Moon*&*Stars Studio
Peonies, fresh cut from my garden.
These flowers bring back memories from my childhood...The look of them, the scent, the softness...
They bloom all at once and suddenly they are gone for another year. That just makes me appreciate them all the more... Have a Lovely weekend!
Click on these pictures and that should bring the photo up large on your screen. 
then take a deep breath 
and fall right into the soft petals.....
These peonies smell like Heaven...
This garden is the one that was completely leveled and the one that is most exciting for me. Some of my old hosta collection came back , but many of the plants here are brand new. This collection of plants enjoy the shade, and dappled sunlight.
We have hosta (all kinds) columbine, astilbe, bleeding heart, lily of the valley, tiger lily, violets and violas, and a few evergreen bonsai planted in the earth to speed and strengthen their growth. Voluptuous flowering begonias are in the planters hanging on the fence. The bird feeders here are very busy and any seed knocked to the ground is eaten by the mourning doves, rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks
This little statue of Mary was given to me by my Aunt Joey before she passed away. She loved this statue and wanted to be sure someone else would love it too and place it in their garden and enjoy it. An old honeysuckle vine trails over the statue, and bleeding heart, lily and viola surround it.
Here is another statue named "Mary" by Samson Contampasis, standing in front of this pine tree. She is also surrounded by columbine, viola and hosta
And another statue by...guess who? Sam... with bonsai planted in the ground behind it and hosta to both sides
So far this is the only chair in this garden and it hasn't been used for sitting yet! Here are more violas, and three peony bushes waiting to be planted out in the Front garden...Next garden is the last one~the Side Garden ...