Dried Cherry Blossoms...

Well, last week was the end of the blossoms and it's sad because they're so beautiful, but being they don't last long is I guess what makes them so special. You appreciate them while you can. I wanted to save some, so I dried out a handful, they dry out pretty and can be put with dried roses. The purple flower was on the ground, my husband had to throw it in there for me. :D

Enjoyed this week so much...

We got tons of Spring cleaning done and alot of time to hang out. I had bought that Orange Mint the other day and pulled some leaves off for a pot of Chai tea.I also made a coconut cake and it did turn out so moist. What is it about Spring and coconut cakes? :D

Here's the recipe:

Betty Crocker Yellow Cake with pudding
1 small box of instant vanilla pudding
1 (8 oz) container of sour cream

Mix the cake according to package, but mix the box of dry vanilla pudding with the cake mix. Put the sour cream,(you can use less if you want), in with the eggs and water told to be used on the box. Mix it all together. I baked mine at 350 in a bundt pan, because they make such moist cakes. Bundt pans take 40 to 45 minutes,( depending on your oven), to bake a cake and I oil it thinly before putting in the mix.

Cool cake completely

Icing:
1 box of powdered sugar mixed with one and a half tsps of vanilla, one stick of softened,not melted, butter and add enough milk, (little bit at a time) to make it the consistency you want. I think 3 Tbsps of milk to start will be good, depending on how thin or thick you want it.

Then as soon as I have the icing on cake, I sprinkle coconut all over.

Redbud Tree..

The Redbuds are really coming out, I love them as much as the Cherry Blossoms and so beautiful together.

Cherry blossoms falling like snow. ..

I love the cherry blossoms and hate it when they fall off, but today it was raining and they were falling like snow. It was beautiful. I got some pics, remember to see pics big, just right click to put the photo in a new link.

Lowes Trip

We went to Lowes yesterday and got Basil, Lavendar, corn, Dahlia, Blueberries and an Orange mint. I was so excited to find the Orange mint, it was the last one. I took some photos there, it's so pretty with all the plants.

My grandson came in and had these flowers behind his back that him and his Mama got me. :D

Knitted Afghan...

What I'm working on now is a knitted afghan, since I'm afghan obsessed. It's just blocks of knit and although I'm getting faster, it still seems it's taking awhile for a block. It alot uses alot of yarn, it's Patons wool yarn, a Christmas present, but it will sure be warm.
I also found out I was knitting the wrong way when I made the washclothes. I was knitting in the back of the stitch, instead of through the front. LOL I want to get good at this, because I saw some photos of knitted lace, oh my goodness, how beautiful.

Deck cleaning and planting....

We were planting flowers, onions and tomatoes in pots on our back deck Sunday. First we had to wash up the flowerpots and everything on the deck. We were doing that Spring cleaning and we had a beautiful day to do it.

We planted the onions very close, we want to see how many survive. Once they start growing we'll have to replant in other pots. It was just a handful of onions, but when we seperated them it would have planted about two or three rows in a garden. LOL I wish we had a garden, but you take what you have and do what you can with it.

Tealight jar...

I made a tealight jar with red wire this morning.

I added the heart shape out of the wire to the front.

It's like the green floral/craft wire, but red and I believe I got it at Michaels.