Peonies and Japanese Maple

 Peonies are doing well after their move to pots.

 Do plan to put them all in Whiskey Barrels by next spring.

The oldest Peony, started out with 14 flower buds, now has double that.

Having them really close to the house, means I will be able to care for them much better and enjoy their beauty. Specially since I had a very hard time last summer dealing with the heat and humidity.   Love gardening and won't give it up. 

Wasps have taken to hanging around the flower buds, need to watch where I put my hands.

New Japanese Maple, this one is supposed to handle the direct sun but time will tell. 

Hoping it will offer some shade in the future.

Form is not the best but will work on it as it grows.

Moved the Peonies ~

Needless to say, my Peonies did not do well. 
So DH dug them up and DS helped me put them in pots. They are close to the house now and will be easier for me to care for them.

Hopefully the Peonies will flower this summer.
Added some bulbs and will add more cascading plants to soften the over all effect.

Hopefully next spring I will move them into Whiskey Barrels. The plastic pots will do for now.

 DH loves bright flowers.  

Plan on looking for a bit of Log to use as a stand 

instead of the bucket.

Pear tree is going all out this year. 

Hopefully we will be able to pick some pears before the crows eat them all this summer.

Snow in March ~~

 Wet sticky snow in March.
Gold finches are just starting to turn color.

POP goes the......   bird.  LOL

Stopped on the road to take a couple of pictures, on the way home from yet another Doctors appointment.

Have no issues at all driving in this kind of weather. 

Nice plus is there were very few people on the road to deal with.

Was very beautiful out and I had the biggest smile on my face.

Pond in-between the tree branches.

Air Museum ~

Went to the Udvar-Hazy Air Museum last Feb.

Above and below are photos of the 

Boeing S-307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud.

Very elegant aircraft.

Can see other planes in the mirror finish.

Prospective on how big the space shuttle Discovery is. There is a number of feet between

 DH's hand and the underside.

And what I went to the Air Museum for.  

She is in tatters at this point.

The flying pick up truck- Sikorsky JRS-1

The JRS-1 is one of only three airplanes still in existence that was at Pearl Harbor during the attack.

 Plane coming into Land.

 Seeing the Discovery never gets old.

New Archery Target ~

DH finally built my new Archery target and I love it.  

And so everyone knows I have a small farm, 

bailing twine was used to hang it up. LOL

Going to keep shooting no matter what !

Flowers and new plants~

 Beautiful Birthday Flowers DH gave me.

Went to Lowes yesterday and they had 

some plants for $1.00.  

I could not help myself. LOL
Ended up with a Mini Orchid, will have to learn how to care for it.

Couple of the new house plants.

Running out of room on the table where I keep my

 Air cleaning plants.

Terracotta Army, One more time ~~

Had to have the kneeling Archer behind me. ;O)

Went to see the stunning Terracotta Army one last time.

Took the better camera but the lightening made it 

difficult to get really good photos. 

Would been beyond impressive when they were first created and to see all the bright colors they would of been painted with....

Click on each photo if you want to see a larger version.

Loved the details.

 The saddle on the horse was really well done, even after 3,000 years in the ground.