SUMMER PORCH PLANTING

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOU0Iu1PoRjNRuv8v2WF6Fl6xpEfnlf82nMlXcth3JuvzptYUigVTMXYurIRXi4D0x3V6aBi1Bdt5tLSiJro-XFSNc0lrWKhMHedpvPYNXN4DUDTTk8GXvDqOcdCYGU_Tjyy1gOJiLmA9c/s1600/Summer+Porch+Plantings+2013+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOU0Iu1PoRjNRuv8v2WF6Fl6xpEfnlf82nMlXcth3JuvzptYUigVTMXYurIRXi4D0x3V6aBi1Bdt5tLSiJro-XFSNc0lrWKhMHedpvPYNXN4DUDTTk8GXvDqOcdCYGU_Tjyy1gOJiLmA9c/s640/Summer+Porch+Plantings+2013+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every year in the cold month of February I start dreaming about summer flowers! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My thoughts turn to planting the pots around the porch... a wonderful diversion from the frosty, windy weather outside!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year's theme and flowers are VERY different than anything I have ever done...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFc5sk-WnrFVYXIt0eUaHH20-0JsXs7cIhSVAad3ifxoP4yMwOuopBF9CHUv8tjBGKkxBZ15ClDndGJLw_SzOpR4BlSqWqUsGaWF48xawjuDll7x-TQ3MAJSxcNz5NLjvpetYRaEGUwMgG/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFc5sk-WnrFVYXIt0eUaHH20-0JsXs7cIhSVAad3ifxoP4yMwOuopBF9CHUv8tjBGKkxBZ15ClDndGJLw_SzOpR4BlSqWqUsGaWF48xawjuDll7x-TQ3MAJSxcNz5NLjvpetYRaEGUwMgG/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6410.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This weekend I planted <a href="http://www.endlesssummerblooms.com/en/consumer/retaillocator" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">ENDLESS BLOOM</span></a> hydrangeas in my newly painted urns. Look for an upcoming post about painting a pot to look aged.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OiwWSmTk_NtDjF8GYgOlRCvcMX1GTjxgrp7nK1XA3eLgdT1aD2-HhPNPrlq4bPOMdHrfx0VczCaEk9t0-HKOd9pybm_zmcsu5oeNZ8VdE43zL7Hj4zdj6jgC2FJEJk0ZZmfoNlGqRIr4/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OiwWSmTk_NtDjF8GYgOlRCvcMX1GTjxgrp7nK1XA3eLgdT1aD2-HhPNPrlq4bPOMdHrfx0VczCaEk9t0-HKOd9pybm_zmcsu5oeNZ8VdE43zL7Hj4zdj6jgC2FJEJk0ZZmfoNlGqRIr4/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6434.JPG" width="406" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The theme for this year's front porch is SOUTHERN BELLE.  I want a porch that bids a big southern welcome to all who visit... even thought I am a northern girl!<br /><br />Hydranges are my pick for the porch this year!<br /><br />For some reason these showy old fashioned flowers remind me of the grace of the south!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7aCQDFmGyQa0P2GjwSIzh7J75jWl8vnygjeY8fGDZZzc4FEYPsSziIydlEvm2sW2EadMdt5ku8hLlI5-2cKYeA6eCBILdjJzzuUi_wGdeaeKggMxz7hyphenhyphenxB4a8OC8IrUftSQKQM3mho2f/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7aCQDFmGyQa0P2GjwSIzh7J75jWl8vnygjeY8fGDZZzc4FEYPsSziIydlEvm2sW2EadMdt5ku8hLlI5-2cKYeA6eCBILdjJzzuUi_wGdeaeKggMxz7hyphenhyphenxB4a8OC8IrUftSQKQM3mho2f/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6412.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Endless Beauty is an everblooming hydrangea... it should bloom from spring right through autumn.  The flowers can change colors too... from pink to blue.  I am keeping my soil a little on the acidic side so the blooms will stay blue. I think blue will look pretty against the Pennsylvania limestone facade of StoneGable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPYzxjnhwsOioMCs1HxaNK3Nnu-QNFNHlman5QFslakgdPMiysInO02j1tnb2PpqXGTDolhmdg8qipuQQioVqBon4SzVqwcfEJbWu263tK5HmQAMA7bMgt25PpRDaYvygMkEk428Cxw4A/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPYzxjnhwsOioMCs1HxaNK3Nnu-QNFNHlman5QFslakgdPMiysInO02j1tnb2PpqXGTDolhmdg8qipuQQioVqBon4SzVqwcfEJbWu263tK5HmQAMA7bMgt25PpRDaYvygMkEk428Cxw4A/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6421.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully, the plant will fill in the pot and big moppy headed blooms will spill over it...<br /><br />Right before the first frost I'll take them out of their urns and plant them in the garden. Next spring I can put them back in their urns on the porch... at least that is what our very reliable garden center employee says!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1QcxwwLkEH6tmBvGipoc4p6VMLFdTy9G0ierzIE7YRUxeE_rGwpZFzLI8onQtgf20x36_NOX-qSTKHOhWVlKDc-jhOoAFZLrObpzV5xUtGx_ud_dOsyXJ27fFkiY3mKRi-rt4tXks6Rm/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1QcxwwLkEH6tmBvGipoc4p6VMLFdTy9G0ierzIE7YRUxeE_rGwpZFzLI8onQtgf20x36_NOX-qSTKHOhWVlKDc-jhOoAFZLrObpzV5xUtGx_ud_dOsyXJ27fFkiY3mKRi-rt4tXks6Rm/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6410.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0cQUEs9HB50-SQjVYcI9BiA3e1pyuhvAGxzlKk-yGk8G6wMyxMVT1lJRqrVzNCRt27qsYk54SqxgMt_9_83SctiykstoxFO3Qul4zDubAoJylqkVxTYCejHQ9afmgUlH04naKEChSSYD/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0cQUEs9HB50-SQjVYcI9BiA3e1pyuhvAGxzlKk-yGk8G6wMyxMVT1lJRqrVzNCRt27qsYk54SqxgMt_9_83SctiykstoxFO3Qul4zDubAoJylqkVxTYCejHQ9afmgUlH04naKEChSSYD/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6429.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The spring forsythia wreath will be replaced today with a summer wreath with a more southern belle feel!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's one more glimpse of the forsythia wreath...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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SUMMER PORCH PLANTING

