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Showing posts with label Beautiful. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

No Greater Pleasure


There is simply no greater pleasure than to be outdoors.



Most of us sit on the computer for hours a day, and don't even know how much beauty lies in the outside space.
In the mornings at 5:30 am, there are birds singing for joy at another sunrise. The sun is peeking over the distant horizon, and the air is cool, clean, and pure.



If we wait another hour or two, golden light pours into the quiet streets of our neighborhood. Now the birds are dancing! The bees are beginning to wake themselves, and the lizards come out to sun themselves on the fence.

There is so much magnificence in just the morning alone! Yet most of the time, everyone {including myself, unfortunately} is in bed with the windows shut to the glorious sounds, and the blinds closed to shun the light.

Do you welcome the amazing glory of the morning? I think it is invigorating. God truly amazes me.


At mid-day, the sun shines warmly on all who walk on the earth. The animals are out playing in the grass, and every single flower has opened its delicate petals to the sky.


Everyone is wide awake, ready for whatever may lie ahead.



To me, evenings are the loveliest.



 I walk out onto the lawn after dinner, and turn on the hose. With a smile, I water the lawn, just listening to the birds say goodnight. The night birds sing of the vivid red sunset, and dance to their Creator's glory.

Try going out in the evening. Listen to the songs. Watch a brilliant sunset fade into the distance.
Live in the moment.













P.S. All pictures you see are taken from Weheartit. 
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Landscaping update

Now that Mama's finally back (with her Blogger password), I can give you an update!

 Side yard 1!
 Rose bushes, red lilies, and yellow lantanas.
 Yayz!
 'Member what this used to be? Dirt! Now, purple crepe myrtles, red lilies, and some other plants I don't know. ;)
 Our Japanese maple. Complimented by yellow lantanas, boulders, rocks, and bark. :)
 This is right next to the hose. You can just barely see a bit of concrete.
 Nandina! I Love These.
 A pathway from the second concrete. Purple lantanas, nandinas, a bamboo-like-bush, and a fern. Thing.
A quite unfinished side yard! XD

So as you see, it's quite unfinished. But, to a doll, (and to anyone) it looks great, right?

Yay!

I'll come back later with some doll pics of Julie and I. I love my friend!


~Sunshiny Ivy

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Ooo, backyard pics!

I'm like so happy. The backyard looks so much better!
I decided to post some photos now, and some later. :)

So this morning, Joy and I woke up and rushed to the sliding glass door. The landscapers were here! Hooray!
 It's hard to get a good picture of Joy, so I had to post this photo!
 Rototiller!

Rototiller in action! Or, not.

Drain thingy.
 Headerboard/yard liner! Nice and curvy. Perfecto!
 Seriously. This afternoon, Mama and I took a nap. When we woke up, we looked out the window to see brilliant green! She grabbed the camera much faster than I thought was possible and snapped a picture! Here it is. Wow. I was stunned! How could this much progress occur in half an hour?!
 As I said, pebbles. And here are the boulders! Don't they give the area a strong look? So lovely. And you know what? Before you know it, the Rose Hollow Dolls are gonna be climbing all over the boulders!
 Ah, grass. Of course one of the workers stepped up as soon as I took the picture. Oh well!

Well, hope you enjoyed the landscape update. :)

~Very Sunshiny Ivy

Our Backyard

Wow, so far the backyard looks awesome, and waaaay better! The grass gives it an organic soothing feel, and the pebbles give it a river look. I LOVE IT! AAAAAAAH! XD
I can suddenly scream like that. Beware. :) XD
Mama said they put in recyclable headerboard. I'd rather call it a yard liner. Well, they put those in in curves.
Curves gives a yard a soft organic touch, do you not agree? Everything has curves, and it's simply beautiful.
Pictures coming later! I don't think the landscaper workers like me taking pictures of them anyway. I bet they're all creeped out.
A doll with a camera?!
Well, I'll be sure to just pop out later after they leave. :)