Thanks so much, Rachelle!!
We had our little Grand Pup Faye over to visit for a good part of the day on Thursday as her Mom and Dad had places to go and things to do after work and they did not want to leave her in the crate for such a long period of time.....
She discovered that if she sits on the arm of this chair, she can look out the front door down into the parking lot since we landscaped our neighbor's yard!!!!!
She then found out that if she lays on this arm of the chair, she can see down the hall and out the back door.....
But there wasn't much happening out there so she got a bit bored and started to fall asleep.....
She is her G Pop's little buddy......
And of course, her Uncle Joey was thrilled to see her when he stopped in after work for dinner......
My neighbor, Tom, who was the one who was feeding the squirrels the peanuts which they kept burying in my pots in the back yard, asked us to landscape his slope.....
We declined as doing my neighbor's slope did put quite a physical toll on us with our bad back issues....
I did agree to help him put down mulch and weed block fabric in his flower bed at the top of his slope after he cut back his trees and shrubs....
On Saturday, with Tom's help, I turned this......
No sooner did we finish my neighbor Tom's yard, my neighbor Ed, who lives next to Tom, renting my neighbor Elly's old home, asks us if he could hire us to do his top flower bed and the large one underneath his Living Room window which is twice as big as ours.....
Now how could you say yes to one neighbor and no to another when their yards are next to each other between 2 sets of steps??????
Ed is physically unable to take care of this area himself as he has hip and knee issues so Joe and I struck a deal with him and were able to complete the flower bed on top of his slope on Saturday.....
After cutting back the Burning Bush, which had lost most of it's leaves and looks to be dying, and the Rose of Sharon Trees, with Tom helping with his electric shears......
I removed a bunch of large rocks as Elly had built a rock garden and laid down the weed block fabric on top of the rocks.....
Then I put down 6 bags of mulch and put the larger rocks back......
Again, the "Might as Well's have hit again!!
We will be working on the remainder of that project this week......
So stay tuned as to how it comes out.....
In the beginning of last week, I managed to strip down the Seasonal Tree in the Living Room after packing away the Patriotic decorations....
I was able to decorate the Living Room in my Late Summer "Under the Sea" theme, starting with the Tree.......
I started with the deco mesh garland that I made.....
Next I added fish netting to the aqua deco mesh garland.....
Next, I started to add the ornaments......
I bought the octopus ornament and I made and embellished the star fish ornaments....
Next I added some store bought sea horses and fish.....
And shells.......
I added some of the ornaments that I made using sea shells that my neighbor Elly picked on Miami Beach when she lived there in the Winters and painstakingly cleaned and separated into sizes .....
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The finished Tree......
I decorate the platform under the Tree also for each Season and Holiday.....
With my "Under the Sea" theme, I set up the "Beach" underneath the Tree......
On the left side.....
I made the "beach" sign several years ago.....
I honestly do not remember where I got the Starfish story from but I remember that I framed it last year and stuck it in with the decorations to be used this year.....
I bought the anchor at Big Lot's a few years back.....
See it to the right of the platform...
I finally finished the light house I started!!
You may remember that I made this lighthouse out of clay pots for the Front Porch 2 years ago.....
I worked on it several evenings while watching TV and finished it!!
I used aqua as the accent color....
I glued a rope that I had around the rim of each pot.....
Since my hands are not that steady because of the arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome, I glued peach colored gem stones to the windows to hide my shaky painting.....
I attached a piece of fish netting to the shells that I glued around the pots.....
And I used river rocks bought at Dollar Tree and small shells to the base which I painted blue for the color of the water......
Instead of a solar light, I glued clay saucers that you put under pots together and put a battery operated candle on top.....
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I love all your under the sea themed items. Our bathroom has lots of lighthouse items, shells, and photographs of lighthouses I have taken. I also have the story of the starfish with a starfish pin. I will be checking out your ornaments and perhaps make some more. Our guest bedroom has all sorts of memorabilia of shells, sea glass, and so much more. I am thinking of moving a display ladder I have into there and setting it all up that way. I did get all my widgets to work after the Wordpress theme update and have added your blog to my list of links. I'll be adding more now that I have it working again. Have a wonderful day. Hope the good weather continues.
ReplyDeleteYou don't need to visit the beach - You live at the beach!!! So summery and just perfect for August.
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed with your landscaping business. No wonder everyone wants to hire you. I hear you about the bad back issues, though. But you are doing such a wonderful job with all the projects. Your building looks marvelous!
your sea tree looks terrific and I can imagine that if you don't watch it the whole building will be asking you two to do all theirs too!
ReplyDeleteWhile we've lived in a lot of different places our home base has always been in Florida, Deb, and I swear I've never seen a prettier or most festive beach tree. All the ornaments are spot on and I definitely appreciate all the extra special details. Can't wait to see the birthday party for your cutie pie grandpup. She's adorable! Hope you have the best day, CoCo
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ReplyDeleteI bet you never imagined that when you retired you would become the neighborhood landscaper. LOL! You and Joe have done a great job cleaning up the "hood". Oh Debbie, that tree is gorgeous! Aqua is my favorite color and all those ornaments you made are just so pretty. Love the adorable lighthouse. So cute!
Lynda,
DeleteThanks again for visiting!! No , I never did imagine that I would be landscaping the neighbors yards but I am glad that we did as it makes everyone's look nice and improved our whole row...I do love how the aqua looks in the LR in the Spring and Summer....I hope you are having a great weekend!!
Hugs,
Deb
Your late summer is looking lovely -- although you must be exhausted with all the gardening! Faye is so sweet and I love the shells and blue you shared!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb. When are you going to put out business cards? Deb and Joe Gardening Service! You are getting a nice little business and are your neighbors lucky. Little Faye is such a little doll. I love her wild hair do. I see the your Joe and my Jerry watch TV the same way. With their eyes closed! The tree is beautiful as always. I don't know where you find all the hours in a day to do all that you do..Happy Wednesday..xxoJudy
ReplyDeleteDebbie, your beachy ornaments are perfect! Thanks for sharing your under the sea tree at Vintage Charm!
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