Every year in the cold month of February I start dreaming about summer flowers!  My thoughts turn to planting the pots around the porch... a...

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SPRING ARRANGEMENTS USING GROCERY STORE BLOOMS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmBx0s9JASlzrntC9JT8JYSCKiztBKxxGDIKwOopIetMAIdQYRQP2dRJA_32NTfnM53XeH1hT380bFuCfrs6UvlS4VYKcVkF9862f7hthJAQ2uSnMnBa_QFleFbu77bZrYcbZpXlEbNaD/s1600/Copy+of+Grocery+Store+Flowers+title+page+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmBx0s9JASlzrntC9JT8JYSCKiztBKxxGDIKwOopIetMAIdQYRQP2dRJA_32NTfnM53XeH1hT380bFuCfrs6UvlS4VYKcVkF9862f7hthJAQ2uSnMnBa_QFleFbu77bZrYcbZpXlEbNaD/s640/Copy+of+Grocery+Store+Flowers+title+page+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm working with store bought flowers today to make pretty spring arrangements for very little money and very little effort!<br /><br />Arrangements that are out-of-the-box (or vase) amazing!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I spent $10.00 and got one bunch of tulips and one bunch of freezia. I also got daisy-like flowers and goldenrod on sale for 99 cents a bunch... all these flowers for about $12.00.<br /><br />Let's get started and I'll show you how I made them...<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first arrangements is a mix of white tulips and freesia...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsIxw5xz1bqtmxct7vdTdzc3yo0DmDIgPDomPgoz-T1T4M45DA20fbimiXxrZUqRln1TIvwIJ0OGdgbF4B6LAGQJU5S8FpXk4wXB9IWUA0qb00XQz1MwzwvyxkMbBgLgZyxIBs4nka1qO/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsIxw5xz1bqtmxct7vdTdzc3yo0DmDIgPDomPgoz-T1T4M45DA20fbimiXxrZUqRln1TIvwIJ0OGdgbF4B6LAGQJU5S8FpXk4wXB9IWUA0qb00XQz1MwzwvyxkMbBgLgZyxIBs4nka1qO/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4406.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I like to keep flowers all in the same color family. I think it has a bigger visual punch! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rddsNmFeRfI6fH6u9TF0wQy22r2YxCmQQRADlqph1wNnxrsNOuKvFgIRiRxuHmu5BLkUCtItsdOCWQ4ggEylsmYUcmahEiaHa21HzO_XWLtrDTvSnef-UU_p6u3GVGgEL-BaUJRcHfXm/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rddsNmFeRfI6fH6u9TF0wQy22r2YxCmQQRADlqph1wNnxrsNOuKvFgIRiRxuHmu5BLkUCtItsdOCWQ4ggEylsmYUcmahEiaHa21HzO_XWLtrDTvSnef-UU_p6u3GVGgEL-BaUJRcHfXm/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4403.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added sticks from my yard that I spray painted white for height. I am the queen of "sticks and twigs"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JuihAUFmBGsMRYvH109oernsYzyiBDvwNSXWIouBYre_r6s1QZFsjH-Wf76ykVKbHS7Vyr8L0MFpJja8sRNq6IwNEb1HXAUbWCmda6bNDr_3Y_9MNVysfSItRCIwGIarYjGKWmqvCDJ8/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JuihAUFmBGsMRYvH109oernsYzyiBDvwNSXWIouBYre_r6s1QZFsjH-Wf76ykVKbHS7Vyr8L0MFpJja8sRNq6IwNEb1HXAUbWCmda6bNDr_3Y_9MNVysfSItRCIwGIarYjGKWmqvCDJ8/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4406.