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I live in Chicago with my boyfriend T and our mini-menagerie of 3 cats and 2 dogs. I have very little of world-changing importance to contribute but I like to see my words in print so I blog.
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We have lived in our house for going on three years. The first planting that I did was in the front of the house. One of the first plants that I put in was a dwarf iris. It has never bloomed. Until now. This was waiting for me when I got home today.
It absolutely made my day.
The Easter Eggs were my contribution to a swap coordinated by Ivy at Pinned. It was Easter themed "In An Eggshell" and I had a lot of fun with this. I started in one direction and ended in a completely different one.
On Saturday I received my package from my partner. I don't seem to have any blog information for her but her name is Bethany. I have just found out that she has a blog: Bitter Betty Blogs and it is full of fun stuff. She sent me a lovely box full of goodies that I managed to photograph today:
First there was this lovely decorated egg which contained....
A flower princess and her bunny
Then a small egg with a big surprise: Beautiful earrings.
And then a festive chick hiding in a precious little egg.
A very nice swap!
I have begun to get some photos of the flowers in my yard as well as some from a lovely trip to the Botanic Gardens. This begins my favorite time of year. Things are in bloom and my garden is coming to life. Everywhere I look there are flashes of color.
You can see them here:
Click on the photo to see more.
Over at Whip Up they have begun a little competition. Because I was feeling a little bit crafty this weekend, I thought I would give it a go.
I was trying to wait to photograph these in the nice sunlight but it was all rain here in Chicago. Flash photography it is.
