Mandevilla

I won't be around this coming Tuesday for tea, so I thought I'd leave a photo, just in case anyone drops by.  And right now, as I post this, I'm enjoying a cup of double bergamont, earl grey, black tea   :)

 Mandevilla. 

It took a rest over winter and now is covered in flowers and buds.

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Paper Bag Card and Other Stuff :)

I went to a cardmaking evening with Friends and we all made a paper bag card.  

I'm quite pleased at how it turned out.  There's a tag to pull out and room in the back to add a little goodie   :)   Very easy to make, just fold the bag in half, creating the front 'pocket' for the tag.    

On to new things, here is a Word book I started last Fall.  And a new book from Close To My Heart--as is the lovely paper. 

Just had to show you my Mandevilla in bloom, there are a bunch of new buds coming  :)  It just kind of 'hung out' in the living room all winter and is now coming to life.

Another metal flower, love this one too.  Put the largest petal through the cuttlebug.  

And last but not least, three of the pets (one cat still sleeping) sharing a sunny spot this morning  :)

  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit  :)

Sunflower

I had to share this picture I took this morning. I moved into my new home last April, had a worn out gazebo torn down and wonder of wonders, someone had dropped a sunflower seed throught the old floor.

Well somehow it survived the winter and sprouted. I recognized the little plant and let it grow.
The flower is so bent over, I hope it doesn't break!

The seed head is 8 inches across. The seeds are not ripe yet.

There is a little self-made bird bath from the rain.

I'm just going to leave it to nature and see what happens!