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To make a vignette I added a handcrafted nest to the base of the cylinder vase!<br /><br />For a nest making tutorial, click<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/02/spring-bird-nest-tutorial.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyRqDGMyTRdB7obTt8OEPj44b6-gF9gWRL3KeMFSnfyct6nUMJjjZXQv1958RigYv0VY6Jwa7auv3ElnwxbGPM9gIv5QsEy-BJ90r50dcJN5evqIeS1SLmc3WOrM8MOIVfKtHxK-Et7bI/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyRqDGMyTRdB7obTt8OEPj44b6-gF9gWRL3KeMFSnfyct6nUMJjjZXQv1958RigYv0VY6Jwa7auv3ElnwxbGPM9gIv5QsEy-BJ90r50dcJN5evqIeS1SLmc3WOrM8MOIVfKtHxK-Et7bI/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4405.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The second arrangement is just the sweetest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I get my eggs from a friend (thanks Cathy), so I have access to some amazing colored eggs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGuykmtltd-9PLuzGTF5G6ks-rcBf-6y-7htyWIF2Tw3BR7Z0ucxw_FMd-ekmPk5Bf6h0gPEoGRsBGiSpeh2chDlIoXFUITzlAcgZwYXRx2hZXNCKfUFhLs5vRcXSNmTQus3hyphenhyphen6hhUlaB/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGuykmtltd-9PLuzGTF5G6ks-rcBf-6y-7htyWIF2Tw3BR7Z0ucxw_FMd-ekmPk5Bf6h0gPEoGRsBGiSpeh2chDlIoXFUITzlAcgZwYXRx2hZXNCKfUFhLs5vRcXSNmTQus3hyphenhyphen6hhUlaB/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4443.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just cracked the eggs near the top, rinsed them out and filled them with these pretty delicate flowers!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A grouping would look adorable on an Easter table!  Or on a dresser in a guest room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-RDP_H5_o50Ladt19pebunl2wrsy7RKw35iPvBAnP7nVBzsaxG804itd-aKgB-GR3zjpfT69AUgB_wGguvsdqWU3CDnxXVRoo699DHyexJfgfiH5VLFiJhtmBUhInkqtdMnn-Hrs5kHy/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-RDP_H5_o50Ladt19pebunl2wrsy7RKw35iPvBAnP7nVBzsaxG804itd-aKgB-GR3zjpfT69AUgB_wGguvsdqWU3CDnxXVRoo699DHyexJfgfiH5VLFiJhtmBUhInkqtdMnn-Hrs5kHy/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4454.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they would also look so sweet lined up along a kitchen windowsill, a shelf or grouped on a little bench!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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SPRING ARRANGEMENTS USING GROCERY STORE BLOOMS

I'm working with store bought flowers today to make pretty spring arrangements for very little money and very little effort! Arrangement...

