Monday, May 16, 2011

The Hydrangeas are in Bloom!

Close-up of some of my blooms. Some are more pink in color.

Some are a deeper blue.
I love how it adds such color to the shade garden!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Our New Backyard Patios

 Here are some views of our new patios on the back of the house. They are still morphing and changing as we add landscaping, rearrange furniture, etc. Hopefully we will be able to purchase some nice patio furniture before summer's end.
The fountain area looks a little bare right now, but the azaleas and nandinas will grow and fill in the space before long. Knowing me I will probably end up planting some more flowers there in the meantime. Dad and I plan to put in two Crape Myrtle trees on either side of the fountain as well.
 Here we used two old corbels and an old shutter to make a shelf on the house. It helps to fill in the awkward space under the narrow shower window.
 We continued the garden theme with the accessories we added to the shelf- with flowers and birds.

Some shots of the patios


The odd pots are there temporarily as Dad has been nurturing lots of small transplants. We also have a couple Fig trees someone gave us.

Dad's Birdhouse project

Dad has always wanted to make birdhouses. Here is his first attempt. He made the birdhouse out of the temporary steps we had on the back of our house!

This is more like bird condos than a single birdhouse!

I added my own flair with the choice of paint and accessories.

He really likes how it turned out and so do I!

Now we just needs some birds to think it is pretty great too! :-)

Monday, May 2, 2011

Reintjes Gardens Early Spring 2011

This is a view of our front island

front doorway

Hanging baskets in front island

View from driveway



Loved the violas this spring!

Our Easter flag was beautiful!

Reintjes Home April 2011

View of living room from front door


Dining room

kitchen

guest room #2

Another view of guest room#2

Guest room #1