Had such a great day out in the sunshine, pruning my roses!

The flower beds always look so bare. I only did a few today. I will need to work a little every day to finish in time. I have over 70 rose bushes! Yikes!

Can you believe the size of my rosemary bush?? It’s HUGE and it smells like heaven!

I love the sweet little flowers that bloom on it this time of year.

I even got one last bouquet. It will really brighten up my Sunday dinner table tomorrow.

This blog party is all about your new favorite finds, creations, or pastimes. Because this blog party is all about…. “You’re Never too Old To Play With…”

For me I say “you’re never too old to play with” or have a PIXIE GARDEN or Fairy Garden whichever you like to call them. (For some reason I love the word PIXIE!) A while ago I really got into designing and creating my own little world within these magical little gardens. They are so delightful and so much fun to do. They can be quiet addictive and mesmerizing! They are great conversation pieces and can make your gardens a real treasure to explore.

Take a look at a few of mine…

I always wanted a lion head fountain in my garden and I finally got it. It’s just in miniature size! Along with a sweet PIXIE girl and a nice bee skep among the greenery. I love using interesting urns to plant them in.

How about a sweet PIXIE Baby with her white wire stroller and birdhouse. Maybe you will be able to see the darling little blue bird inside.  (Ya gotta really look!) All the little girls who come over love this one. Let’s face it who can resist a sweet PIXIE baby!!

This is a very special PIXIE girl she is dancing and twirling out the garden gate. Outside waiting for her is a lovely duck sitting on a rocking chair. Now remember this is a PIXIE GARDEN. So of course your gonna see a duck in a rocking chair!

And last but not least is what every PIXIE GARDEN must have “A tea party” with friends. Among the greenery and flowers are 2 tiny PIXIES. One in a ornate garden swing and one setting the little table and chairs getting all ready for a summer tea party.

This has really become a very wonderful pastime for me. I love searching for the tiny flowers, bushes and trees to plant. I am also so lucky to have a wonderful husband who bought me all these PIXIES and all the furnishings, because he knows there is still a little girl in me who delights in these sweet little PIXIE collectibles.

I hope that you have enjoyed viewing my PIXIE GARDENS and will come back to CURBY’S CLOSET soon. I love to share new things in decorating, gardening, entertaining and of course VINTAGE BABY DRESSES!

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think and have a wonderful day!

I am posting my favorite BLUE things today and am participating in the fun “BLUE BLOG PARTY”.

Here is my #2 choice.

One of my ALL TIME favorite things in my garden is the wonderful “FLOWER BED” that my husband made for me out of an old youth bed and some fencing. He is so amazing and can make just about anything! After he had it all finished, I put my touches on it and painted it.  Then he filled it with dirt and he and my 2 sons bought lovely flowers to plant inside just in time for Mothers Day last year. Needless to say it is one of my favorite things EVER!! Hope that you like taking a peek also. Maybe it will spark some ideas for you in your garden this year. Ya just never know….

July is a great, HOT month and it makes me think of Sunflowers. Almost every year my husband plants sunflower seeds in our garden and every year I hope that it will be in a spot where the big full beautiful heads of the sunflowers will face our yard ,so we can enjoy their beauty.

But it never fails…no matter where he plants them they always turn away from our yard, because sunflowers always turn their heads toward the light. (Did you know that?)  My husband has even tried bracing them to polls or anchoring them to the fence. But no matter what we do they still fight their way toward the sun. I always have to get into crazy positions just to take pictures of them.

It got me thinking today, that hopefully we are each like these sunflowers and are trying each day to look toward the light. The good, beautiful, wonderful things in our lives that bring us and others joy.

Just a thought!