Flowers & Landscaping & Other Details

So a while back I got a few comments about how sunflowers or black eyed susans would look great on the little island in the turquoise vase.

I looked up a lot of tutorials on my breaks at work and this weekend in between other things I worked on flowers.

I also made a trellis last week and forgot to show you guys pictures.

I'd wanted to make a Clementis vine but my flower punches weren't large enough.  So I went with a couple of rose bushes instead.  Down here they bloom in early spring along with a lot of other stuff.  Your lawn will look awful for a while but the flowerbeds will be stunning.

Here are some of my roses:

 And my rose bushes on the trellis:

I'll need to figure out a way to conceal the base but still make it removable so the Building Inspector doesn't remove the roses one by one.

I got a few little things made for the entryway

I got my matches box and it came with some awesome matches for the fireplace. (Or for lighting the pilot of the gas stove if you have an old one.)

The bedside bureau/nightstand is set up with the needed alarm clock and a few little odds and ends.

A nice bundle of firewood for the fireplace now that we have matches.

A candy dish for the side table and some candy to go in it.

I have to glue the gumdrops in and so they're sitting in a little plastic tray waiting their turn.  You can sort of see them in this picture.

The last thing I worked on was gluing the house to the base which finally arrived and then getting things set up so my grass would look like a Texas lawn in spring.  I also had to make a pathway to the porch.

So far I need to add dirt and glue a couple corners down a bit more firmly.  Then I'll add a few bushes and hopefully the rose bush trellis and maybe some more flowers if I get the time to make them this week.

I glued some balsa down to make a bit of a slope down from the house and the dirt will go on top of it and then some mulch with it.  I've got a few little round bushes to put along the side of the house too.

Almost done though.