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Father's Day Cards

I've got two Father's Day cards to share. The top card with the fish paper was for Cody's dad, who is an avid fisherman. The card is extremely simple, as is the next one. I'm finally seeing the beauty of simplicity in card making. The colors of this card are True Thyme and River Rock, and it was finished with a little bit of hardware.

The second card was for my dad, who likes birds. The colors are ballet blue, basic gray and naturals ivory. The bird image was watercolored for a soft look and the actual bird was cut out and raised on dimensionals.

Gardening

   I'm the very first to admit that I know nothing about successful gardening, but I'm giving it my best try this year for sure! Last fall I planted tulips in my whiskey barrels, and sadly, only 2 plants came up out of all three barrels! Very depressing. So yesterday, I dug up all of the  rotten bulbs and planted some annuals. I don't k now much about annuals, so I just picked a wide variety and planted them at random. I figure something will survive and if I'm lucky, I'll get an idea of what I'd like to do next year. I think all told I had close to 100 individual flowers that I divided between 3 whiskey barrels and 5 pots. I know that's probably way too many, but oh well, we'll see what happens!

I'm also doing a garden in pots that I have mostly completed. I couldn't decide on a spot for a vegetable garden this year, so I thought I'd see if I could grow anything in pots before committing the time to a big garden. My past record at growing plants hasn't been so good.