For those of you that know me, you know how much I love my porches (I know that sounds very 'TEXAN', but I really do love MY porches). I love to have that homy feel when sitting on the porch hanging with Hubby and friends while watching the kids play. In fact I set my porches before I set up anything else in the house. I'm sad to say that I did not take any before pictures of either the back or the front porch. But just to create a picture for your mind....when we moved in the grass was...well, none. What was there was brown. Housing blamed it on the drought, I beg to differ. I lived in Texas during the hottest summer on record and I still had green grass. Beat 80+ straight days of temps over 100 and I *might* excuse brown grass. Anyway after much negotiation housing put sod in for us. They didn't think we could keep it alive. HA! They must have forgotten what my yard looked like the last time I lived here. This is only the beginning. Next year I hope I remember to post pictures of what is happening in our back yard when I actually have time to plant things. For now, this is what I have done:
I still have quite a bit to do, but I'm happy with what is going on back here so far...
Hubby dislikes peacocks very much, so I bought this one in San Diego just to mess with him. However I think he likes this little guy.
Hubby gave this to me for my birthday last year. I love her. She was handmade by an Afghan woman.
I just love my back porch, I will love it even more when the weather cools down and I get the twinkle lights up.... Next time you see me sitting outside, I hope you feel welcome enough to swing by and have a glass of vino with me!
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