Bringing those house plants inside for the winter.

Hello, my friends.  Do you do what I do and take your house plants outside for the summer and then bring them back inside for the winter?  Of course, I guess it depends on where you live.  I think my plants grow twice the size when they are outside in the fresh air and sunshine (or shade) all summer long.  Today I brought the last of them inside. 

Despite the fact that it's heading toward the end of October, there is still some summer lingering around the yard.  Flowers are blooming and  I even captured a butterfly on the black and blue salvia.  I always find it hard to let go of summer, but once it turns cold I find comfort in the warmth of our home, sitting by the fire, working on a puzzle or cozying up with a good book. 

 

Today was a good day for porch sitting and puttering in the garden.

 

Hope you are enjoying your day!

Summer

Henry James quoted...."Summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."  I tend to agree.  

Here is some summer inspiration that I found on Pinterest. 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your summer!

 

Summer days

Here we are, mid August already, and suddenly I'm finding myself wanting to hang on to summer with all my might.  How about you?  Maybe it's this unseasonably cool weather we've been having here in the south ~ gray days, and to top it off...a lot of rain. 

Please stay, summer!  Send warm days, blue skies, and bright sunshine. I'm just not ready to let you go.  

Enjoy your week, everyone!

A new DIY patio

Good morning my friends, how are you?  Hope you all had a nice weekend.  Today is another beautiful summer day here in the south.  We've been having some lovely warm summer days recently and unusually cool evenings, cool enough to open our windows at night and feel the breezes.  Just perfect!  

I want to show you photos of the new patio we put in ourselves.  Well, actually, that Galen put in, since he did most of the work, but I supplied him with plenty of iced tea and coffee.  We now have a small new patio under the big holly tree in the back yard.  
By the way, this coleus growing in the flower garden caught my eye the other day and I had to take a photo of it.  

As you can see, the patio is between the two stone walkways that lead to the garden and the back of the property.  

Galen dug up the area first, put down paver base and stones, and then made a molded frame out of wood for the concrete pavers.

He poured each paver individually from the one wooden frame.  

All finished!  

And now we have another sitting area ~ a place that we can enjoy alone or when friends and family come to visit.    

Happy Summer

Summer afternoon; 

to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.  

~Henry James