Happy Independence Day!

Like many neighborhoods in the San Antonio suburbs ours used to be a large ranch.  Several old barbed wire fence remnants were still in place when we first moved here.  A few years ago workers on a road construction project pulled out pieces of that old fencing and tossed them aside.  I picked up a few lengths of barbed wire and wrapped them into rings to hang on the fence.  Last week while looking for a wreath base I wired a couple of those rings together, added flag ribbon and sparkly stars to come up with a perfect door decoration for the Fourth of July holiday.

It's fun to have a wreath with a connection to our home.  A barbed-wire wreath around a Texas star.

Happy Fourth of July!

(Wildlife Wednesday will return in August, those critters are anxious to show off!)

On the Door for Easter Monday!

Another installment of "On the Door" as I bring back the basket planter for another season.  Fernleaf Lavender and Shasta Daisies with succulents make a nice combination.

There's not enough light here for these to keep blooming so I'll move them to the garden and find some brighter colors for our upcoming Fiesta season.  It's so much fun having this rotating selection of flowers on the door.

Sunday afternoon I headed into the garden with shears to cut a few roses for the dinner table.  Henry Deulberg salvias, purple verbena and rosemary also made it into the mix.

Back in the kitchen a plain vase awaited but I decided to use this Fox water pitcher instead.  Perched on a milk glass cake stand from my husband's family (no one remembers exactly where it came from) and surrounded by cascarones it worked beautifully on the table.

Most of my flowers are native wildflowers which work best outside and since I'm often in the garden I don't bring a lot of cut flowers inside.  This has been a good year for roses with enough rain and I remembered to fertilize in late winter.  The pink roses are 'Belinda's Dream' bred in Texas to resist all that nature can throw at it and I think they succeeded beautifully.  Grandma's Yellow is also a Texas rose with quite a story.  It was tested right here in San Antonio at Dr. Larry Stein's grandmother's garden.

Grandma's Yellow has a lot of thorns so I solved that by combining with a spineless cactus!

Hope you all had a great weekend.  It's going to be a good week in the garden here in South Texas!

On the door for Thanksgiving

     Happy Thanksgiving!

Warm holiday greetings at the front door

The grapevine wreath basket has been filled with pansies and draped with foraged spanish moss for its return to the front door after a summer vacation.

Thank You all for reading my blog and may all of you have a wonderful day with your family and friends!