A Sneak Peek!

Well, it's the end of the first week of July and there is so much going on!

What's going on? Want to get a sneak peek of what you can expect from the Birdsnest for the rest of the month?

Read on! Here are just a few things:

1.) That's a cool door! Mama B will make her first appearance on the Birdsnest when I debut our wreath-making adventure. We did our own spin on a high-end "designer" wreath.

It's true.

A wreath can actually be "designer."

2.) Fourth of July was this week. At the house, we really love red, white & blue.

We had a great family meal on the back deck and I'll soon be featuring the recipe Mama B made for dessert that day!

(I would have taken a better picture of it, but it barely lasted long enough to grab a quick photo before it was devoured!)

Remember how I said that we love red, white and blue?

mmm! Well you'll love this cheesecake torte! It's guaranteed!

3.) Oh my gosh! Have you ever seen leaves this big??? I wonder what plant this could be.
Well, I used it to make dessert on a rainy Monday. I'll be featuring the recipe!

There it is! What could that mystery ingredient be?

4.) I was inspired by this cute little arrangement from the garden. I decided to give a friend flowers for the garden, but couldn't find the sunflowers I wanted to. I'll be sharing some tips on how to arrange flowers from your garden, and wrap them up in such a way that makes them a beautiful gift!

5.) Daisies and Queen Anne's Lace are in full bloom, and I'm absolutely obsessed with dyeing them with food color water!

Did you know that was possible? It is! Try it!

Also, do you have any idea who Queen Anne was?

6.) On the topic of flowers....

check out this (terribly blurry and small) picture of our purple heather bush.

Even though it's blurry, can you make out a giant circular black patch of dirt in the middle?
That's right. The whole middle of this bush is gone, and what's left has been flattened outward...

...As if something decided to take a nap in it.

....Our coreopsis bush, once full of life and blooms, has been reduced to 4 small blooms. The whole bush is now the size of my fist.

...and our hosta bush was scalped! Something ate all of the leaves off it.

Yet the rose bush remains. Obviously whatever critter this is doesn't like the taste of thorns!
Any ideas what critter this could be?

Anywho, I hope you've enjoyed this preview to what's to come!

Be Blessed,

SL



This week's post was brought to you by:

the All-American combination of white alyssum and red geraniums on the front porch! The alyssum really likes the rain and humidity we've been having; we've never seen it get so big and full!