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THE SECOND FRONT DOOR

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wlgpeurcWA4gOtdblf_dbSme8DX-BC8m9Pegk-la-3dBBx0LQjyPB2TSLry-1V6iXmALinpazla6xisQbrUYQccis0Gs_5z_Brr_FEx8sxskZLWEHYl5NIPh4eNzVe_jvE7TnzSldsI/s1600/The+Second+Front+Porch+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wlgpeurcWA4gOtdblf_dbSme8DX-BC8m9Pegk-la-3dBBx0LQjyPB2TSLry-1V6iXmALinpazla6xisQbrUYQccis0Gs_5z_Brr_FEx8sxskZLWEHYl5NIPh4eNzVe_jvE7TnzSldsI/s640/The+Second+Front+Porch+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br />It is the most glorious day here at StoneGable. Sorta like living in San Diego today! You know those days... warm, breezy, sunny, low humidity, birds singing...lawn edger whirling, trucks up and down the driveway,   voices of hearty men wafting through the open windows, men heaving mulch everywhere ... wait!!!... what?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mulch men are here today! I am not complaining because for the last two years we have not mulched our gardens ourselves, thank goodness. I am very very grateful for that</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is how the mulch men fit into today's post...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br />My original posting plan was to take photographs of some pretty vignettes around the porch and gardens this morning. The camera is so kind in early morning light. The flowers are blooming, the pots are full of blooms too! Did I mention, it is a glorious, San Diego type day at StoneGable?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But, the mulch men are here. Throwing dirt, grass and mulch all over everything... including my pretty vignettes! And now the soft morning light has taken a harsher late morning turn!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the safe places this morning is my front porch. Did you know that I have a second front door?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a main door, but a door that goes to my study and the second stairs and the guest suite?<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqS8Ti91AdMcDqrORmlA7TMgL6NKaWTaslrpShl9Y59SE-K_CUsuJpP3rG0GL0KE9Qe5Wd1gcYKD25GEB_1sOkS6hNneMixlbRbGn6NEV32DGyu-K8KFBY0zY69dPbzqRKJZu8JKiNeM/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqS8Ti91AdMcDqrORmlA7TMgL6NKaWTaslrpShl9Y59SE-K_CUsuJpP3rG0GL0KE9Qe5Wd1gcYKD25GEB_1sOkS6hNneMixlbRbGn6NEV32DGyu-K8KFBY0zY69dPbzqRKJZu8JKiNeM/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6857.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br />It is set back a little from the main house, sorta tucked away.  It does not look like an important door, so it is not often used by anyone other than family.<br /><br />The flowers in the foreground are Annabelle hydrangeas.  Their big moppy white heads will soon be making a showy appearance around the front porch! <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrJ9HaRfmGqHnYOqU3KCstRsUOBmn2xZaY8dYthiYDCd9rjmuv3HG8aiNB40wnwkUXRwwiiPIfVQYhtHJvqj03soT5QjeL9Qff16iq3EJjvg0h0NeVpGE0WPOqT7JaNpWQL_V5AupaBM/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrJ9HaRfmGqHnYOqU3KCstRsUOBmn2xZaY8dYthiYDCd9rjmuv3HG8aiNB40wnwkUXRwwiiPIfVQYhtHJvqj03soT5QjeL9Qff16iq3EJjvg0h0NeVpGE0WPOqT7JaNpWQL_V5AupaBM/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6858.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This summer I decorated the second front door with a basket filled with white annuals. I have used this basket for year. It is quite textural and sturdy! The white flowers look so delicate next to it.<br /><br />The basket hang by a rusty brass hook because the basket is so very heavy and nothing else will hold it! The brass hook suites the door. If you look under the window there is a small brass plate with our last name on it. It has gone with us to every new house for thirty years.<br /><br />Petunias, Snowstorm and  White Helitrope fill the basket. I think they will be happy on the second front door!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpevys-C3z8fZJvEP0MQr0cwnjlw2_kJG-pJa3Vtu2iwJoaJdvKplD5Zq8qUXQ0DI-S7JnwYOXk4eWU0P6PAAaJ1W2i9jqtmY-Uaw7oS_JpLC6iwD9LZogvgjokj16S20cHKg-aA4g-vg/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpevys-C3z8fZJvEP0MQr0cwnjlw2_kJG-pJa3Vtu2iwJoaJdvKplD5Zq8qUXQ0DI-S7JnwYOXk4eWU0P6PAAaJ1W2i9jqtmY-Uaw7oS_JpLC6iwD9LZogvgjokj16S20cHKg-aA4g-vg/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6854.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have some fun garden surprises to show you next week! We are putting up a couple new birdhouses in the veggie garden today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you are having a San Diego day wherever you are!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvKfNLnOjyKBDX9hEPPbJMaIYyhGF-zF5pmI2zOQdSC8cUeFhfpO968hOyUZDy3yqcPnOiWzaUkxPjEpJTFqyVjdu5mlT9hdpmyUWTPW3X-EDcVu2W0TkSD-AAlmQ_sZXpGN4jM0FvJc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvKfNLnOjyKBDX9hEPPbJMaIYyhGF-zF5pmI2zOQdSC8cUeFhfpO968hOyUZDy3yqcPnOiWzaUkxPjEpJTFqyVjdu5mlT9hdpmyUWTPW3X-EDcVu2W0TkSD-AAlmQ_sZXpGN4jM0FvJc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6855.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I am participating in:<br /><br /><a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2012/05/seasonal-sundays-101-kims-living-room.html">SEASONAL SUNDAYS</a></div></div> </div>

