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How to finally start line drying your laundrySo, I was going to get together with my Canadian Bloggers Home Tour group this week and do a whole big group home tour for Easter, but we just weren’t quite able to get our schedules all co-ordinated this time around.

So there’s always that!.Also, if you’re like me in another way, you may find yourself in desperate need of some fun and easy activity to occupy your kids about, oh, 67 times a day..

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When Chris was putting our tree up a few weeks ago, he cut this little slice off of the bottom to make it super fresh and ready to drink up all that yummy water.He asked me if I wanted the slice and of course I did.. After having it sitting on my desk for a few weeks, I finally got an idea.And that idea worked!

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Don’t you love that?.I set Kennedy up with some acrylics, some paint brushes, and some q-tips to make the little dabs..

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It didn’t require too much fussing or carefulness and you can see she only painted the front.

That just adds to the rustic charm!.This is a picture of a plant that we hope might actually grow.. Chris built this little retaining wall in one area where we had to dig down to keep it all level.

I kind of like it!.So that’s what we’ve got so far.

Hopefully within a few weeks things will fill in a little more and I’ll be able to show you something that looks more like a thriving vegetable garden and less like a big brown rectangle.. Hope you liked the little tour anyway!Hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day Weekend!I don’t know what it is with me and weeds, but I just love ’em.If I see a pretty weed flower, I’ll always have to pick it and bring it inside.