Libraries Mean Books

Hi everyone.  

It's already Thursday. Another week is flying by, isn't it?  I've been working out by getting a lot of yard chores completed. We get invaded by annoying little black flies in late April or early May, so I am trying to get as much of my spring clean up and garden prep done (as is possible) before bug season arrives.

Today I have a journal page for both Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's Recycle, Reuse or Repurpose challenge at Art Journal Journey and also for Rain's Art and Dinner Date . This week Rain's optional theme is Libraries. 

Here's a book themed page from my recent junk journal. Other than some washi tape, everything on my page comes out of some pulled out magazine pages. The backgrounds on both sides are journal type pages that were in an old issue of a FLOW magazine. The letters were also postcards that were in the magazine. This quote comes from the same magazine, as do the ladies which were part of a sticker collage and that I cut apart. 

Since I've been busy outside much of the week, I haven't really done much for cooking or baking at all, even though I want to make some anadama bread and the recipe is sitting out on my kitchen counter. I really need to get my act together I guess.

Here's a few garden views from the last few days.

My rhubarb is really growing fast. (And that is not snow around it. It is actually very faded landscape fabric.)

The hydrangeas are getting leaves, and my delphiniums are coming up.

The daffodils will be blooming very very soon, maybe even today.

And the grape anemones are in bloom.

My iris bed is getting  large.

And sadly my crocuses are already starting to get passe, but here's some late bloomers I am still enjoying.

I'm happy that the daylilies a friend gave me last year are really coming back. The ones I already own are growing too. I love daylilies as they are such low maintenance plants and give you weeks of pretty summer blooms. If only my irises would bloom that long as they are also low maintenance and so beautiful when they flower.

I haven't even gotten into this garden to rake but the peonies are coming up.

And for some reason this  last photo isn't very focused, but the beehives are ready for my new bees that will be here in a couple of weeks. My alliums are growing like crazy. too I do need to rake up all the bird seed in the garden though. 

And that's all for me today. It's time to get out and finish the bark mulching I never finished yesterday. Thanks for stopping by.