She started with these colorful impatiens flowers in one corner of the garden, because butterflies love color and we are surrounded by shade from all the trees.
with flowers and plants to bring in all the butterflies, birds and bees.
This little corner was the only place we could grow grass
I thought it was only for a moment I turned away, but when I turned around
this is what I saw!
A corner filled with color so bright it would make your heart dance. A few days later Gayle, another special friend came by and quietly spread out the mulch. I read somewhere the flower symbolism associated with impatiens is motherly love. How perfect with Mother's Day around the corner.
I have more to share of my garden, but wanted to give you a peek of my colorful confetti corner I see when I'm visiting your blogs or working on my laptop. I also have some fun garden treasures I picked up while out visiting my wonderful friends at The Backdrop too.
All this planting has begun so when I am back from my spa getaway(hospital) as I like to call it. I will be able to set out back and enjoy the view and feel as one with nature during my recovery. I'll share a bit more on this in another post along with other views of my garden.
For now, would you like to take a quiet walk with me as I visit our corner view friend's gardens? List of cv friends is located on the right.
Does anyone have a theme for next week? Don't be shy either leave your ideas in comments or send me an email. I will post the next topic on Friday.
Have a golden day!
Hugs,
Joyce
xo
"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair..."
~Susan Polis Shutz~
47 comments:
What a lovely and quiet garden ! I fell better seing it !
Have a great day my friend !
Beautiful garden and feeling of the earth and colors.
I had an adventure and found some animals in a garden for you!
(have to upload some photos and post later today:)
cheers, and a happy day to you!
I love the way Impatiens start out so small and unassuming and then presto.. glorious! What a wonderful spot you have here Joyce.
I bet you will love having small fires~ we really enjoy our little fire-pit! A perfect place to rest and recover. You are in my thoughts and prayers each day.
Impatiens are some of my favorite garden flowers. I love the colors that you selected. They will look beautiful during the day, and glow abit at nightime. It's glorious! Thanks to your friends for helping you. If I lived nearby, I would be right there!
nice garden indeed! and beautifully tended. Thank you for this and for hosting Corner View.
How lucky you are to have your own garden! Have a good week :-)
Lovely garden!
Have a great sunny and full of colour day. Here grey and clouds continue...cannot find my way out.
You should have a lot of happy butterflies.
I have grand plans for my back patio to aspire to the gardens of Jon Carloftis. I am actually aiming for a mod luxe vibe, so a bit of english zen is what I am after. Well, we all need an at home oasis or spa to retreat to....right!
pve
I love that stone birdbath!
I was going to go out in the garden and take new pictures yesterday ( I just started building a new bamboo trellis), but life and weather got in the way. My son lifted his shirt to scratch his stomach yesterday morning and I saw what looked like chicken pox. They were also on both arms when I looked carefully. I took him to the children's clinic and two young doctors looked at him first, then went to get the attending physician. As soon as the attending physician walked into the room, my son starts talking about all the bugs that were biting him while we were cutting bamboo ( something he never told me about). So, he's not sick, he has chigger bites.
By the time we left the Doctor's office, it was raining.
My post about the nesting birds in the garden from Monday will have to do for now.
I love your impatiens! They bring such color and life. I'll be waiting to hear about your spa vacation--hope it's nothing too serious...
Let the butterflies land on that beautiful flowerbed.
Themes?
Dance?
a colour?
Freedom?
Wood?
The end of your street
Church
Shoes
....
Gorgeous corner Joyce...great place to curl up and recover. Have a wonderful day!xo
very special garden... like it.
what about the theme "bedroom", "places to sleep", "dreams",... don`t have better ideas at the moment ;-)
impatiens are such an underrated plant. they give so much and need so little. what nice friends you have to create such a special place for you and your butterflies. it's no surprise as you are such a nice friend yourself. i love the stones. they remind me of stone henge. xo, c
It's gorgeous! i want to do even more in my yard, but wow its hard work.
Lovely!
OH I love your choice to do all those pretty imatiens. It's going to look even better in no time! Marija
your colorful garden is beautiful ...
so colorfull and happy
have a good week
Lovely garden. . .thank goodness for friends with green thumbs. In my case, it's the neighbor guy who steps in when I err a little. He's a good man.
How about "neighbor" as next week's theme? Or. . . a color, or an abstract noun . . . like "anxiety."
Have a great day!
Dana
A speedy recovery Joyce - when you come home let your beautiful garden help you heal ... xo
What a lovely garden - the colours are great. I wish I enjoyed gardening more - I just don't like doing my own - but anyone else's garden.....I enjoy - particularly the weeding!
Oh Joyce I love all the color and I have to say that I just love the idea of pebbles in a garden. Isn't there something great about the word pebbles, the way they feel, and the sound they make trickling out of one's hand. I need to get some pebbles into my garden stat!
Annie
http://onceuponaparent.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-5-corner-view.html
Lovely colors!
Oh Joyce those impatiens are just gorgeous!! I love your garden! I think you have inspired me to do a pot of impatiens for my deck in honor of your spa treatment!! Every time I take care of them I will think of you!! xoxo
Wow, nice garden! Mine is still in progress...
Hey Joyce, long time. loved your post and hope your having fun running the CV. I read the suggestions and like the on your street/neighbor theme. Also I think it would be fun to do statues or gargoyles. I'm certain we'd get a range. Happy Spring. Jodi
Beautiful garden Joyce, and I love your birdbath too! My favorite flower to plant is impatiens. The way they grow and spread is amazing.
I too, would love to hear about your spa stay. I hope you recover soon, as I know you will looking at your corner view!
XOXO
That is so gorgeous, that you just inspired me to get off the computer and head outside for a bit of clean up and planting. Thank you!
this is your garden wow!!!!
Oh, those are so bright and beautiful! I have been trying to add more and more flowers, as I get so sucked in with veggies and fruit. :) I have a lot of color going on this spring too, in my garden. Love it!
OMG.... the butterflies will be so happy!!
What a great garden corner for Corner View! Beautiful.
I used to have many pots of those flowers when I lived in Michigan; however, they don't do so well here in Georgia. I miss them.
You and your friends created a beautiful colorful corner Joyce. It'll make a lovely place to sit outdoors, surrounded by flowers butterflies and birds while you recover.
Next weeks topic ... collections? Honestly, I wish I had better imagination!
Beautiful Corner View, Joyce :o) x
I'd love to have a garden to work in. I get calm just by looking at your photos. The garden is beautiful.
Next weeks theme could perhaps be:
A fountain in your town
Love your colorful garden, Joyce.
I hope your "spa" vacation goes well and is nothing serious.
I liked Jodi's idea for your CV - statues!
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
xo ~ Dana
How gorgeous is this and guess what I got my basil today! Yay! Thanks so much.
So beautiful...hope you are feeling better, rested and recovered in no time!
It looks so colorful and peaceful. I'd like to hang out there.
how kind of your friends to help you with the butterfly garden - it looks very pretty indeed!
hope you don't have too long a stay at the 'spa' and get well soon!
I hope you are okay, and are fully recovered from the spa. Your garden is pretty with the greenery, fire pit and that chair. Enjoy it!
This was my first ''corner view''.
What a good idea !
Your garden is lovely !
wow!!!!!!!!!! a lot of flowers!! i want to be there!!!!!!!!!
have a beautiful weekend!!
Another vote for Jodi's suggestion of statues for this week's CV theme :)
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