dressed up gazebo (twilight tour)

this was such a FUN room to create...

so dreamy, dreamy!

a summer outdoor bedroom -

(i wanna sleep in it! :)

this victorian single fold up bed was a freebie from an auction.

i love the shabby mirror behind the gauzy net.

a battenburg tablecoth was used as a bedskirt.

basket at the foot of the bed filled with thrift/yard sale items.

i store candles in these baskets in their real life! :)

one of my many bird cages - a GW find.

chippy chair from a yard sale that was painted white

but after sitting outside a summer,

it took on a new look and now sits in the playhouse.

love the black and white!

topped the room with this refinished sign above the door...

wonder if anyone saw it? :)

all the items in here were picked up at yard sales and thrift shops

with the exception of the gauzy net.

i took the room down this morning with a little sadness,

'cause it was so beautiful! 

...blessedness!

ox

linking up to outdoor wednesday

the back yard

In plain words, the back yard looks terrible! The humidity plus moisture was a recipe for a fungus that kills the top grass, leaving ugly brown spots in the yard. There isn't anything to treat the fungus with but to let it run its course. The new grass that was re-seeded this spring has been especially hit hard. Information on it tells me the grass grows back again...we'll see.

The first sign of the fungus...it looks like a fine mist on the grass.

Second step...the top grass begins to die.

Then there is this grass that grows like a weed!

If one wants to take the time, it pulls out very easily.

 

This is what parts of the yard looks like.

On a more cheerful note,

I used some compost this week and found these lovely crawlies by the dozens!

Lovely, lovely earthworms, gobbling up the goodies into compost!

...happy gardening!

ox

2010 twilight tour word pictures

...blessedness!

ox