pretty poppies!

Next in the line up in the perennial  bed are the pretty poppies.  Their petals are paper thin and their insides are amazing!

 They range in color from brilliant orange red to a soft coral.

 Its a nice bright shot of color in the all purple split rail garden...

purple rain....

The first things up in my garden is everything purple...all shades of purple...
First is the hesperis or dames rocket.  This is the pretty purple flowers you see along the road side in many shades of purple.  Dig some up and add to your garden.  
It reseeds and is so light and airy and pretty!

Next is the bachelor button or coneflower.  
Its pretty spidery flowers will keep on blooming if you deadhead them.

Then there is the hyacinth.  
This one was given to us years ago from my husbands grandfather.

And pretty columbine.  Another one that reseeds.  

This one comes in many colors, but my purple one always blooms first.

My irises have just begun to bloom.  This one is a little soggy due to all the rain...sigh.  
It's supposed to dry out this weekend (hopefully) and they will look better. 
 Again, only my purple ones have started to bloom.

And even in the herb garden, the only thing blooming is the chives.
This is the only time in the spring and summer that it is a symphony of one color.  I love it!

fun advertising signs

 We went to a sale yesterday and I found these really cool vintage waxed advertisements. 
 I think they would be really cool framed and put in a kitchen. 
 The graphics are really fun, bright and cheerful!  They made me smile :)

square up!

For any of you that do shows and have been asked if you accept credit cards, you will love this new app for the i phone.  
It is called Square.  It is a free card reader.  
That's right .  No charge.  You just request the reader (free),  down load the app (free), and swipe away.  
Each transaction only costs 2.75%.  Which is less than most readers.  
No commitments, No contracts.  Daily deposits into your account .
See www.squareup.com
We used it at our last sale.  It was amazing.  
Customers sign with their finger on your phone.  
They will be emailed a receipt.  Couldn't be easier.

Highly recommend it.  It worked very well for us.

a couple more pictures

 Some of my vintage graphic prints...

 Some chippy frames...

 the red white and blue room...

 some sun catchers made from vintage glassware my sister made.