a tree for three

We bought our first tree this week - a Crown Glory Magnolia. Ours is about 5 feet high, so it's not very big yet but when it flowers, it will look like this. One of the reasons I always wanted to buy a house is so we could plant a magnolia tree in the ground. A little thing really, but nevertheless, it was always something I looked forward to having. And here we are, twenty years later, in our little little house, with our giant yard, and our first Magnolia! The gorgeous photo you see is courtesy of generous earth gardens  What is your all time favourite tree? Please share with us, we love hearing garden and tree faves! And we could do with a few more trees too. :)

birds + blogs + bulbs

Well, if you're a regular visitor to my blog, you may have noticed that every time you came by in the last week, the header keeps changing.... what can I say? I'm going through "header blues" rather than heather blues. (bad joke, and not even funny. so it's a "bad" non-joke really). Ah ha ha ha - still, I'm laughing. Such a sociopath!  The blog needs big work, and for that I have a Graphic Designer in mind... more on that soon! So I will stop molesting my blog html, header, and size of things and just try not to let it all bother me in the meantime. So that's the blog update.

I bought some bulbs. Mostly white, some cream and some blues, and well, that antique blush apricot colour too. I bought them from garden express and I can't wait to plant them.  And last but not least, more bird news.... Some new birds - pigeons infact! One of these sweeties is very lucky to be going onto a blog header for a pretty cool new blog! More on this when it's all ready.

Hope you're all having a great week... xo