Great Grandma's Peonies and a Chick Update!

They BLOOMED!!!! They are a little late, but they sure are pretty! Makes me stop and remember all the great things about my great grandma on my mom's side!

Chick Update:
Eric and his dad have been working really hard on his new run for his chickens (so he can leave for a month to have fun in the U.P. with grandma and grandpa). The chicks were so fun to watch last night! The were running in and out of the coop, scratching and pecking the ground, and finding all kinds of bugs and worms. Then they would parade all around with their finds and end up with the rest of the chicks chasing them!

Good old Maddie was never very far. She kept a very watchful eye on the live squeaky toys.

The chicks are the size of the quail right now, and they all are running around and getting along great together!

Weigela, Flowering Plates in the Garden and Great Grandma's Peonies...

This bush is such a hearty bush! When we first bought our house, it was located at the top of our driveway (inconveniently located) right where everyone leaving would have backed into it. One day, my DH decided to chop the bush down and get it out of the way. He (not knowing what it was) really hacked it up-all the way to the ground! The next year it started coming back, so he dug it up and put it at the end of the driveway. We didn't give it much hope of surviving, but look at it now!

I'm glad it was stronger than the axe! I love its pink blooms!

Here are the plates I got at Warren's Greatest Garage Sale...all planted in my flowerbeds!

Every year this gets bigger and bigger! For years it only got to about 6-8" tall, then the last few years it has gotten bigger and bigger. Last year it had only a couple of buds, but they never opened. I hope these open!

Love the Peonies!!!

One of my Peony bushes is blooming and it is gorgeous!!!

I have another one that used to be my great grandma's. It is just about ready to bloom. My mom dug it up from her grandma's house and had it growing in our yard when I was growing up. Then when my parents built a new house my senior year, she took it with her. unfortunately...it never bloomed. I've had it now for 16 years, and this is the first year it is bursting with buds! I can't wait for it to bloom!!