All posts by Lillian Davis

Hi, my name is Lillian but everyone just calls me Lil. I’m an artist, organic gardener & plant junkie. I live in north central Illinois in a little house on the edge of the woods with my husband and two of my four grown children. In my spare time you can find me outside playing in the garden or taking lots of pictures of my flowers or the local wildlife for my blogs~ and for eight wonderful years I had my dream job of running the garden center at Blain’s Farm and Fleet...
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Lizzy House 1001 Peeps

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I love doing custom Orders!
My customer chose her own fabrics.
I think they turned out really cute.
Fabric courtesy  of:
The above title is the name of the fabric 
just in case you were wondering…
it’s an Aladdin’s lamp theme
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Meet Rusty & Rosey

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The two newest ponies in my garden!

Rusty and Rosey are made with a
medium blue Faux Denim print, cotton fabric. 
Rusty with Hot Red mane and Rosey with a soft Pink. 
The idea came to me while hanging Jeans
in the department where I work,
to make a matching pair of denim horses
that would be great for a brother or sister.
Of course they’d have to be a little different
to personalize them for a girl or boy.
I’ve listed them separately so they don’t
have to be bought as a pair 
but they can still be purchased together if needed.
You can find the twins at: 
Happy Trails!
flowers, garden, Illinois

Well Worth the Wait…

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Finally, the tomatoes are starting to ripen!
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom, Vintage Wine, Cuore De Toro, Martino’s Roma
Despite my garden’s late start- end of June-
all the extra nurturing and care 
(and the new dog proof fence) is finally starting to pay off!
Here’s today’s bounty. In a few days there will be more. 
These are heirloom and open pollinated. Very sweet and yummy~
though a little cracked here and there but that was due to the hot dry weather and
 my uneven watering.
And here’s the second crop of red raspberries.
heritage raspberries ~ everberring
And my August Lily Hosta is right on cue
and my Zinnias are in full bloom~ this is the first time I’ve planted Zinnias from plants from the Garden Center and not seed. Not bad I think.
and finally, Daisy, waiting for me to drop some more grapes and raspberries.
No… I’m not begging….
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Blessed Day

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Because you come to me with naught save love,
And hold my hand and lift mine eyes above,
A wider world of hope and joy I see,
Because you come to me.
Because you speak to me in accents sweet,
I find the roses waking round my feet,
And I am led through tears and joy to thee,
Because you speak to me.
Because God made thee mine, I’ll cherish thee
Through light and darkness, through all time to be,
And pray His love may make our love divine,
Because God made thee mine.
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Night Lights

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Come sit with me on the back porch,
Come listen to the crickets chirp and the tree frogs play.
Hear the quiet of the evening slowly turn into night,
and shed the hassles of the day.   ~LM Davis
Flying Appy Studio

What Would We Do Without Our friends?

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Thank goodness Buttons has a lot of avian friends to look out for him….
you can find him at my Etsy shop
(Buttons is FAS’s spokeshorse and mascot)
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Greeting Cards

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Introducing Greeting Cards at my Etsy shop
They are blank inside and professionally printed on high quailty cardstock 
with my some of my favorite photographs. 
Hope you enjoy them!
garden, Illinois

Getting Excited!

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Green tomatoes everywhere!
Vintage Wine
I can hardly wait until they turn red!
Cuore De Toro
Martino’s Roma
It’s been so long since I’ve had fresh tomatoes out of my garden….
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom
Vintage Wine
Thanks to to my new welded wire Annie Repellant!
My Vegetable Garden Early On… right after the attack. Everything’s bigger now
For the last two years, no matter how I try to protect the garden, 
this dog, as innocent as she tries to appear, 
has bulldozed through all barriers and ate her self silly.
she’s eaten everything I’ve planted~ 
tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery, strawberries, lettuce…
the list goes on.
the only thing I found she doesn’t like is Swiss Chard and Kale.
The Devourer of Gardens and Fresh Produce~ AKA Annie
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Early Light

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Early morning is one of my favorite times for taking pictures…