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HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!
My son Joey and I will be treating ourselves to burgers and chicken from Buffalo Wild Wings today for dinner....
Since my son Jim and DIL Danielle will be working today, we will be celebrating the Labor Day holiday tomorrow, on Tuesday, as they are off, with a Family dinner....
I am so looking forward to seeing my twin granddaughters, Lily and Gigi, who are getting so big!!!
This is a FB video that my son Jim shared yesterday of the Twins...
On Thursday, I decorated the Front Porch one more time in my Patriotic Decor for Labor Day!!!
To be honest, there are only a few changes in what I did for the July 4th Holiday!!
I just love that porch sign that my great niece Caitlin created for me!!!
In the Spring, I purchased a bunch of the faux flowers that were appearing all over social media as an alternative to real flowers for those who live where the heat is just too much to maintain real flowers....
For me, I was tired of having to constantly water the annuals that I would spend close to $200 a Season on, trying to keep them alive in the sweltering heat and humidity which is now normal in the Summer because of climate change in NEPA!!
Plus the increased cost of my Water Bills....
Also faux flowers in this pot.....
Since I liked how the lighted garland that I had around my door from Fall til the end of Winter, I bought this faux eucalyptus and wrapped it with lights....
I will be taking it down this week as I will be changing over the front porch to Fall.....
This is how it looks in the evening.....
Not much changed here.....
I found this faux garland in my stash and it has held up well being outside even though it is not UV resistant......
The coleus that I planted on the side of the Front Porch in this long planter are doing well!!!
The impatiens in this pot in the flower bed are doing okay even though they are starting to yellow.....
The hostas are starting to lose their luster but in October, I will be removing them and replacing them with some Halloween decor....
On the retaining wall on the side of the flower bed.....
These coleus got a slow start as I originally transplanted them from the back yard after something ate the marigolds in this pot....
This coleus is doing well even after I clipped some of it off to propagate....
These coleus are doing great and should last until the first frost....
The impatiens hung in there all Summer despite the heat and all the rain.....
The park bench.....
Begonias always do well out here in the front
A pot of impatiens on the side of the bench....
And more marigolds....
The flowers should pretty much make it through til the end of September unless we get an early frost....
And another great thing....
IT IS SEPTEMBER!!!!!
Thank Goodness!!!!
August is a month that me and my family almost want to just forget about....
I believe Fall starts on September 1st.....
Because I view December as part of Winter and not Fall, especially here in the northeast....
Sometime this week, I will pack up the Patriotic decor along with my Summer decor and decorate the Front Porch for Fall.....
I will be keeping out the faux flowers as the red, yellow and orange will transition nicely into Fall...
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Gosh your flowers are beautiful!!!! It was so stinking hot this summer that our landscaping really got away from us. And when it started to cool, my husband pulled weeds with poison ivy. That has not been fun. He has been spraying everything with some special poison ivy spray so hopefully we can get back to the project soon. Enjoy your family on Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, your flowers, both real and faux held up really well. I also use faux flowers! Your front porch looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your family dinner!
Hugs, Barb
Barb,
DeleteThanks again for stopping by!! I am so glad that I purchased those faux flowers!! I hope you are having a great week, my friend!!
Hugs,
Deb
Happy September, Deb! Your faux flowers have certainly been a great investment for you! The colors are perfect for the fall season ahead, too! That FB video of your granddaughters is so cute! Our oldest granddaughter also has curly hair and when she wakes up in the morning she always says "It's my crazy hair time!" It's the cutest! Have a wonderful family dinner today!
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie. Love your decorations and your flowers are gorgeous, especially the red coleous.
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are beautiful! I decorated our front porch for fall yesterday since temperatures cooled down so much over the last few days. We probably still have a few more weeks of low 90’s that will creep back in, but to me it’s fall here in Texas. RHill, TX
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your kind words and for taking the time to stop by!!
DeleteHugs,
Deb
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ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, and thanks for linking to SSPS 377 See you again Monday