Easter Decorating ~ Quick and Easy Ideas

I love all the seasons and I like to decorate according to the season. Over time I have collected several accessories that reflect the different seasons. When spring arrives, I replace my Pansy arrangement with my sunflower floral arrangement.


Last year Carrie Jones, my daughter-in-law's sister, gave me this adorable ceramic bunny as a hostess gift for hosting Easter dinner. She knows I love to decorate when I entertain. I decided he would look cute in a bed of Baby's Breath. I layered the Baby's Breath in a clay saucer.



This year I purchased these natural looking bottle brush bunnies from Pottery Barn. They were on sale a couple weeks ago. I couldn't resist. I cut some of my Mugo Pine and placed it beside the bunnies to make them feel at home.


Maddie and Morgan, my granddaughters, are going to love them. They arrive in town this afternoon. I can't wait to see their smiling faces.


Maddie and Morgan are in store for a big surprise today, a mommy bunny decided to have her babies about 20 feet from our side door. She burrowed a small hole in the ground and covered the hole with fur.

When the fur is moved we can see three tiny bunnies. You can only see one bunny in this picture. The burrow has a very small opening.


Mommy bunny is very nervous because I was near her babies. Normally, a wild rabbit would never allow me to be near her. It is never a dull moment at our house.

Spring is in the air!

Spring brings perfect temperatures with very little humidity, not to mention those vivid and vibrant colors and smells of fragrant flowers in bloom; who wouldn't love this season? It is invigorating to be outside. In fact, spring weather is the natural way to get a boost of energy.

For those of us who can't be outside as much as we would like during the spring, we can compensate by bringing a bit of the outside to the inside of our home. Live flowers create energy and positive thinking while adding life to any room. As most of you know, I live on 15 acres of land that my grandfather and grandmother purchased during the depression. Jerry and I are really fortunate to have all the established trees and shrubbery planted many years ago.

The Forsythia bushes were beautiful this year. We have several planted along our fence row.


My grandmother planted a Lilac bush so long ago I don't even know how old it is. I remember the fragrant smell of Lilacs from when I was a little girl and we visited my grandparents home in the Spring.


I also enjoy having the ability to view nature's outside beauty. Be sure to plant flowering trees, shrubbery or flowers so that they are visible from inside your home. Dogwood trees are very slow growing trees, which makes them a perfect tree to plant close to your house.


Inevitably, Spring leads to Summer so we are getting ready to open our pool. We always make sure we add plants with lots of color to our planters around the pool because they are visible from our family room.