The Pink Pixie Forest Has Come To Life!!

Hello My Sparkly Friends!!!

Sorry it has been a while since I have posted- The pixies and I have been busy bringing the Pink Pixie Forest to life in my backyard.  We removed a few trees to make way for Mr. Sunshine, knocked down an old dilapidated shed, trimmed the big ugly black chain link dog run in half and changed it to silver.

Then we added lots of pretty crushed gravel and bluestone, hydrangea, hibiscus and rose bushes  and plenty of pennsylvania wall stone for some sweet rock walls.  It is now the home of two Fairy Cottages and garden art space for my classes, a raised garden for next year's vegetables, and a few little outdoor "sitting rooms" which I am still working on.  It is like a little pinterest dream come true!

Here are some fun before and afters!

Before- Concrete pad for fairy cottage

After- Cottage, Arbor and Bluestone 
sitting area and path

                                                                                         

Before- Yucky Dog run

After- Raised beds- view from deck

Before

after

before

I just love having these raised beds now instead of a big black chain link poopy dog run!!

after

Before raised beds

After raised Beds and gravel

Before stone wall

Stone wall constructed

Stone wall planted

                                    Cottages installed

Have a wonderfully sparkly weekend, and a happy Pink Saturday!

 Sparkly Hugs,

Tobi and the Pixies!

You are my sunshine

 You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

you make me happy when skies are grey

You'll never know dear
 How much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away

My daddy would always sing that to me-

it always brings a tear

but a happy one so don't be sad!

Happy Father's Day Daddy

up there in heaven

I miss you!

 What song did your daddy sing to you?
Happy Pink Saturday my Sparkly Friends!

Bumble Bees Have Feelings too!

Pink saturday Bee
That's what I have to keep 

telling myself every time one flies by me

 so i don't freak out like a crackhead and start running and flapping my arms.

Bees have feelings.

Wasps have feelings....

I wasn't thinking that three weeks ago when I had to "call someone" to have our wasp problem taken care of. 

 I confess my sparkly friends-

I hired a hit-man

to 

"take care of a situation".

By situation I mean "not being able to go in and out of my house or car without being bullied by a flying stinging pissed off insect."

Wasps... Hate em.

Wasps are like

 Midlife crisis Men Driving Corvettes...

You really just need to stay away from them!
Ok,

Back to WASPS-

I know, I know- all life is to be respected and even scary wasps are part of the ecosystem.

just...

not that many-

-living in every orifice of my house-

-coming into my bedroom uninvited even though all of my windows are shut-

and 

-trying to nest in my car door.

So needless to say I still felt tremendously guilty watching my gun for hire neutralize my situation.

Which brings me to Bumble bees.

I had a chance yesterday to do a good deed for a relative of those wasps yesterday

and I did!

I helped some Bumble bees.

Furry, chubby fat black and yellow bumbles, nesting in my garden.

You see, I was making this really swell circular bed

for my Pink Fairy Cottage post Here

and picked up the fountain statue from my front bed

and heard a multiple buzzing sound.

Eeew.

I knew what that meant.

I carefully went over to where my statue had been

and there was a 

bumble bee nest

newly exposed.

A funny thing happened...

Instead of freaking out, I felt bad for those 

little rolly polly chubsters.

I went and got an empty flower pot

and gave it to them.

 Heck- I was feeling so happy that I even 

gave them a handful of tree stuff to help plug the holes.

 Look at this adorable little bumble creeping around to find stuff to shore up the nest!

 So I feel like I am a little closer to becoming

stinging insect tolerant.

At least

I know my flowers are happy...

Ok, I am too!

So Have a Sparkly Day my friends!!

And a VERY
HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY
to Miss Beverly
and PINK SATURDAY!!!

Sparkly Hugs,

Tobi and the Pixies!

Linking to
Pink Saturday
Outdoor Wednesday -Yep- It's Outside!

Pinkity Pink Pink!

  I'm Dreaming in Pink today...

 

 Won't you come visit me?

 The table is set

 

I've laid out my dress

Yoo Hoo ate my lipstick, 

so she's all Pink too!

 We can eat like nobody is watching

and giggle and eat pink 

angel food cake

drink pink margaritas

 and eat pink ice cream sundaes...

I think then we will need a nap!

 or we can take a stroll and sit here!

 Oh how much fun it is to dream!!!

Have a dreamy pinkity pink day

my sparkly shugga-pie!

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