Additions to the garden

We went to an auction Saturday. (We do that a lot!) There was a lot of stuff.....really good stuff. It was an eclectic collection of all kinds of things. My favorite kind!! I did not get a bookcase that I wanted....somebody else wanted much more than I did. But I did get another great 'pot holder'. Not wanting just any old pot holder, I am always looking at things that can serve another purpose. (Just because it is a crystal cream pitcher doesn't mean that it can't be a candle holder, a vase, or an organizer for your bath or your desk. Some other post I will have to take a camera around to show the ordinary things that have other uses in my house.)

I bought a really old child's chair. It is held together with wire and the seat is sagging wire instead of split wood.....the legs have been 'cut' down. One of the great things about it is that it still has some of the original green paint on the front legs. Not the greatest for a child, but it is just perfect for a pot of petunias!! It looks great at the end of the porch next to another chair that had no bottom. (With a saucer in the hole where the cane bottom is suppose to be...another plant holder is born!)

My peonies have started to bloom. And with all the rain that we are having...I am cutting the blooms off all the time. They are wonderful at holding so much water that the pull the blooms down to the ground. If not that then the rain beats all the petals off. So that someone can enjoy them....I make great big arrangements of flowers.

They smell great! Brighten up a dreary day!

Makes me glad that it is Spring!