Loving these links...

This one came from Shedworking, too, a delightful shepherd's hut builder in the UK...the interiors are so fresh and homey...

They're from the Plankbridge Hutmakers...check their gallery or watch the video!

OK, this one makes me giggle.  What are they LOOKING at??

Another great shed link...

This one's my favorite! 

Check the link: http://www.shelterness.com/10-cool-garden-potting-sheds/

Rainy Sunday Part Two

And here's this morning's sketch of the rain-silvered garden, with a bit of the page from our friend Kevin Morgan's campaign kickoff page...

Rainy Sunday Part One

A peaceful Sunday...we weren't supposed to get rain or thunderstorms till afternoon, but here it was, at 9 in the morning.  It got dark as night; streetlights came on...we'd planned to go to a concert in the City, but it was too lovely curling up with coffee, our books, my journal and watercolors and staying right here, listening to the rain on the metal roof.

I hopped out to shoot these photos during a lull!

We've been working on the path between the house and the shed/studio, and just in time, looks like!  New steppingstones, and pond pebble mulch between them.  We'd originally used bark mulch, but it floated away every time it rained...as it did this morning. We were both pleased with the pebbles!  Now we need more...

Spring at the Shed...

Looks like all that work was worth it!

Of course this is just natural...the young forest across the alley where Belle likes to hunt...

Here, you can see some of the daffodils, the new young crabapple tree, one of the baby hollies, and of course, the shed!

The holly is blooming...profusely!

The ancient lilac did better this year than ever before...

Our original lilacs, forsythia, dogwood and crabapple are lovely this year...

And below, some of our surprise daffs...I thought I was getting a bag of all one kind, at Costco...instead, we have more kinds than I knew existed!  They bloom at slightly different times, so watching what's next has been fun.

Unfortunately, looks like neither of the red twig dogwood made it, and one of the viburnums has died, but the butterfly bush and the other viburnum are doing well...I want to plant a cedar, to block the neighbor's trash view, but it's all coming along nicely, especially for a very shady lot.