Plants on The Deck

Our Deck

We arrived back in Destin, FL, on Saturday.

By the time we got to our place,

it was dark, so we did not go

out on our deck until Sunday.

My neighbor and friend, Brenda, takes

care of our plants while we are gone.

I was amazed that not only was everything

still alive, everything was thriving.

I told her if things started to die I would

need to leave, as I do not have a green thumb, at all!

Below is one of my Boston Ferns

and my little Lime tree.

Some leaves of my ficus are sticking out

in this photo also.The Ivy is starting to really grow and has a good start on covering 

the trellis.

See one of my Limes...

There are seven of them on this

little tree. :)

You can see another one

hanging over the bottom of the

pot in this photo.

You will also see the pot is

sitting on an ottoman.

My honey is going to cover it

with a solid piece of wood..

I don't have my Annie Sloan Duck Egg blue paint with

me, so it might need to wait awhile.

When I left here,

four months ago,

this fern was a tiny thing.

I am not even sure what the

name of this fern is.

I bought it after seeing Brenda's

beautiful plant. She told me the

name but I don't recall it, at the moment.

It resembles a Boston Fern but the leaves are bigger.

My African Violet.

Brenda said it bloomed while

we were gone. She also said she

has never had any luck with

African Violets.

Well, she had luck with this one.

We will see if it stays alive.

See the deck over there?

That is Brenda's beautiful Jungle!

Today is so wonderful here.

The sky is overcast and there is a

breeze which makes it perfect for

sitting on our deck and looking 

at our plants Brenda kept growing for us.

I hope your weather is as lovely as here today!

 The name of the store?

Guess...

Embellish

This is the sign they have

in front of each parking 

space..

and now meet

 Trisha,

The Owner,

The Designer,

The Lovely...

BUT,

I

had

to 

BEG

her 

for

a 

Picture!

I was going to Photshop me out

of the picture taking,

but

time

got

in

the 

    way...

Imagine that..

Below are pictures

of her 

FABULOUS SHOP

in Pinetop, AZ.

It is my favorite shop in AZ.

Yes,

everywhere

in 

AZ.

It is a Boutique.

It is a Scrapbook store.

It is MAGNIFICENT!

Enjoy some photos 

she allowed me

to snap

with 

my

cell

phone...

No Manual Practicing Here..

I was too busy 

shopping!

If there was ever a reason to visit

Pinetop, AZ,

This store is IT!

Mother Nature

In just a week and a half,  Mother Nature has 

certainly been transforming our

new Aspens and our Maple tree!

I purchased an iron bed to turn into a 

"flower bed"

at an antique shop in Miami, AZ.

My hubby dug some holes and put the bed in.

We discovered the pegs were not given to me with the bed.

Randy bought some at Ace and secured the bed.

Next spring/summer when we return to Pinetop,

we will place rocks around the bed to hold the

compost, soil, and manure.

Then we will fill it with flowers and hope they live!

 The only thing, so far, that we have had any

luck with up here are roses.

Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing my

new vintage bed transformed.

I gave it a couple of coats of lacquer to help protect

the choppiness of the paint.

Practicing in Manual Mode

 I am practicing Manual mode

on my camera.

I took the first class of Photography 101 from
shootflyshoot.com

and I highly recommend it.

I love that it is available to me forever.

I plan to take their second class

but I still need to practice what

is taught in the first class.

Today's post was chosen because of a party hosted by
Funky Junk Interiors. See the link at the end of the post.
I decided to practice photographing my

 yellow vintage door turned shelf
 and my whitevintage door
turned into part of our headboard

in Pinetop...

See all those Pine trees...

We have 28 of them in our front yard.

Side View

Even my husband said he loves seeing the

scrolls on the sides when out in the yard.

The door used to be in our pantry.

Now it is on the deck and holds

dishes I use for Mosaic.

It also holds vintage bottles and a what not here or there,

waiting to be transformed.

This was the first picture I took this morning.

I looked at it and my first thought was

Oh My...

But

Then

I decided it was sort of

Artsy

and 

I 

liked

it!

I also could not get enough light

in our Master Bedroom

to showcase the Vintage French Door

Turned into our headboard.

I worked with it just a little in PSE

and I also decided I sort of liked the

graniness ( is that a word?! )

Linking up with the party below!

From Ugly to Pretty

 Remember this photo from the golf course?

The above one, of course!

 Doesn't look much like this, does it?

This is one side of our backyard in Pinetop...

Pretty, yucky, huh?

The backyard has been ignored, in order

to make the front yard more beautiful...

Plus,

We did not have a vision for the back

We do not entertain here....

obviously...

but we never would.

The front has all the

entertaining spaces.

 Seeing those aspens

gave me inspiration..

I was sick of looking at this,

 even though it is only seen

outside our bedroom doors.

So, we are on the move...

Nine Aspens now and one Maple

have been planted in the back. New 

gravel placed all over.

We are waiting on pavers that match

the front patio to make a landing

off the back steps and in the side yard, 

a place for the garbage cans.

All those ugly other terra cotta things 

are out of there!

For now, there is a path from the 

steps, to the gate, made with the vintage round

concrete pavers. 

Not sure if we will keep them. I

might mosaic them or we will put

in a paver sidewalk...

Still thinking about this..

And, of course,

one thing leads to another..

The below, along the street,

in the front, has turned into

This ...

 And I could not resist showing

a picture of some of the roses in

full bloom!

 Hope your life is as fragrant and beautiful

as these roses!

What a Difference 10 Minutes Can Make!

 We were sitting on the deck, 
out front, 

having Happy Hour.

Looking around the sky, 

the next four pictures show what we saw...

Just look at the light on the trees..

About 10 minutes later, 

the sky had turned to the below.

What a difference 10 minutes can make!

Hope you enjoy every 10 minutes of your day!