So much is happening outside these days and I wanted to take you all outside on my morning walkie around the yard!This is the decoration at our back door! Mom put a piece of black electrical tape over the hole in the Amish hat birdhouse so the birdies won't make a nest there! It's messy when they do and it's just not a practical thing! We use this entrance all the time and they'd have no privacy!
This is mom's Easter gardenia plant from Missy and Jim! It's in bloom and it smells AWESOME!!!!
We're in dad's greenhouse! These are all tomato plants that he has started from seed! There are yellow brandywines and big boys and Father Lou and dime tomatoes, which are just little and supposedly the size of a dime! And there are Aussies and Old Germans and Fourth of Julys and even a tomato called pineapple! Some varieties are new to us! I'll keep you updated when they start to produce fruit!
It's 8AM here and this is the temperature in the greenhouse! The thermometer says 80 degrees! By this afternoon, the greenhouse will be well over 100 degrees!
Just outside the greenhouse is the pond and there's Dauby, our Mute swan, saying hi to me!
This is the daddy Greylag goose! We think his wife is sitting on a nest because she's been missing in action now for a couple of days! I'll keep you updated on that too!
This is the magnolia tree in front of the addition on dad's barn! Isn't it just beautiful in bloom? No, you're not seeing things. The wing of our workshop barn really was built c.1680! We own one of the oldest structures in our country! Another time I'll have to take you inside to see the timbers! That's the old part!
What a beautiful day we have here today!See you all next Wednesday!
Love, Autumn
Hi Autumn,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour - hope those tomatoes turn out beatifully! Looks like spring is well and truly here.
You have a lovely estate. We are jealous of your green house and pond.
ReplyDeleteYour hat is quite fetching. I am excited about our upcoming date. I hope I don't pass out when I see you in person.
Hector
What a beautiful tour, Autumn! We're glad Spring finally came to your house!
ReplyDeleteOur mom came home last night after spending over 6 hours at the Cleveland aireport! What a day!...but we're sure glad she's home!
Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches
What a wonderful tour Autumn. Our Mom is drooling over that greenhouse. She's been trying to get Dad to build her one for years!!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike - we're doing an outside tour today too.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java
That was a great tour Autumn.
ReplyDeleteGreat tomatoe plants - looking forward to seeing how they turn out - the little man has planted a few but the slugs attacked them the other night!
Wish we had a pond as big as that!
lots of woofs
Clive
What pretty flowers you have there Autumn!
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Solid Gold Dancer
mmmmm. tomatoes! I love em. My favorites are the little ones, muzzer will toss them too me while she is picking them and they are sooooooo sweet and juicy. Other times, other tomatoes, I can be much pickier.
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Hi Maggie and Mitch,
ReplyDeleteIt is so pretty at your place, Mommy is so jelly. Today is the day for my flower post. Mommy is doing it tonight after work. Mommy saw the comment over at Roxie, Sammy and Andy's blog about your Mom's Easter Gardenia plant and when she saw Autumn's pix with itm she decided to include Autumn on our post. If you should find a pix of Mitch before tonight please sent it to us.
{{{huggies}}}....Mona
Can we come and live with you....PPPPPLLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEEE. You have such a beautiful home (and a beautiful hat too). My mom loves loves loves your garden and you have a swan even. Mom had a pair of black swans back home in Australia.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tour of your place Autumn. Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see if there might be some baby swans. Keep us posted!
Sugars,
Mack
that was a beautiful tour of your yard - can't wait to see the INSIDE of that historic barn
ReplyDeletewow, the flower looks beautiful !! :D
ReplyDeleteAutumn girlie, your hat is just darling! You look so Springy!
ReplyDeleteThat Magnolia tree made Momma gasp. She thinks they are just the most lovely trees! Your home and all the land around it really is stunning!
oh my goodness!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful spring post!
we love all of your photos!
the greenhouse and tree are amazing!
WOW Autumn!
ReplyDeleteYou got it made at your house! OMG! OMG! OMG! What a beautifulest ever day! OMG! OMG! OMG!
Love,
Putter ...:)
Autumn,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great tour! All of the flowers, fruits, and not-so-wildlife are beautiful! You look adorable in your bonnet!!
Love,
Janie
Thanks for that lovely tour, Autumn! Your estate is beautiful, especially the pond. I love water!!!
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Brind'Amour
Thanks for taking us along Autumn! I am impressed with your dad's tomato plants!!! WOW!
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Nala
Great tour there Autumn!
ReplyDeleteOMD!
ReplyDeleteThat was a pawesome tour!
My mom's jaw dropped at the last pikh!
BeaWOOOOtiful!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
We loved the tour! Your garden. Your swan. Your goose (we have geese - and they get all hunkered down like that when we get close this time of year). And your ourbuilding. How pawsome! Is it on the historical registry? It should be! Think of all the stories that must go with it! (You could even make some up.... )
ReplyDeleteYou just reminded us we'd better go check on the new nest in our entryway. Last year it was robins. This year it's something much smaller...
Love the hat, Maggie...
Miss Fergi (and Jake)
Your outfit is fabulous for a hostess showing us all around your magnificent estate! We love your pond, your flowers, the greenhouse and the feathered creatures! What a spot - oh - and that barn is to die for! Thank you for showing us!
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Sammie
Hi Autumn,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post - you looked so pretty in your bonnet.
We will be interested to hear all about your tomatoes - our mum has grown them in the past but finds they take over your life!
