Opening Day ..................

Nine seasons and counting! We have been open for nine whole seasons.

For the last 6 weeks ..... I have been a wreck. Yea. Every rainfall, every cold snap, every stretch of above-average temperatures...... I have been a wreck.

I would bite my fingernails down to the quick ... if only I had fingernails! (I garden ... no nails!)

I go through this every year. Just ask Honey. He hears it all.

"What if the flowers drown?"

"What if the flowers don't grow?"

"What if the flowers don't bloom?"

"What if no one comes?"

"What if they don't like Miss Eff?"

I am a classic worrier.

So I am always grateful to have that very first day under my belt.

We started the morning with a party in the corn-zebo.


These are our newest thrift store finds. Cute, aren't they?????? I just love dishes!!!!



I am not much of a "snack set" owner .... but when I saw these! They are sunflowers... and again, thrift store bargains. Service for four .... a whopping $1.50!



We layer tablecloth on top of tablecloth. And of course, none of the silver or crystal match. Yikes .... that was bit of a stretch. The crystal .... straight from the thrift stores again... the most expensive piece was 88 cents!

Got to deck the whole place up!


Eight forever friends came today for lunch.... they laughed. I loved hearing the laughter echo through the gardens. To listen to them .... is like listening to Nancy and Debbie and Cynthia and Deb.... old friends from high school and college that mean so very much to me.





And if Miss Effie's can offer a place to relax and giggle and laugh and just, be.................... then all my worries are worth it.

Its going to be a wonderful season! Thank you for sharing your lives with me.