Engagement Photos! Lake Arrowhead, CA

Well, hello there! And happy Saturday! I hope you had a great week. :)

Today I thought I'd post a few engagement photos from our photo day in Lake Arrowhead, CA... it was absolutely breathtaking, and it will be the location of our wedding in November 2013!

Photography was by my friend Janel of Nellie's Artworks.

Jon was an excellent sport! He usually doesn't enjoy taking photos... so I was very excited that he agreed to do this. :) You may have noticed, however, that many photos were taken from far away... that's why. Lol. 

I hope you have an excellent weekend! And... happy Fall!

xoxo,

Ashley

High Desert Backyard in May!

Greetings garden lovers!

Today I wanted to (finally) get around to posting what has been growing in this Palmdale, CA backyard!

Keep in mind that Palmdale is in the high desert... so if things can grow here, I am betting you can create a backyard garden oasis almost anywhere!

Rose

Apparently this is way more fun than drinking out of the cat bowl!

Hungarian Wax Peppers

Rosemary

Another rose!

Delphinium

Emerald City Zucchini

Basil!

There were 40 strawberries between 2 small plants! (I think kelp powder is the secret...)

Tricolor Sage

My patriotic (Ron Paul) flower pot!

Snapdragon

Begonia

Lemon balm... grown from seed 2 years ago!

Love this cat!

Geranium

Mint... contained in a pot!

Lavender... hello aromatherapy!

Have a lovely weekend! I hope you get to spend time in the garden!

xoxo,
Ashley

Beautiful Desert Flowers!

Happy Wednesday! :)

Have you been enjoying some nice spring weather? This morning I planted the tomato plants that we found this weekend! But I am holding off on planting the rest of the seedlings... as it looks like it will be chilly again this weekend.

Anyways, today I wanted to share some photos of what the hills around the Antelope Valley currently look like!

Can you believe this is the desert?!

When most people hear the word 'desert', flowers are not the first thing that usually comes to mind! ;)