Just Me

I'm not really one for manicured lawns or orderly thought out landscape balance.  I like to let things fall into place and just be what they are.
This old chair pictured above, I think used to be rocker..The rungs are missing..And I bought it at a garage sale for $5.  The paint is to say the least 'chippy' but so chic and perfect. It hugs my self planted flowers, beautifully!

The rusty plant stand was a $3.00  garage sale find and my sister gave me the long pots..dirt is free!!

The rusty chairs and plant stand to the left (actually 2 chairs) I picked up for $9 at various sales.  I had someone cut circular plywood basis for the chairs.  I bought cheap foam, cut and glued it to the plywood, then used a vinyl table cloth..doubled..to upolstery them.

The weeds growing through the cement are an added perk..I think I'll let them live as they are trying so hard to push up through the concrete..Anything with that much determination for life deserves to flourish!

I have spinach, cherry tomatoes, basil, and onions growing in pots on the back deck..I'm growing salad!  Can't wait for it all to be ready!  I've found a wonderful vinaigrette recipe I'm looking forward to pouring all over the finished product!!  Gosh I love summer!!

Where Have I Been? June 12 2011

Wow-It's been six months since I've posted! 

The winter, although long, seems to have gone by quickly.  Living in the city through all the snow and blow didn't seem nearly as bad as when I was in the country...On secondary roads that don't get plowed till mid-day.  Ice that doesn't melt until April, and open spaces that give the blustery wind a turbo charge!  Yes, the city is nice.  I was able to get around with no problems.  I only had to use the four wheel drive to exit my garage once after a storm, and I never lost power.  I think I'll stay here.

I guess no matter where you live the spring not only brings the peeling off of down jackets and thoughts of sandals and lazy days, but yard work!  Fall leaves compact in hard to reach places.  Grass is matted and brown, and the ground is soggy.  This being my first year to fend for myself, I enlisted a little help from Lexie.  We went to the hardware store and bought rakes and clippers.  Items that had mysteriously disappeared from my fathers work shop when I wasn't looking I suspect. 

She was a trooper and worked hard..for about thirty minutes!  We didn't get a whole lot of raking done but we had a great time just being together and walking around the property.  I related old stories to her about the house, and dates that her grand dad had planted some of the maples and apple trees in the back yard. And how her grandma had been so proud of the now, nonexistent little garden she tended each summer.  Somehow, knowing a bit of the history made the work a little more important to her.

I'm looking so forward to the hot days ahead, when I can set up the sprinkler in the back yard,  make a pitcher of Koolaide, sit on the deck and watch my grand girls play and laugh in the same spot I once did.  I love this house.
Yup..I'm staying here.