Happy Heucheras

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butterfly, coral bells, garden, heuchera, hummingbird, landscape, perennial, perennial gardening

AKA Cheerful Coral Bells

Whether used as an accent plant for your garden borders or as filler plant, heucheras (commonly know as coral bells) are a must have perennial for your landscape.

This morning, I was busy dividing three existing plants into 11 new plants. Let me share a few reasons why I love heucheras so much…

Happy Heucheras ♥ Young Wifey’s Blog

10 Reasons to Grow Heuchera

10. Heucheras are available in a plethora or colors. Since many of my other plants are green, I prefer bronze purple and red purple varieties.

9.  They are extremely easy to propagate.

8.  They can tolerate a variety of soil conditions.

7.   The foliage and flowers both make excellent cuttings for floral arrangements.

6.  Depending on the variety you choose and your climate, they can tolerate full shade or full sun.

5.  These plants are essentially low maintenance.

4.  Heucheras look great with a variety of other plants.

3.  They are deer- and pest-resistant.

2.  Butterflies are attracted to the little flowers.

1.  Hummingbirds also love the blossoms.

XOXO,
Young Wifey

Autumn Finally Hits

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autumn, birch, fall, landscape, landscaping, maple, oak

Summer weather lingered all through October. Autumn finally hit in November, and the blooms on my roses have begun to slow…

At our home:

Marvelous Maple

Our Awesome Oak

At our cabin:

Beautiful & Brilliant

Autumn Arrives

XOXO,
Young Wifey

Better Late Than Never

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flower photo, flower photography, flowering trees, gardening, landscape, landscaping, photography, photos, postaday2011, seasonal, Spring

Spring is finally here!!!

My favorite two weeks of the year is when the flowering trees are in bloom and bright green wispy leaves appear on the remaining tress.

Familiar View From Back Home

❤ ❤ ❤

Tuscan Vineyard in my Kitchen

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destress, fine art, kitchen, landscape, painting, relax, relaxation, Tuscan, Tuscany, vineyard, wine

It’s a rainy Saturday morning and I finally had a moment to relax. No students, no rehearsal, no Hubster and no Pumpkin, just me in my quiet house…
Ahh… Then Hubster calls to see how my morning is going (2nd time today), and proceeds to give me a list of chorus he wants me to do today. Seriously? I ended the call and turned off my phone, I just need some time for me.

I pulled out a few canvases, my paints and brushes and began to relax. So I decided to paint a Tuscan Vineyard for my kitchen. We’ve been looking for paintings to go into the kitchen but haven’t exactly the right fit (with the large price tags, why would you settle?). We want our  kitchen to give a Tuscan feel, yet that’s hard to accomplish without rust colors in your palette. Our kitchen has shades of brown, tan, blue and green. I didn’t have canvas that fits the space, so I made my painting on two panels. To keep it cohesive, I used packing tape to tape the frames together in the back of the frames. Two hours later, I’m not stressed (phone’s still off)… and I’m ready for a glass of wine.

 

My Tuscan Vineyard

 

 

Detail of my Tuscan Vineyard

 

I couldn’t get a good photo due to lack of natural sunlight today, but I just wanted to share it with you anyway.

How do you like my painting?

Riverscape Painting

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art, canvas, decor, decoration, fine art, home decor, landscape, Monet, paint, painting, riverscape

Hubster and I have several blank walls in the house. Other than photographs, we have no artwork on our walls. The bare walls have begun to nag him more and more. I looked through paintings at many stores, generic art that doesn’t go with our style.

On a whim today, I purchased two canvases (I haven’t painted in years). Hubster had ruined my good brushes using them to paint the trim in the house. He has no clue when it comes to art. I decided to paint a river landscape for the bathroom. It’s the only girlie room in the house, using Monet inspired colors (I do have big plans to redecorate the bathroom when we add another bathroom in the next year or so but then the new bathroom will become the Monet bathroom).

Riverscape

The bright sunlight washed out the vibrant colors just a bit in the picture I took. What do you think of my painting?

Detail from Riverscape