Porch Musings

I'm not a gardener, although I love plants.  My husband does it all.  He mows and edges, cleans out the beds, and goes to the nursery and plants new things.  He invites me to tag along for input once in a while  ~ but mostly he has it figured out.


 

I was outside waiting for the "gate guy" to come fix the electric gate that goes across the driveway, and snapped a few pix.  (I have my digital camera set so it makes a "shutter" sound - how about you?)

 

I wanted to show you what I got Hubby for Father's Day

  Just what he wanted ~  ANOTHER FROG for the pond!

  But this one was really old, heavy cement, and was already drilled to be a fountain.

 

I found it at the local flea market and said

"how much?  I'll take it"

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We enjoy our little courtyard ~ lots of wildlife to see year round

doves, sparrows, finch, hummingbirds, dragonflies, bees

hawks, egrets, and the occasional evidence of a raccoon

Imagine a square.  On the left side is the driveway.

At the top of the square is the fence the separates the courtyard

 from the front grass.

To the right is the gate and long porch that leads to our front door

(Not sure why that picture is crooked  /~")

 

We keep the gate locked, which means you can't get to our doorbell.

This is what people have to ring ~ and they DO!

  

And the bottom of the square is the porch that leads to the kitchen door.

   

It's a little square of happiness, complete with it's own eco-system

for our entertainment

 

 

P.S. I bought some folding, chippy chairs at the flea market

and they SOLD in one week

Counting My Blessings,

xo Susy

I'm following the garden path to Vintage Inspiration Friday

Play Date

I'm playing with PicMonkey.

  I've never used a photo editor before,

 and it's FUN!

  This one will be great

 when they add

 the collage feature.

  Easy peasy.

 Here's the same photo with the color enhanced a bit

This is a small pond in our frontyard. 

The wire net is to keep Egrets and racoons from

dining on the fish.

I added a frame to this one.

And some text which isn't easy to read

..on a learning curve here.

And a softening affect

Here's the frog pad

The roses are blooming.

I've already enjoyed 2 bouquets

the succulents are happy too

( this isn't a closeup - they're huge )

We found a mature Sansevierias (aka MotherInLaw Tongue)

 in an alley !  It's waiting for a home

A bird nest fell out of our Pepper Tree that hangs over the driveway

 We don't know what kind of bird used it.  Hummingbird?

It's soft like a towel.

Other garden friends

my favorite (:

 

I'ts a lazy day ~ I'm heading for a fluffy pillow somewhere

Counting My Blessings

Susy