The little 'frontier' village my brother-in-law built, one for each kid.

Last Aug, the one on the left was just a shell, turned out sweet!

Sister-in-law even got a stage coach stencil off the internet for the side of the sign.

On the deck hidden among a clematis vine were these beautiful blue robin eggs

An unknown clem, anyone recognize it?

Following Kasey around the blue garden with blue iris, columbine and lupines.

Will have to see if the iris forum can help me ID this one.

Columbine

And fabulous hosta, sigh...

Awesome

I loved this one, maybe a hosta person will recognize it, I would love to try one in a pot.

Got an ID of Guardian Angel.

The blues ones are stunning too

My niece Lena made these kitty cookies!

This was a roadside stop near my in-laws, the rhodies were in full bloom every where.

This is a cousins side yard, they collected rocks every where they went.

Semp container hanging on a trellis

Decor around their potting shed

Driftwood and pots display by the front door

Mother-in-law had this gorgeous pot with nothing but self seeded stuff in it, I found her this maple and planted it with a few other trailing plants, collected some local moss off the rocks and it will go on the new deck. Love that pot color!

Before heading home, we went over to Vancouver Island for a couple of days, stayed in the capitol of Victoria and went to Butchart Gardens one morning. They allow dogs, yeah, we didn't have to worry about finding a spot in the shade and leaving them in the car.

They had lots of these beautiful Golden Chain Tree (Laburnum) near the entrance.