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Monday, July 10, 2017

In Full Bloom

This post is a photo diary of my July garden, after lots of rainy days in Upstate NY.

I am joining Pam at Everyday Living, at her new garden party that she is hosting throughout the summer, called Gardens Galore.

My "Garden" sign is blooming....

The Hostas are ready to bloom.....

Almost, but not quite there.....the Black-Eyed Susan, which is what makes up the whole first part of my middle garden, will be in all it's blooming glory in a few weeks...

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

RED

As I have been adding vintage finds and décor pieces to my porches and garden areas, I realized a theme happening with all the new things....RED! No matter where I am decorating or the existing color scheme, it seems I am drawn to put touches of red here and there.

On my sage green and aqua front porch I balanced the chippy red, white and blue heart on the wire flower cart to add some patriotic décor.

I style my (beloved) wood plant stand every year with lanterns, antique pots and jugs. This year I added my wooden flag and God Bless America sign.

I found the ox harness at a yard sale and it just happened to be painted red. I had to have it, although I had no idea what I would do with it. Then I remembered seeing one at a barn sale with plants hanging on the ends. It is quite unique.

My faux red succulent pops in the black Bokar Coffee can and the EXIT sign adds color to this little vignette.

I was getting so envious of all the vintage rolling carts I have been seeing on other blogs that I wanted one out of sheer envy! I never ever thought I would find a red enamel one in great condition. I found it at an estate sale I just happened on one day. I thought about selling it, for one second, and then I styled it like a potting bench.

My side porch is tones of sage green so this pop of red geraniums is just right.

In my garden the red Bee Balm are blooming.....

The red Verbena are blooming...

And the garden art flower stake I won from Tuula at Thrifty Rebel Vintage last year, is blooming.

I was so undecided as to whether or not to paint my first DIY toadstool that I decided to wait and see if I could find another wooden bowl to make one to paint. I recently found one at Goodwill and went to work painting two coats of chalk paint, adding white polka dots and two coats of polyurethane. Now I have two!