The magnolia is pretty and your barn is awesome.
love
Martha & Bailey xx
You have a lovely yard, Autumn, and interesting creatures living outside. My favorite picture is the one with the magnolia tree beside your old barn. I can't wait to see the inside of that building!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very pretty garden and we love your hat.
ReplyDeleteSimba and Jazzi xx
We can't WAIT for tomato season here!!! Please let us know how your different varieties go.
ReplyDeleteLuv,
Dave
That was a lovely day in your neighborhood. Lovely pictures..thanks so much for sharing with my family.
ReplyDeleteDeetzy
You have an awesome place for your morning walkies! But do the swans and geese bother you? That one didn't look too friendly!
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William Tell
Gosh, the weather looks so nice for wheeling around the garden. I am wishing I was there! Its all rainy here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a lovely tour!Do M&M ever try to chase the swan or geese?? It will be fun to see if you get any goslings! We will be SO excited to get to see inside the historic barn! Our mommy used to stay in a converted old PA barn called the Haft as a teenager.
ReplyDeleteSmooches, BabyRD & Hootie
Fantastic hat and a wonderful place with the tomatoes, geese, pond. Thanks for the tour. We enjoyed it very much. It is beautiful. The sunshine is good too.
ReplyDeleteErnie & Sasha
what a beautiful tree..
ReplyDeleteOur Dad has tomato plants too. he has put them in buckets and they are hanging in our trees.. One already has a marble size tomato on it.. The others have a few blossoms..
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
Thank you for the tour Autumn we thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteOur hooman has been busy in our greenhouse too. We are trying to post about our holiday and all she does is fiddle with plants!
Molly and Taffy
Oh my, that is the second magnolia tree we've seen on a blog today. Do you know we have the very same tree in our yard and we've also got an evergreen magnolia that has these huge white flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour of your garden. We didn't know there were Aussie tomatoes hehe.
That boy goose looks a little cranky Autumn. Best stay away from him.....eeep.
tailwags
Noah
Autumn
ReplyDeleteThank you fow the touw..you always find the most bootiful and intewesting things to show us. That old pawt of the bawn wif the gowgeous blooming twee in fwont of it is just bweaftaking.
Thewe is nothing like home gwown tomatoes..I can hawdly wait till theiw season comes. wish I could wun ovew and pick some.
I hope you'we all packed fow Aiw Ruby..see you in Salzbuwg
smoochie kisses
ASTA and Myrna
Hey guys! We are trying to catch up with our friends. It is so good to see y'all. Love the header photo! And how beautiful your,as Mango calls it,estate is. I love tomatoes, Scooter loves tomatoes and so does Mom!! Sorry we haven't been by in so long, but y'all understand, right? Mom says we sure do thank you for all your support during these last months. It means so much. Thank you and God Bless you!
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Sunny&Scooter
Hi Autumn! Thanks for the great tour! Your pond is so pretty, and how wonderful to have one of the oldest structures in the country! We just got a new gardenia bush, too - it's protected by green mesh because of somebody who eats flowers and plants...
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Joey
It really is beautiful, thanks for sharing all the pictures. I sure hope you get to taste some of those tomatoes, they are the best just off the vine!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Autumn!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour!
The plants, the pond, the barn. I liked everything!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
What a beautiful place :)
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x
The tomato plants look great. Your dad is so lucky that he has a greenhouse. You live in a beautiful place.:)
ReplyDeleteLove,
Teddy Bear
One fabulous afternoon followed by the perfect April morning, here we clapping paws to add the sound effect.
ReplyDeleteIs it the saucer magnolia? That's my mom's favorite flower! Thanks for sharing the garden view, mine is nothing compared to yours!
Maggie and Mitch, I'm so happy that you enjoy so much your fabulous and perfect life!
We check the birdies this morning, they're growing strong all 5 of them, bird mom has the size of a fist but she does a wonderful job flying back and forth all day to feed them.
Love ya lot
Mand M
ReplyDeletewow.. i didn't realize how lucky you are. What a great place! Can't wait to see th e new geese and I love your hat.
norwood
What a lovely place to live! You are so fortunate! LS said she can feel herself unwind by just looking at all the lovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteWow! You have a beautiful home! Our dad wants to buy a house and have a greenhouse, but it's not happening so far. Um, but just in case you didn't know, it's Spring now. Don't you change your name to keep up with the times?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pad ya got there...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour, Autumn!
ReplyDeleteThat flowers are beautiful! You live in a lovely place!
xoxo
Thor
It sure is beautiful, wish l m there, maybe one day, who knows, hahaha, really is a beautiful day.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharring more of your world. You have such a beautiful "spread of land". Just thinking of the old barn and what it would say if it could talk. I bet it would say how happy it is that your family loves it and takes care of it. The beauty you have at your home is breathtaking- the greenhouse and flowers and the green grass! Even the flower pots! We grow tomatoes too, but not from seed. My moms and I would love to walk upon your land with you.
ReplyDeletethank you again for sharring.
Love
tweedles
Hey Maggie and Mitch,
ReplyDeleteNow we know that is called the Greylag goose. Here in Holland we have lots of them but my humans simply just call them Wally (duh?).
Love,
Homer
Heya Autumn,
ReplyDeleteThat was a spectacular tour. Doesn't your swan run a boat concession over at the Boston Public Gardens? Geese make good watchdogs... uhh.. watchgeese. We are gonna count the tomato plants as the food in this post. - TBH