Patio Sitter ~ Fall Transition

 Hello, my friends

I sure hope everyone is doing well.

I pray your life is full of blessings.

Isn't it amazing how sometimes we are unable

for whatever reasons, to see how very blessed

we really are.  I think many times we overlook, or take

for granted the beautiful life we have and

how abundantly we are blessed.

I have been thinking about it a lot.

Even in the midst of loss, turmoil, uncertainty

we can pause to give thanks

to the Giver of all gifts.

 

My patio has been a blessing to me.

The summer has been hot but in the evening

after the sun was setting I could go out and sit.

I could see the night sky.  I love watching the stars 

and gazing at the moon. Many early

mornings I would like to sit and listen

to the morning choir. birds singing.

I re-painted this table I have had forever.

I wanted something more "farmhouse" or "county" as

I call it.  Now the weather is cooler as we transition into

Fall/Autumn.  I am enjoying my patio even more.

Even though my brown water can has faux sunflowers

I still like seeing the faux flowers.

I made the arrangement to give a pretty touch 

of color and fall flowers. Live sunflowers just don't 

last long in an arrangement like this.

Besides I like my Faux!

The little green table I also repainted.

The only difference I did not antique.

I just painted the green.  And I don't

remember the name of the color.

This little table I bought many years ago

I remember I paid $5.00 for it.

It has been a handy little table.

I just love it!

My poor flowers really took a beating with the summer heat.

I lost several flowers in the patio pots.

Between being so extremely hot I was laid up with my

damaged leg from my fall in early June.

Some of the heat and drought resistant 

plants made it.  Now that the weather is cool

and I am able to go out and water

a few are coming back.

I will leave you with my chair.  I guess you would call

me a Patio Sitter.  And my chair allows me to sit

and enjoy my beautiful surrounding, 

It's really a blessing.

I hope you are having many more good days.

Old Door And Other Thngs

 Well,  I don't have a lot to share

with you today, but I did want to show you

the door I helped my daughter-in-law create.

She ask me for ideas on what to do with the

back outside door to their house. Gosh I had

no idea what to do!  So I started looking on

Pinterest,  I searched the ideas for "painted 

outside doors". . . Sure enough I found bits

and pieces of doors I liked and I come up with an idea.

But I wasn't sure what Gina would think.

Here is what the old door looked like

Now mind you my son and daughter-in-law live

in a house that is almost 100 years old.

It is adorable!  They have gradually 

done things to the home.  

Little by Little.

As their budget would allow.

Here is the door after a Saturday of painting

and changing the character of the door

Blake put beadboard in the center and 

 trim around the edges.

We painted it red and put walnut stain

over the red paint and wiped it off

to get the vintage look we wanted.

I think it turned out beautiful.

They put a new door handle on it 

and a kickplate.

It always thrills me when ideas can be created

and something old can look new

without compromising the integrity of the

 time period and the vintage look is achieved.

And very easy on the budget.

Now my friends here is a little info about me.

Some of you may not know that the

first part of June I took a hard fall.

I didn't break anything but I sprained my entire leg.

From my hip to my toes I torn muscle and tendons.

Oh, let me tell you it was and still is a beast.

Needless to say, my summer was not fun.

As a result of my injury I have

permanent irrepairable nerve damage to my leg.

I still walk with a walker.  Most likely will

for a long time.  I am in constant nerve pain.

I am limited in what I can do. But I am

managing. Just doing my best.

I have always been a "doer" and I love

keeping my home tidy, decorated, and clean.

Oh let me tell you I have let so many thing go!

Little by little I am getting stronger.  

In a couple of weeks 

things will change  and I hope I

will be able to blog more.

Debbie over at Debbie-Dabble wants me

to show  room by room of my apartment.

Well, I will show you my cozy little

apartment as soon as I can finish decorating.

Thank you for visiting 

I will have more soon.

Please do come back