Friday in the Garden

First thing, I want to thank Leah over at Creative Every Day for featuring my Pelican drawing!  If you haven't been over there yet today, pop on over; she showcased some fantastic artists, and I am so honored to have been chosen to be among them!

It's been quite the week.  I'm happy that it is Friday and I can give my brain a little rest over the weekend.  I don't know what's going on, but I've been really scatterbrained.  I keep forgetting what I'm doing, and forgetting to do stuff I'm supposed to be doing.  I want to leave you with a little weekend inspiration and show you my creative project for today.

This is my potting table.  Any ideas on how I can dress it up a little?  It's on the patio in the area that I want to be "pretty".  There really isn't anyplace else to put it but there.

I have this odd little container that came inside a little overnight case I picked up at a thrift store years ago.  I knew it had some use; I finally figured out what it was.  It's for a container garden of course!  There are no holes, so I put some gravel in the bottom.

Then added a bit of dirt.

I dug some Hen and Chicks from the yard.  They're everywhere!

Next, I put in a couple plugs of wooly thyme that I picked up at the nursery today.

And then packed in a little more dirt before laying down some ice plant on top and barely pressing it into the dirt.  I accidentally knelt on the ice plant yesterday and thought I squished a slug all over my leg.  Ewwww!

Then I decided I wanted more height in the middle, so I yanked some of the little hens out and put in this big one.  And there it is!  Now wasn't that fun?

 

The beets are coming up.  I don't understand why DH isn't more excited about this than he is.

A little bit of color.

Have a beautiful, restful weekend.   See you Monday!