sweet gardens Ele. I love hollyhocks, but mine were eaten up by japanese beetles this year!! I need to get out and work in my yard!! I can picture you sitting out in that wicker chair reading a book and sipping some lemonaid or tea! hugs vivian
Ele, I love your studio, the church windows are beautiful and so majestic. I also love hollyhocks when they bloom,ruffled paper posies, my sister is giving me some for my next year garden. Thanks for the beautiful post , you've made my morning coffee a treat. Meg
Oh..and I forgot to mention...I do just have aqua..I have added them to your order and I think we are good to go! I will see about purchasing some blues and make more.
Hello Ele, what a cozy cottage garden. I just love hollyhocks! I love your tricycle and other little things around the garden. Looks like a lovely place to sit and relax with a big glass of lemonade. Your previous post was pretty too with the black rug in a pink room! Love it! Love ya, Shirl Shirls Rose Cottage
Ele The flower gardens are so pretty.Love the veiw of your pink windows on the church.The tree the ladder is leaning against looks like a weeping willow.Perfect for a tree fort.Thank you for the email.I will try to respond this weekend.Boys start back to school the end of the month.Busy, Busy...Glad u and h are having a wonderful time.Hugs.Love ya,Jen
Ele, I just love hollyhocks! My mother grew them right in front of the front porch when I was little. I used to hide behind them and think no one could see me, LOL!
Ele, I love all these pics of your garden. Magazine worthy!
August 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Anonymous said...
I want that little red bike....put it in a mailer for me OK :) xo please.... Good grief that is so cute!!
August 18, 2009 at 3:27 AM
Peeking through the cottage garden, I see my favorite windows.
[Image] The windows of my church studio, A Bit of Heaven, are beautifully framed by hollyhocks in colors of pink. I have not spent any time in their this summer, but soon, I hope.
[Image] The cottage garden is home to a purple bench,
[Image] multicolored pots filled with moss roses, a weathered angel, and a vintage spade.
[Image] A sweet rusted red tricycle also has a spot in my cottage garden.
[Image]Tucked behind my green potting shed is a secret place to sit. Look carefully and you will see a vintage iron headboard beside the deck, and a vintage iron railing hanging on the wall.
[Image]In this same spot, a vintage wooden ladder rests against a tree.
"A Bit of Heaven"
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Ele, what beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing those wonderfully colourful views.
August 14, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Ele, your garden is gorgeous! Rachaelxo
August 14, 2009 at 4:07 AM
I have a few hollyhocks but I yearn to plant a sea of them... I love your secret spot and the vintage onaments... beautiful
x Alex
August 14, 2009 at 5:31 AM
sweet gardens Ele. I love hollyhocks, but mine were eaten up by japanese beetles this year!!
I need to get out and work in my yard!! I can picture you sitting out in that wicker chair reading a book and sipping some lemonaid or tea!
hugs
vivian
August 14, 2009 at 5:54 AM
Ele your garden is so pretty and colorful
Alison
August 14, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Such a gorgeous garden, nostalgic too
August 14, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Ele, I love your studio, the church windows are beautiful and so majestic. I also love hollyhocks when they bloom,ruffled paper posies, my sister is giving me some for my next year garden. Thanks for the beautiful post , you've made my morning coffee a treat. Meg
August 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM
Ele, your garden looks SO pretty!!!
August 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM
YOur garden is spectacular! I love seeing the church windows through the flowers!!! Gorgeous!
August 14, 2009 at 8:43 AM
What a gorgeously spectacular place to sit and dream away the hours, sweetpea........
xoxo,
Connie
August 14, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Your studio is inspiring in and out! What a lovely view.
August 14, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Pretty, pretty, pretty!!!!
August 14, 2009 at 10:20 AM
What lovely colors and such a peaceful place to create. You are amazing!
August 14, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Oh Ele...your garden views are just lovely! So bright, cheery and colorful!
Love ya...Lorena
August 14, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Oh..and I forgot to mention...I do just have aqua..I have added them to your order and I think we are good to go! I will see about purchasing some blues and make more.
Lorena
August 14, 2009 at 1:08 PM
What a lovely garden. Thanks for sharing. Stop by I am having 2 Giveaways. Hugs, Connie
August 14, 2009 at 3:50 PM
What a gorgeous garden! Love the little tricycle :)
August 14, 2009 at 7:02 PM
positively dreamy!!!
xo
August 14, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Is that really your Studio??? WOW! I'm jealous...
If you get a chance, stop by my Blof for a visit and say hi. I put up a new post today.
Have a great weekend,
Aimee
August 14, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Hello Ele, what a cozy cottage garden. I just love hollyhocks! I love your tricycle and other little things around the garden. Looks like a lovely place to sit and relax with a big glass of lemonade. Your previous post was pretty too with the black rug in a pink room! Love it!
Love ya, Shirl
Shirls Rose Cottage
August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Oh, you have a beautiful, heavenly space. If I had that studio, I think I'd have to add a bed...I'd never come out.
August 15, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Ele The flower gardens are so pretty.Love the veiw of your pink windows on the church.The tree the ladder is leaning against looks like a weeping willow.Perfect for a tree fort.Thank you for the email.I will try to respond this weekend.Boys start back to school the end of the month.Busy, Busy...Glad u and h are having a wonderful time.Hugs.Love ya,Jen
August 15, 2009 at 2:39 AM
Ele LOVE the hollyhocks. What a lovely scene to look out onto!
August 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
What a fun place. I especially like the hanging bed frame. The first pic is very pretty of the church window and your hollyhocks.
karen
August 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Thank you so enchanting....I love hollyhocks my fav here in NE!
August 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Heavenly!
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August 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM
What a creative way to use a rusty tricycle! I had one of these as a kid and I sure miss it.
August 15, 2009 at 6:21 PM
You have created heaven!
August 15, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Ele, I just love hollyhocks! My mother grew them right in front of the front porch when I was little. I used to hide behind them and think no one could see me, LOL!
August 16, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Ele, I love all these pics of your garden. Magazine worthy!
August 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I want that little red bike....put it in a mailer for me OK :) xo please.... Good grief that is so cute!!
August 18, 2009 at 3:27 AM