THE SECOND FRONT DOOR

It is the most glorious day here at StoneGable. Sorta like living in San Diego today! You know those days... warm, breezy, sunny, low humidi...

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FRONT PORCH FLOWERS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT6kEssrjdmf2J-gfbe5XM6roRtqrrk5eUJU8nPMIJepJr9GZ2NT3ar7NS4vjIxcoICHJptNPlN78g4C6_36l066IXmYTeTnPLC8OXdRkQiLlq4-cWPpy7EtyjjsaWTbBRF69cbxG5n0/s1600/Potting+Plants+2012+Title+Page+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGT6kEssrjdmf2J-gfbe5XM6roRtqrrk5eUJU8nPMIJepJr9GZ2NT3ar7NS4vjIxcoICHJptNPlN78g4C6_36l066IXmYTeTnPLC8OXdRkQiLlq4-cWPpy7EtyjjsaWTbBRF69cbxG5n0/s640/Potting+Plants+2012+Title+Page+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I look forward to THIS weekend all year! I think about it in the cold and dreary winter months... and as the time approaches the excitement builds!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the weekend Bobby and I go flower shopping! We peruse our local greenhouses. I want to hit every Amish greenhouses dotting the countryside!  Bobby is really there to lift and carry... and watch me as I dance down the isles filled with all sorts of plants, lost in a floral frenzy...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I LOVE deciding what I will plant in all of the porch planters at StoneGable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I even have themes for each year's designs... A SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY ~red, white and blue, the year our son enlisted... BRIDAL BLUSH~ soft blushy pinks and frilly whites, the year our daughter got married,  CACOPHONY~ a profusion of whatever I felt like planting that year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6QDDnHt4yNOTCR5Q9h5pBzz0gbPW-BD7jpRXCKIgSh-u27zCCCypRj0pIezCGEBRQRmmOoTbXrTtTI5udLXLAA5tMrR9jPrFRdhG_D9SH4nMhlVz7iBYUV6Q_BYSMlF-cJ7B1pFrSxI/s1600/Potting+Plants+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6QDDnHt4yNOTCR5Q9h5pBzz0gbPW-BD7jpRXCKIgSh-u27zCCCypRj0pIezCGEBRQRmmOoTbXrTtTI5udLXLAA5tMrR9jPrFRdhG_D9SH4nMhlVz7iBYUV6Q_BYSMlF-cJ7B1pFrSxI/s640/Potting+Plants+6.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cacophony 2009</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I called last year SHADOWS AND LIGHT~ a mix of purples and whites.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a glimpse of  just a couple of pots planted