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I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

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George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Summer Patriotic Decorations, Part 1, 2017

Welcome!!

Every year, I decorate for the Patriotic Summer Holidays!

I usually keep these decorations up all Summer long.......

Today, I will be sharing the first of my 3 Patriotic Trees........

In the corner of the Living Room, is a 6 foot white Tree that I have decorated......

I do want to point out the peach lace curtains in the background.

I changed out the other curtains and drapes for these peach lace curtains for the Summer which I have not used for a few years.

They have given the Living Room a light and airy look for the Summer!

The tree is decorated in red, white, blue and silver........

I placed a red, white and blue party decoration on top of the Tree because it reminds me of a firecracker and fireworks!!

Underneath it is a bow made from 2 different Patriotic ribbons and 2 mini flags.....

There are streamers made from 4 different kinds of Patriotic ribbons........

Also at the top of the Tree, is a wooden heart........

I used red, blue, white and silver garland, bought at Dollar Tree, a few years ago........

Many of the ornaments on this Tree were bought after Christmas on Clearance........

Red, white, blue and silver balls........

I made these ornaments using stickers, a few years ago....

Over the years, I was able to find some Patriotic ornaments........

I also used quite a few red, blue and silver star ornaments......

And you might remember these ornaments that I bought at J.C. Penney's after Christmas this past season........

The Patriotic Bear ornaments were bought several years ago at Micheals......

If you keep your eyes open and think a bit outside the box, you can buy ornaments after to Christmas to use for other Holidays and Seasons.......

I also decorated a bit underneath and around this Tree.......

On a pedestal on the side of the Tree........

Is an urn that I once used out of the front porch.......

Joe bought this boxwood ball at Wegman's at the end of the Summer season last year........

I strung some lights around it, placed it in the urn and tucked a few mini flags in it.......

An Uncle Sam figure sits in front of the urn........

Another Uncle Sam figure and a blue glass bottle with the face of George Washington on it rests at the base of the pedestal.......

3 Patriotic bears sit on a bench under the Tree......

They are all dressed in Patriotic garb!!!!

Another red, white and blue figure.......

On the chair next to the Tree..........

Sit 2 Patriotic bears..........

This Tree will stay decorated like this until the 4th of July is over and then maybe I might do something else with it.........

In my next post, I will be sharing 2 more Patriotic Trees and the rest of my Patriotic Summer decorations........

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Our Front Yard, 2017

Welcome!

I want to show you our front yard today because I finally got to plant my annuals!!

But first, I want to Thank Bev, over at Eclectic Red Barn, for featuring my post The Patio Project, Part 2, from last week's Thusday's Favorite Things Party!!

Thanks so much, Bev!!

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We have been having more seasonable weather over the past week with high temps. in the 70's and lows in the 40's and 50's...........

I finally was able to buy and plant my annuals without the fear of frost.......

In my previous post, I shared how the front porch looks now that it is ready for the Summer......

If you missed it, please click HERE.......

Today, we pick up where I left off..........

This is the little flower bed under the Living Room window........

I decided to not spend a lot of money on annuals this year and I did not over plant my pots and flower boxes.........

This is one of 2 flower boxes that are on each side of the flower bed.........

Begonias grow very well here in the front because it is mostly shaded until the end of the day......

I did not want to over plant so I only planted 4 in each flower box.......

The left side of the flower bed......

I planted one marigold in pots bought at Dollar Tree......

I bought this solar lit bird bath at Big Lot's last year.......

2 fairies flank a hosta.......

The right side of the flower bed.......

2 large urns that were destined for the garbage at our church now rest on the wall between our townhouse and my neighbor's.........

I planted 2 orange marigolds, 2 yellow marigolds and 2 begonias in each of these urns.......

Again, I am staying with the color theme of red, orange and yellow for the front porch and front yard.......

Fairies sit on the sidewalk by the flower bed.......