For Easter, instead of buying more “stuff” for her, I asked Elanor if she wanted me to help her redecorate her bedroom. She thought that was a great idea. Elanor loved the color I used in my dining room so that’s what we used.

She uses an antique bedroom set that I got from my grandmother in her room. It’s pretty! The Sweet Pea quilt, from our book Curl Up Quilts, is hanging on her wall. The curtains from her “old” bedroom work well in this new room.

I painted these fun flowers on one wall. The new duvet covers (and quilts at the end of each bed) help to pull it all together. Elanor likes her new room so much that she’s keeping it neat and tidy – which makes her Nana (and her parents) very happy.

Isn’t this an interesting flower? I especially like the pattern on the part of the flower beneath the petals. I think this flower was labeled as a pincushion flower when I bought it last year.

This flower looks a lot like a thistle. There are problems here with wild thistles running wild in the landscape, choking out native plants. But this one appears to be OK – it’s not spreading from seed (yet).

Many of my early spring flowers are purple. This is a clematis that stubbornly comes back every year. I’m thankful for that.

I grow a lot of lavender. The individual flowers are not showy but the bees love it!