last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RW5Gzsj56SjuDKrHY_VvYl9Ui6YPDcc4bRfNXheYtIql8rC8ISROlW5RHxlv7etYI8aLB-KMjk_vad8h2lmiypfbrldXGIWAKj-ERmkhim74YLZEQCDYjQdmMT4uISP5FMv4HKkN-QY/s1600/Potting+Plants+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RW5Gzsj56SjuDKrHY_VvYl9Ui6YPDcc4bRfNXheYtIql8rC8ISROlW5RHxlv7etYI8aLB-KMjk_vad8h2lmiypfbrldXGIWAKj-ERmkhim74YLZEQCDYjQdmMT4uISP5FMv4HKkN-QY/s640/Potting+Plants+3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtZc23BqgwtJ69awtSWXceUClXgeT2B4lyeElL6X5HsjGHwhyphenhyphenrZISu5UQdDkh8_0uS3zaoLO8VX4HqYuweR-M7ryvHP9FGBIT0moJ_eRlazvLcXgT1kqe2h_uW0yPk3srI8divL0tcUc/s1600/Potting+Plants+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtZc23BqgwtJ69awtSWXceUClXgeT2B4lyeElL6X5HsjGHwhyphenhyphenrZISu5UQdDkh8_0uS3zaoLO8VX4HqYuweR-M7ryvHP9FGBIT0moJ_eRlazvLcXgT1kqe2h_uW0yPk3srI8divL0tcUc/s640/Potting+Plants+5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbjjH-CCJLI4dqlbBET9TRj5x29UqHtEiW-YVpFiBL3yDhF1bb5kT3RMNsPg0vJT-i2TZal5MLqpUfkCF4gWxwHHXGkqmmZmKw8YDphq479xsbNCKQzkiL0UiccIakt4vs5pc53-DxkU/s1600/IMG_0304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbjjH-CCJLI4dqlbBET9TRj5x29UqHtEiW-YVpFiBL3yDhF1bb5kT3RMNsPg0vJT-i2TZal5MLqpUfkCF4gWxwHHXGkqmmZmKw8YDphq479xsbNCKQzkiL0UiccIakt4vs5pc53-DxkU/s640/IMG_0304.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last evening I (well, Bobby and son Christopher) filled the back of my car with some of this years flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was out in my pj's early this morning taking these pictures of the back of my car. Can you see the direction I am going this year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynrpBYoRn7MKKmDQtCw-NcCJekFqXfby13D-IC81x9zG3GO8dlsmEhoKofSSlvBvuKXeG3de7C4MupA-PvcGVK0IIS1udGloEj3Iid2MLxZcmwv-bSyODnM5wYcs-uAbQwA39Vkie6Ts/s1600/Plants+in+car+2012.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynrpBYoRn7MKKmDQtCw-NcCJekFqXfby13D-IC81x9zG3GO8dlsmEhoKofSSlvBvuKXeG3de7C4MupA-PvcGVK0IIS1udGloEj3Iid2MLxZcmwv-bSyODnM5wYcs-uAbQwA39Vkie6Ts/s640/Plants+in+car+2012.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year's mix of purples, whites and greens worked so well with my front porch. I think I will do something similar this year... just with more white.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This years theme is...</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHITE BLISS</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48RA7xX4hfReMODHeTkVE6meSac7GtaVOXXAg8gG18MsmwiU9di8kKlCgv5PZDzU0hvzrM95Zlj1d24Ga5QqSqsRsZERMUU0SXha8Wy_80Zu2so_oTf2dSArPHTguRBRufw56on7oq6w/s1600/potting+plants+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48RA7xX4hfReMODHeTkVE6meSac7GtaVOXXAg8gG18MsmwiU9di8kKlCgv5PZDzU0hvzrM95Zlj1d24Ga5QqSqsRsZERMUU0SXha8Wy_80Zu2so_oTf2dSArPHTguRBRufw56on7oq6w/s640/potting+plants+7.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I am off to find more frilly white flowers! I hope those Amish buggies don't slow me down!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div> </div>

FRONT PORCH FLOWERS

I look forward to THIS weekend all year! I think about it in the cold and dreary winter months... and as the time approaches the excitement ...

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