Hedges and Crepe Myrtles

As some of you may remember, last year we had a great hedge massacre when our neighbor mistakenly thought our hedge was on his property and chopped it down!!!   I was very upset, to say the least.. LOL


BUT.......  the story has a happy ending.  These pictures were just taken and as you can see, the hedge has made a most wonderful comeback...It is blooming happily and has grown thicker since the cutdown..  That, my friend is the value of a very old landscape.  The roots of this hedge are so old and they were able to recover easily...  I am hoping that I can recover so easily when a setback comes in my life...  This emphasizes the need to have deep roots in my life...  So when someone cuts me down and thinks they have killed me..well, just you watch and see....these roots are deep and this girl can comeback in very unexpecting ways...

And then, we have our crepe myrtles...Some of them are ancient...some of them are just a few years old..
All of them are beautiful...

I will have to tell you about all of our redbirds next time..We have a family of them and have watched them grow up..One of them sits on the bird feeder and eats and eats..he is there right now as I type this blog.. I can see 6 redbirds at our feeders eating lunch..  LOL  I surely look forward to their visits everyday..

Well, that's enough for today..
Thank you for stopping in.  I hope this day is going well for you.....

Love,
Mona

Birds and Chickens on My Table

I am so happy that Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen is having her monthly tablescaping challenge...This month is all about birds, eggs and nests..I have two of these on my table....Come and see what I have done and then go see what all the others have done too...

Since it is our birthday week and we just had our anniversary, I thought I would start out with these lovebirds..

and these so cute chicken egg cups...yes, those are real eggs...for props only...the only thing that makes me gag are egg yellows..I cannot stand them...don't even want them on my plate and I am not a picky eater at all...It's just these yukky egg yellows that get to me...  I know you really wanted to know that..  LOL

I absolutely love my crystal but I rarely use it...need to remedy that and use it more often..  I chose it in 1973 and it was made by Wallace..  The pattern is Cherrywood and it is now made by Gorham but all of mine preceded that..

I brought out my sterling for this spring birthday table... a classic.. Chantilly by Gorham....

The clear charger is from Lenox, the white plates Coalport Countryware, and the black and white plates are Churchill made in England..

This real robin's egg was a big inspiration for this table.  I always pick them up and bring them inside when I find them in my yard.  This one has been on my shelf since last spring.  The color is just exquisite..one of my favorites..

I did a place setting with flowers in the eggcups too.. Which one do you like best? I am leaning toward the flowers....

I am so glad you came by today..Please do come again...

Love, Mona

This was my view while I set the table..the real birds were having a ball at the bird feeder..can you see him on the right side of the feeder?

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