Wednesday Wishlist: Farm, Sweet Farm

You can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl.  Maybe, but how about if you take this girl out of the city, and plant her on a farm out in the country.  Surround her with rolling hills and big skies and land where she can grow her own food, plant a beautiful flower garden, tend to her chickens and goats and pigs and sheep.  Watch as she sits on her porch at night and gazes up at the stars.  Yeah, that's my dream, and one day I hope to have my own farm and live off my land.  I love the city (Chicago will always be my home), but I long for the tranquility and slower pace of country life.  Less noise, less pollution, less distractions.   Soon, very soon.

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Wednesday Wishlist: Every Bloomin' Thing

The arrival of Spring brings one of my favorite tasks:  gardening!  All winter long I anxiously await for the temperatures to rise so I can finally get out in the yard and prepare the earth for my gardens.  This year I  plan to relocate my veggie garden from behind the garage to a spot where it will get at least 8 full hours, if not more, of glorious sunshine a day.  But that little patch of earth behind the garage will not lie fallow.  I will be transforming that spot into my Serenity Garden, a tranquil place just for me, where I'll be surrounded by a lush variety of both annual and perennial blooms.  This week's Wishlist features some of the beautiful bloomin' things I'd love to have growing on my land.  Enjoy!

Cornflower

Dahlia

Hyacinth

Lily of the Valley

Delphinium

Geranium

Gerbera

Madonna Lily

Cosmos

Field Forget-Me-Not

Gladiolus

Tuberose