A week ago my son got married...

I may share more pictures when we get them from the photographer...

However I became an instant Grandma since she has3 kids.  Two girls and a boy.

While they went on their honeymoon we watched

Indie the the little 3 yr old. At the beginning of her

coming to stay, I was Grandma Miss Natascha...

It was probably the longest I've had to entertain a

3 yr old and I think I did amazingly well.  

We went to the playground

oh those blond curls!

The first night she wanted to watch her tablet

so I said ok you can do that with your headphones.

I want papa Matt to tell me a story. 

Then of course she said oh I want to listen to a 

story too....and that was the last time

she wanted to watch her tablet with us.

I made paper people to color with her and

then we used them to play with.

She slept really well, and she slept in until

after I left for work.

She got to hold a butterfly that had

just emerged.

She loved taking long....really long baths and when I 

would say ok Indie - time to get out let me rinse your hair.

She'd pile all the bubbles on her head so she

wouldn't have to get out!

I gave her a tea party

She requested "orange tea" and cheetos

be served at our fancy tea party!

She loved it and wants another tea party. 

I promised we will do another one

with fancy hats next time!

and I built a fun fort that she got to fall asleep 

with me in after we pretended we

were camping in a tent....and yes we

told more stories together, taking turns.

Indie had a great time and by the end of her stay

I got promoted to her just calling

me Grandma!

and do I mind....

not one bit!

 

My Secret Garden

This is the back yard when we bought the house 

in Oct 2019

The patio was small and cracked so we redid it.

 This was our downstairs patio a year ago.

I just always saw this as being a secret garden area.

Since it is very private and secluded. You would

never know we live in a subdivision

would you?  I love that I can't see any houses

out my windows!

This is it today as I envisioned it to be

my secret little garden!

A large majority of the plants are 

from my old house that makes

them so much more special to me

to see them thriving so well.

These large caster bean leaves

look exotic and tropical to me.

They are annuals here and I will replant them

again in the future.

These pink coneflowers are doing so great.

They were never this big at my old house!

I spray painted all my metal wall hangings black and

wired pots  on them

I think they make the wall interesting and pretty.

This is my planters early spring.

I also planted gourds for the first time in a 

raised planter we made.

They are growing and should

 be pretty in a bowl this fall!

This vine growing over the trellis is white Clematis

that will bloom in the fall. It has grown gigantic 

compared to the tiny plant I planted.  I wasn't even sure

it would make it.  I said ok little plant you better

get to growing or I will yank you, and I guess it listened!

This is early spring- May 15th

and this is now...

My planters are bursting!

This wisteria ,that planted that will hopefully cover

the pergola in the spring one day.

I planted hyacinth beans which bloom

pretty purple flowers in late summer.

The white container under

the deck that is my butterfly enclosure. 

Quite a change from 2 yrs. ago.  All is thriving 

and nature has come to our back yard.  We have a

family of bunnies living in the yard. 

I see lots of birds. 

I have lots of host plants for butterflies,

Milkweed, a spicebush, Rue, dill, 

parsley & carrot greens.

I have also read that my cherry tree's

 are a host plant for a type of butterfly.

 I also see a lot of hummingbirds 

in my garden.  Which I love!

We built it and they are coming!

It took a long time but Monarchs finally

showed up in my yard this summer.

This is 2 Monarchs

mating on my cherry tree.

I am waiting on several to turn.

#NataschasInspirations