Mama 's and Grandma's Vintage Rosebush

A few Sunday Pictures of the pink rosebush that Mama rooted from Grandma's bush and that I rooted from Mama's bush.

The only fault I find with this rose is that it only blooms in May and does not rebloom until the following year.

Lady Bug

Enjoy your Sunday in May...

Freebie and Cheapie Kid's Activities With My Grandson

Our grandson spent the weekend with us and I thought I would share some of the activities that I planned. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make kids happy! My ultimate goal is that he will enjoy coming to our house and have fond memories when he is older.

So here are a few things we enjoyed doing together.

Books and Legos outside on a quilt in the beautiful weather:

A big stack of library books picked out by Grandma:

Craft supplies and spring toys from the dollar store:

Big boxes brought home from Grandma's office. (We never did play with these, so they will be stored until next time)

Banana Splits:

Painting Rocks:

Lady Bugs and a big alien monster rock!

This one is for my daughter:

Tissue flowers for his Mom for Mother's Day:

Leaf, herb and flower impressions made with a hammer:

And last, but not least, creating this scarecrow:

Some ideas I have for this summer include:  running through the sprinklers, a picnic, a backyard obstacle course, eating Popsicles outside, and the boxes shown above can be made into a playhouse or spaceship.

Gardening Magic

This post is linked to A Cultivated Nest (CREATIVE HOMEACRE BLOG HOP). 

Here are some of my favorite garden and yard pictures taken during this past week.

Mama's Watering Can

Mama's Basket

Raised Garden Progress

There's a blossom on this tomato!

The barn.

Beautiful Weeds!

Teenie, Tiny Zinnias!

Okra Seed Starting.

On the porch.

 Blossoms:

My first Clematis bloom at the farmhouse.

Still eating chili...

We don't typically eat things like chili and soups on a regular basis after the weather warms up, which normally happens in April or May.  The exception would be homemade vegetable soup using home grown tomatoes and vegetables.  But, the weather has certainly been conducive to eating these things, even though the calendar says its May!

This delicious chili and toasted homemade bread were our lunch on Saturday.  It was soooo good.

CHILI AND HOMEMADE TOASTED BREAD

My hubby and I were listening to the radio on the way home from church and the grocery store on Sunday, when the song "My Girl" came on.  Remember the line in there that says "When its cold outside, I've got the month of May"?  I wondered if maybe the song should have said June, July or August... 

This is the day the Lord has made.  We will be glad and rejoice in it!