Marie Grace Designs: Original spinner...

(Look away if you're squeamish about spiders)

This little girl has taken up residence between 2 porch posts right outside our dining room window and I couldn't help but notice that her hard work was all sparkly this morning...

I usually upload smaller copies of pictures so they load quicker but I left the last one big so you can click it to get the full image. If you do you'll see that at the top of the web you can actually see individual round dew droplets... perfect tiny spheres.

She picked a perfect spot right above the Asters and the Jester. I can honestly say this small flower bed at the front of the porch was hard won by me. The soil directly around the house is mostly clay because it was all fill for the house foundation. Trying to get anything to grow is a waste of time without some major gardening.

Now, I'm the first to admit that I am a novice gardener at best. I spent days in the spring working this small space picking rocks and mixing in all manner of things. Mac Daddy helped me retrieve some mountain stones from out back to use as a border. Its all filled in quite nicely and my gardening confidence has grown as well.

The final piece is this home-made wind-chime that the girls made. Tater had made a single terra cotta pot bell at one time and liked it so much she wanted to make more. We figured this would be a great way to display them. The funny thing is that there's a female hummingbird that keeps coming around and insisting that there must be something good to eat in the bells. She's the only one I've seen close to the house and no matter how many times she comes to find nothing but painted terra cotta she still comes back to check almost every day. I may have to get a hummingbird feeder for her because I'm starting to feel bad!