Monday's Musings

It's a new week, in fact, it's the beginning of the 16th week of 2017.  Can you believe that?  It's one of my favorite times of the year, spring.  We have been busy preparing our porches and patio for the spring and summer.

I'm not much on yard work, but I love potting plants for our back porch and patio.  We have Fox Tail Ferns, Asparagus Ferns and Kimberly Queen/Sword Ferns on the porch.

We potted some Bougainvillea, Mandevilla, and Calla Lillies out on the patio.  And, I've forgotten the names of a couple of other plants we potted.  Of course, they are small now, but just in a short time they will all be flourishing with a little watering and tender loving care. We got everything done just in time for Easter and our family fun.

Our landscape is now almost a year old and is looking so much better now that the plants are bigger.  The bottle brush bush (top left picture) is really doing well and is so pretty.  The pansies are still showing off and the rosemary (lower right hand picture) is literally going crazy and it smells so good.  The yard was definitely ready for hiding eggs for the girlies. 

These little girls had a fun Easter and have hunted more eggs than the law allows.  And, they had a big time dying eggs and were very proud of the end result.  There are so many cute and creative ways to dye and decorate eggs. 

Our local bakery made these cute bunny cakes for Easter and I ordered one to have as our dessert.  The girls loved it!  And, it tasted very good as well.

And, these little guys had a fun Easter weekend too.  They went to see the Oklahoma State Cowboys play their spring football game on Sat.  They even got to walk out on the field.  Big brother is holding on tightly to little brother. ~so sweet~

Our church had some of the most gorgeous floral arrangements I have ever seen for our Easter services.

We have a floral designer in our church that blesses us with breath taking arrangements quite often.  We are so thankful for her willingness to share her talent. These certainly added to the celebration of our Risen Savior.

I could not resist getting mine and Hubby's picture taken in front of the gorgeous arrangement.

We were met by these lovely arrangements when we went to eat at the club following church.

And, the Easter bunny was at the club and I couldn't resist the chance to have my picture taken with the cute fella.
 It was just about the perfect Easter weekend except for missing our Oklahoma family.

Monday's Musings

Spring is in the air here in NE Louisiana and Hubby and I spent most of the weekend getting things "spiffied" up on the outside and I did a some spring decorating on the inside.

If you have never been invaded by Barn Swallows then consider yourself VERY lucky!  During the final phases of the construction of our new house, the swallows began greeting us.  They began building nests in any nook or cranny they could find.  We have never had any before and I did not know what an aggravation they can be and what a mess they can make.  Hubby cleaned up the residue left by them from last year and we're going to try a few tricks to keep them away this year.  Some folks say nothing will keep them away but we've had a few folks share their tips with us and we're going to try it.  They will be making their entrance in the next month and we'll be READY!!!

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After we got the front porch pressured washed and cleaned I put out the spring decor.  I love, love these pillows and think they scream SPRING!  I don't know if you can tell but the front pillow has birds on it.

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After getting the outside spiffed up it was time to come inside and do a little Easter decorating.

I love Spring and Easter and I love bunnies and especially this bunny family sitting in the frilly greenery.

I found these gorgeous plaque stands, with the names of Jesus, a couple of years ago.  They make the perfect addition to my Easter dining table scape and share the REAL reason of Easter.
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In closing I wanted to share what my sweet blogging friend, Stephanie, is doing over at her blog.

This is her 10th year to do the Tea Culp and/or Mug exchange.  I've never participated but decided it was something I definitely wanted to do this year.  It's for bloggers and non-bloggers alike.  If you want more information, click on her link and find out all about it.

HAPPY  MONDAY!!!