my shoes making my cutesy little sandals front and center, put away my winter coats,and then.... this morning I drove to work in an ALL out snowstorm!! My 30 minute commute took over an hour. Then-- about 3 hours later, the sun came out and melted off all of the snow. Geez!! I'm telling myself that this was the last little bit of winter blowing it's way out!

 

I'm taking a few weeks to create my next blog post -- I will be back then with a wonderful charitable opportunity for you all and... of course a giveaway to coincide with this amazing new way for you to share your love...

xoxo,

Vicki 

 

"Ode to the Gardener" -- (Spring scenes from our home)

The beautiful colors of spring are brilliantly blooming in our yard right now.  When we open the doors, the perfume of the flowers fills our every breath.  Come with me for a little walk as we enjoy the fruits of the Gardener's labor~~

  

He starts early and finishes late.

Planting, digging, trimming, mulching, mowing, sowing~

(He loves to play in the dirt)

Gardening

 is truly his passion.

~~

Let's go for a closer look~

Homer posed for this picture- 

he is a little jealous that Yeller Feller is becoming so famous!

this is MY outdoor contribution 

to spring at our house~

I'm in charge of the

front porch~

~~~~

One of my favorite little spring time flowers

            is the grape hyacinth~

  this beautiful embroidery stitching

is from the talented hands

of my friend 

Deb Hembree.

Deb is already hard at work

on her beautiful contribution to next year's "Vintage Spring nest." 

(I am SOOO excited about this nest!!)

xoxoxo- I love you Deb.

~~

You can read Deb's story about her amazing handwork

HERE on her blog.

(this is why it takes almost a year to design and build a new nest design. 

 So much artistic handwork is dedicated to each little nest!)

  ~~

and inside my house~

more beautiful signs of spring~

the newest addition to MY beloved nest collection

~~

this beautiful spring nest was made for me

 by my friend Karen Bailey

~

click the link below to read about her beautiful nest~

(Todolwen)

Karen's little nest is so beautifully unique --

I am in love with the variety of textures 

and the little paper leaves.

Just seeing this little nest everyday

 makes my heart sing!

xoxo

~~

Karen is also a contributing artist to my

 "Vintage Spring nest" design.

 You can read about her beautiful contribution here. 

~~

She is a super talented lady

with a heart of

 "pure gold"~

Coming up next~

well,~~ I'm still working on the travel photos from our hiking trip out west. (OMGosh -- they are gorgeous!!) You don't want to see all 2000 pictures I am sure-- so I am sorting through them -- whew -- its a big job!! Coming soon ---

AND-- work has officially begun on the "building" of the Breast Cancer Awareness nest --- my Sacred Yarn room is an explosion of PINK yarn -- everywhere!!  I'm busy, busy, busy~

xoxo,

Vicki