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On any given Spring, Summer or Fall day

from morning til night

I spend as much time as possible 

right here on my porch.

I've always had a Love for porches

and have been lucky enough to have

them at every Home 

Brad and I have lived in.

Like most porches, this one gets dirty

and needs to be cleaned a couple times a year.

So yesterday while it was somewhat 

cool outside I decide to go at it.

 Just like in my Home when the floor gets dirty

it's got to be cleaned.  This porch is on the North side

of our Home, maybe that's why it gets so bad.

 So I took everything off the porch

except for the for the table and the swing

and literally mopped it using Murphy's Oil Soap.

I even hosed down the walls and was 

~Amazed~

at how much dirt 

~Rolled~

down and off!

 It dried dull in my opinion,

but it looks clean and that's what 

I was looking for.

Now comes the fun part....

putting everything back and making

it inviting!

 I brought the rug out of the basement

and hosed it down yesterday too.

I think I might need a clear bulb in this lamp.

My brother made me the martin house.

We don't get martin's here in the "city"

but I like them and he made me one.

It has 20 "rooms" if a martin ever needs a place to stay!

 and depending where I sat on the porch

is how the light hit.  These pictures were taken 

around 8:30 p.m. tonight.  I like how the sun is

hitting just so in this spot.  

 Looks like my lantern is lit....
(at some point this sign will be hanging on my porch)

 Yep, same time....

no sun to be noticed.  I need to paint my 

wicker, but it was too windy today.

Maybe tomorrow....

maybe!

 I also need to paint this bit of railing....

there's always something when you live in 

an older Home!

 It's just dark enough that the yard lights

are coming on....

 There are lots of weeds to pull here....

Boy they grow fast!

 Our gardens go around our whole

backyard and are outlined in rock

hauled in by Brad and I.  When

we moved here there was maybe 

a 12' area that you could say was

a garden and full of weeds at that.

 Here is the section I posted about a few mornings ago

just in the other direction.  See the table there?

I ran errands today and came Home to a broken

umbrella.  It was breezy when I left, but not enough 

to make me think to put down my umbrellas.  By the time

I got Home....the wind was enough that it blew

my whole table over and snapped my umbrella in half!

:(

Well, I've had a long day and I am now going to

enjoy my clean porch!

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Hooked on Beehives....

For this Hooked on post, I thought I would share this

odd collection of mine. For some reason a few years ago....

well, actually more like about 8 yrs ago....

(does that mean it is time for a change?)

Anyway, I saw this cute border....

I thought it was cute anyway!

I fell in LOVE with it!
The previous owners had painted this half bath

pale lavender and where I have the border they had painted

everyone in their families names....

in Indian. Now, I am told I have some Indian in me too,

BUT, these words that I could not read, meant nothing to me

and the lavender....had to go! Not in my color wheel....

for this room anyway!

So, with that came decorating time!
We have these really high ceilings in our home

because it is an older home. So, my husband found about

4 real Beehives with the twigs still connected in an antique store and he

bought them and we hung them in our bathroom.
Odd, I know!

But they're Bee~less!!

I saw this rusty Beehive and of course had to have it....

And then I saw this pattern....

and of course had to stitch it!

And you know it's the little touches that count....

A Beehive Lady to watch over the hives....

and of course her little Beehive purse!

This little chair is the cutest thing....

On the seat is the sweetest quote....

To Make A Prairie It Takes

A Clover And One Bee

Emily Dickinson 1830-1886

And I saw this Primitive Bee Angel....

and she had to be included.

So that is just a sample of my Beehive collection!

Do any of you have an odd collection?

If so, I hope you share it sometime!

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I just saw this fun post, hopefully all of my above will count for this for today!

http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/

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