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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Early Summer on the Porch

Good morning my friends! I hope you all had a nice weekend and will have a beautiful week ahead. My front porch is greeting early summer, and YOU! Welcome! As you know, I love the blue and orange combo. They are at opposite sides of the color wheel so a beautiful combination. I brought that combo outside to the "porch", in the wreath, the pots and the flowers.

Looking over here to the right, I have a double hook with a hanging plant and a blue bird feeder that Joe made. It is fun to watch them eating from the dining room window:)

I keep my cranes in the garage in the winter and bring them out here in the spring. The bushes were cut back in HALF and have grown like weeds. After they finish blooming we will cut them back again and MOVE them to a better location. I want something smaller here.

Impatiens are my go to out here since it faces north and gets no sun.

In the urn I planted some begonias and they are doing GREAT! I also have plans to paint the urn. I am not into the black. I may add some gold to the details or just change the whole color.

I love layering a small rug and the doormat. I got the rug at Target last year and the mat at CVS!!!!

I made the wreath 2 years ago but still like it here. I store my wreaths by hanging them on a hanger, covering them with a dry cleaner bag and hang them in a closet in the basement.

I am surprised that the wrens have not tried to make a nest in the wreath this year. One year I had to move it to the side wall because we couldn't go in and out the door:)

This bird house was a housewarming gift from my sister-in-law. I love it!

Thanks so much for your visit. I hope you all have a great day.

XO, Pinky

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Late August around the Yard

I thought I should share some pictures I took about 2 weerks ago before I share the Fall decorations outside (and in). We had beautiful, mild temps for most of the month of August and the flowers all did beautifully! Here are a few shots.These first 2 are of one of the water lilies in the pond. Wea re SO thrilled to have them, at the old house they never bloomed due to not enough sun!

This is a pink one

SO many laly pads.

The marigolds all around the pnd have done very well, wait til you see how big they are now! Plus they will look good for Fall too! Bonus!

The geraniums are blooming profusely as well.

This is a cardinal flower. They love wet feet and the humming birds love them!

The limelight hydrangeas.

Imaptiens in a pot on the front "porch".

Knock out roses.

Peach geranium.

The front of the house, which will be totally transformed tomorrow:)

Our "rock garden".

Petunias in a hanging pot.

More impatiens

Dianthus

Hydrangea tree

Monday, May 5, 2014

~Gardening this Weekend!!!~

This weekend we were BUSY! And by we I mean mostly Joe!!! I used to be able to help ALOT more with the mulching but it kills my back now so I do what I can. I did help and I did plant flowers but he does the bulk of the work. I am SO grateful. Here is what we got accomplished so far. We got 8 yards of mulch delivered and most of it is done now. Here is the front of the house. The HOA mulches the front, but I like the mulch we got much better. It is darker and shredded finer as you will see.

I planted impatiens across the front cause they only get a few hours of late afternoon sun.

A pretty begonia in a pot as you go up the sidewalk.

The front porch. Today it will be changing. I got the flowers for the copper pot and will get them planted now. I also put some impatiens in the small green pot.

I LOVE how this bed turned out. The huge boulders were on the property when we started building so we told the builder to LEAVE THEM, please!!!! Joe built the birdhouse and there are eggs in there.

I planted tulips, and hyacynths around here then begonias around the perimeter so we have color all summer. We also have a hummingbird feeder here. The weeds are dying so we are trying to get the lawn looking better!!!

This is the west side of the house so lots of sun here. All of the birdhouses around the yard, Joe built.I also am getting hanging baskets for this hook today.

Can you see the difference in the mulch?

I love the DARK mulch. That is a vibunum blooming and it smells HEAVENLY!!!

Looking around to the back of the house.

A corner bed. 2 roses and another bush that I can't remember:)

The first tree here is a hydrangea topiary!

We lost 2 butterfly bushes that were in this bed so Sunday we got 2 new bushes to replace them. The feeder is for blue birds, we fill it with mealworms and they LOVE it! That is monarda coming up too.