A Bluebird in a Myrtle Tree

I'll bet you're singing a Christmas song in your head now, aren't you?

Well, this title was better than the one I originally thought of:

"Bird in My Belfry"

(Ok...no comments from the peanut gallery,

thank you very much).

Anyway, Rosemary at Ozma of Odds once again,

in her fairytale-like way,

had me falling head over heels for another beautiful project of hers. 

(I truly think we're kindred spirits. I love everything that she creates.)

She recently posted that in many of the photos in the Jeanne d'Arc magazines,

there was some type of topiary.

source: Pinterest

Small, tall, round, thin.

Oh, so very French.

source: Pinterest

It got me gazing around the rooms in this old JDA-inspired farmhouse.

It was lacking in greenery.

There was no topiary.

(gasp!)

I made a quick trip to Michael's.

(I swear I could spend all day pushing my cart around in that store.
On second thought...
I think I could just live there and craft all day...)

I didn't make my topiary as beautifully lacy and glittery as Rosemary's,

source: Ozma of Odds

but after loosely following her tutorial, 

I'm loving my rustic little olive tree topiary.

It fits perfectly with my rustic French country farmhouse style.

While on my new greenery kick,

I did discover a couple of charming myrtle topiaries on Ebay.

One for the frantle in a little galvanized pot....

 

and one for the bedroom,

where I added a sweet little bluebird.

I love opening my eyes to see this every morning...

 

Almost feels like I'm waking up in a French bed & breakfast...

source: myfrenchcountryhome

Well.....almost.

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Babies, Birds, and Veggies

Good day, my dears!

There's some excitement here at Heaven's Walk, and I so wanted you to be a part of it.

An Indigo Bunting came visiting over the weekend.

 Ok. So, maybe that's not such a big 'ta-da' moment for you, but we were excited! Breathtaking, brilliant royal blue...the first one we've seen this season.

His appearance was followed by a Baltimore Oriole, dipping his beak in the grape jelly we set out for passersby...

 

....right before I snapped the perfect picture of one of our hummingbirds drinking out of the my new vintage-looking feeder.

And....

 ...we have five baby bluebirds in the birdhouse on the clothesline post. As we sit on the deck for happy hour each evening with our "Fat Cat-Happy Dog" homemade wine (of course), we can hear them chirping and squealing away for momma. (I nabbed these photos looking over my should the entire time, hoping that momma wouldn't decide that I was some type of predator come to abscond her little ones. I could just imagine her dive bombing me and somehow carrying me away.)

And Mother Nature has finally decided to begin to cooperate.  (Must'ave had a chat with dear old Father Time or something....) It's actually beginning to feel like late spring now. Hallelujah! I do think that she had her April and May mixed up for some crazy reason. (I guess it was a busy winter season for her.) The days have become warmer and more sunshiny, full of short shadows and heat weaving up from the pavement. Cool evenings are a conglomeration of croaking bullfrogs, chirping peepers, and crickets playing their violins. 

(What....they don't?  I always imagined them with miniature violins on their backsides...*wink)

So hubby decided that it was time to plant our organic vegetable garden during the weekend.

In went the kale, beans, zucchini, peas, tomatoes, artichokes, broccoli, squash, onions, 

bell and chili peppers, and herbs...

...all in tidy rows, standing like little green soldiers.

As the season goes on, there's no better feeling than to look at each other at 6:00 with that "What should we have for dinner?" look on our faces.  We just meander out to our garden with our favorite 'pickin' pot' to bring in some fresh veggies to pile on our plates.  That's what summer's all about...especially here at Heaven's Walk.  

  

(sigh!)

Here's to a springtime of new babies, breathtaking birds, and lots of fresh veggies!

Blessings to you -

~ Laurie