Porch House

The "Porch House" in Madison, Georgia.

It has one of the prettiest southern porches. 

 The residents can usually be spotted on the porch. 

And why not?

That is certainly where I would be.

The porch wraps and hugs the Craftsman style house. 

It is furnished in brown outdoor furniture that compliments

 the yellow exterior of the house.

I cannot have a house in Madison but I could 

duplicate this arbor and climbing rose in my garden.

 All the Madison historic houses have gorgeous yards. 

The spring home and garden tour is May1-3. 

I am not advertising for them. 

They do not know me.

Behind the splendid iris bed you can see a picket fence and

 three car garage for the "Porch House"

More posts on Madison coming soon.

 Madison Christmas home tour post here.

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joy and peace

Olive

Iris

Iris

Last year I had two blooms from this bed of irises. 

This year more blooms than I can count and more on the hill in the back yard.

These irises are out by the gravel road where no water source is located. 

Flowers and grass (or weeds) must survive on their own.

happy gardening

Olive

DECK SCENES

 I sat on the deck with the camera and snapped some of the activity around me while I painted shells yesterday. Gilding shells is not for wimps {I am a wimp when it comes to strong odors} as the paint is toxic. Shelley Boo was watching over me.

 We always have birds flying around the deck and hummers at the mini feeders every minute.

This is the basket I chased the snake out of and tried to save the baby birds from.

 For those of you who had never seen a Walking Iris this is what it looks like at dawn. Where it is touching the ground it will make another plant.

We continue to find toys buried on our property. It's exciting to dig them up.

Sweet potato vines are in my favorite pot.

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joy and peace

Olive

Walking Iris

Walking Iris (Neomarica ) is a strange plant as far as iris go. The plant has secondary plants that appear to "walk" away from it. The blooms are much smaller than a Bearded Iris.

Smaller but beautiful still.

My specimen is a bit burned because it is on the hill, at the yellow house, and does not get watered frequently. Nevertheless it has about seven blooms on it despite this gross negligence.

Do not hesitate to add Walking Iris to your garden space.

We have family visiting this weekend. We will be cooking together, thrifting, and generally having a blast. See y'all on Monday if I don't check in sooner.

happy gardening 

Olive