Vintage Bicycles

Look what I found on Craig's List for $25.00
Yes, it's a Schwinn ♥

I know she's seen better days, but I was looking for one to place in my yard.  

I wanted to spray paint her a pretty yellow/gold color

to keep with her original color,

but after going to Lowe's and Home Depot

I discovered they didn't have the color I had pictured in my mind.

What color should I paint her? 

Or should I just leave her alone? 

I know she would last a lot longer if I spray painted her with a rust inhibitor

and then a color over that. I am thinking all white? 

I had to rush out and get some flowers to dress her up.

for the time being I placed her in the back corner of my yard out by the pond,

where we are working on a garden area and adding bricks.

"Blooming Bicycles"

I picked up some yellow roses too while I was out.

I am loving yellow and golds in this corner now.

my garden supervisor approves,

but is intent on listening to all the birds singing

there's birds singing in those bushes Momma

I am 'jungle dog.....'

and don't even think about it, I am too big to put in the bicycle basket.

so cute, I know my dog would never go for this.

Here's some more vintage bicycles I found on tumblr and pinterest.

I love how they painted this one.

Would you paint the whole bicycle, tires and all? 

I think they make an interesting statement. 

gorgeous

I hope you enjoyed traveling with me on the vintage bicycle photos,

there's just something about a vintage bicycle covered in pretty flowers

and placed in the garden.

Linking to:
Wow us Wednesdays
Time Travel Thursdays

Southern Coconut Sheet Cake

Homemade Coconut Cake 

the rest of my Ranunculus,

I wanted to capture a few more photos of this beautiful flower

before they faded away

I wish these flowers could last forever. 

I cut some  large branches of honeysuckle 

I found alongside the road that smells so good,

I hope you all have a lovely week-end

thank you for looking ♥

Linking to: Saturday Show-Off

My Romantic Home

Springtime in the South

Come and walk with me......

as the South is showing off again. 

You wouldn't believe your eyes the beauty that surrounds us.

it looks very much like a fairy tale. 

full of charm, history and romance

I have never been anywhere that was so wonderfully fragrant as South Carolina.

" Lovely beautiful Springtime"
the air is sweeter
the heavenly fragrance intoxicates,
time for day dreams,
discovering secret places

"Beauty seen is never lost,
God's colors all are fast".
~John Greenleaf Whittier 



"Your photography is a record of your living,
for anyone who really sees."
~ Paul Strand

azaleas with a mix of red camellias

one of my favorites, the peach honeysuckle bush
with that heaven scent fragrance

wisteria is everywhere, climbing as tall as trees, climbing the telephone poles.
I have seen abandoned houses with wisteria covering the entire house.
it smells very fragrant, like lilacs

"Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye"
~ Grey Livingston

"It's ok to show all your colors"
~Luis Guzman



You must come and see the Spring show next year if you can!
It truly is amazing.
You wouldn't believe your eyes ♥

thank you for all your nice visits and your lovely comments,
it means so much to me !

I thought I might link to Friday Fences
and Photo Art Friday ♥

thank you for looking! 

Spring Inspiration

Hello there !

I finally found them! 

I searched high and low for them too,

in case you're wondering it is those 

beautiful flowers with the funny name

 Ranunculus

Yesterday, my day started out real hectic,

I had an early morning Dentist appointment, 

and then when I left there, on the drive home I saw the most beautiful

Azalea's blooming and I happened to have my camera with me, 

so you know how you see something while you're driving and you want to 

just stop traffic or drive up on the sidewalk to get your pretty photos.

I went about a block and then turned and came back around, parked

my truck and then got out with my camera and realized I left the camera card in the

computer *argggg* oh well, I will go back and capture them soon.

When I started home, there was a pretty garden shop I decided to stop in,

I found a pretty green fuzzy bunny,

then it popped into my mind that I was really wanting to find some of those

gorgeous funny flowers called Ranunculus.

I went to two grocery stores, two garden shops, two florist shops, I was smart and just
called Lowe's, and no one had them.  I was becoming very exhausted.

But there was no stopping me. 

I finally came home and decided on one last place they might possibly 

have them.  I called Trader Joes.

"Yes" the nice man said, Yes we do have them. 

So off we ran over there when my hubby got home from work

and I finally got my hot little hands on those unusual flowers.
Thank you so much, Trader Joes! 

call me  d e t e r m i n e d  lol 

but aren't they so pretty?

{this is what happens to me when I stayed inside for almost a whole week
because it's been chilly here too.  I lose all my motivation and then when I escape, 
I want to run rabid, I mean rampant} 

the last three photos have Kim's Textures ~

I used 'Cora' & 'Mary' 

thank you for looking ♥

Happy Easter

Pastel pink Easter eggs, a beautiful idea from Jade

I went to Whole Foods and found the biggest beet I could find...

It was almost as big as a grapefruit.  When I was ready to dye my hard-boiled eggs,
 I peeled the beet, sliced it and then boiled it.

When the beets were tender, I removed the slices from the water, to save for later.

After the water was cool, I poured the liquid into a large cup and added a

Tbls of white vinegar, then dropped the eggs in one at a time.  I only left them in less than

five minutes.  The eggs came out just the way I wanted them to :)

Easter spells out beauty, 

the rare beauty of new life.  

~S.D. Gordon

For I remember it is Easter morn,

And life and love and peace are all new born. 

~Alice Freeman Palmer

Where man sees but withered leaves, 

God sees sweet flowers growing. 

 ~Albert Laighton

May you all have a very blessed Easter

linking {better late than never} to 
My Romantic Home
&
Feathered Nest Friday