This has been a busy month! On May 17th we had our annual garden tour – had 1600 people tour the gardens this year – phenomenal turnout. And everyone was happy and smiling all day long. Great art, great gardens and lots of wonderful people! What more could you ask for? Here are a few picutres.
And on May 22nd my grandson graduated from pre kindergarten. He was so excited- here are some cute pictures of him.
On Memorial Day little Gracie came for an overnight and we went to the arboretum. She didn’t bring a bathing suit so a quick stop to the thrift store and she was all set with a $2.00 bathing suit! She was a little tentative about the giant spitting frogs but eventually got wet! Isn’t she cute!
On Mother’s Day we went to Crystal Cove just north of Laguna Beach and had a wonderful brunch at Beachcomber’s – right on the water. But first we beachcombed – I love the sand in my feet – see how much my granddaughters do too!
You can also read my daughter’s post about our trip on cheeseslave.com. We are four days away from our neighborhood garden tour – so need to get some phone calls made and label all the plants I am donating! And my tomatoes need staking. So off to the garden I go. Happy Mother’s Day to all!
I have been doing some hand felting – wet felting and needle felting. Here is the bird I entered in the local library’s art show yesterday. 
Not very good photography but it was a last minute endeavor. I learned a lot doing this project and am enthused about doing some more. Am thinking the work would be better displayed without glass so you can experience the texture of the hand felting. But the day for entering came and I decided to go for it! My signature for the work is bj – stands for my first two initials but also stands for barb/john. My DH is my mentor and infinitely patient with me. He also is a wonderful artisan. Don’t have a picture of the other piece – will get it up eventually.