Wednesday, August 31, 2011

ANOTHER DREAM IS COMING TRUE....

 FINALLY, IT HAS STARTED. WHAT YOU ASK HAS STARTED, MY TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED WORK BUILDING. A PLACE TO PAINT AND CREATE NO MATTER HOW COLD OR HOT. I CAN PAINT IN THE RAIN, SNOW ,SLEET OR HAIL. I HAVE WANTED THIS FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NOW AND IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING. NO MORE POP UPS ON THE HOT DRIVEWAY. NO MORE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I AM GONNA PAINT WHEN IT SNOWS . DID I EVER THINK THIS WOULD HAPPEN,"NOT". SEE, DREAMS DO COME TRUE. THEY MAY TAKE TIME, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. SO NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.      
 WHEN I ARRIVED HOME THIS "FINE" MACHINE WAS STILL WARM FROM ALL THE EARTH IT HAD MOVED.
 THE BUSHES AND TREES THAT WERE REMOVED WERE QUITE BIG. I HATED TO SEE THEM GO, BUT IT WAS FOR THE CAUSE. THE ROCKS BELOW WERE AROUND A GARDEN THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED.
THE PICTURE BELOW IS WHAT I SAW AS I DROVE UP MY DRIVE WAY. STAY TUNED IN FOR REGULAR UPDATES.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

ONE OF MY FAVORIT PLACES

 THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, MY SCREENED IN PORCH. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THEN TO SIT AND DRINK MY MORNING TEA AS THE SUN RISES. THE BIRDS ARE SINGING AND I AM IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD ENJOYING THE START OF THE DAY. THIS SPACE ALSO SERVES AS MY FAMILIES EVENING CHAT ROOM. NO MOSQUITOES,NAT'S BUGS OR BEES.
 MY FAMILY AND I HAVE MADE MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES DINING AT THIS SIMPLE 20 YEAR OLD PICNIC TABLE. IT USE TO BE REDWOOD STAIN TILL I GOT A HOLD OF IT WITH MY TRUSTY PAINT BRUSH.
 THE OLD KITCHEN HOOSIER MAKES THE PERFECT STORAGE PLACE FOR PLATES,NAPKINS AND WHAT EVER ELSE YOU MAY NEED . THE OLD WICKER BAKERS RACK HOLDS MY PLANTS AND OLD WATERING CANS. AND WHAT WOULD A PORCH BE WITHOUT AN OLD ROCKER.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST YOU GOTTA HAVE A COMFY PLACE TO RELAX AND CHAT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BEHIND THE WICKER COUCH I INSTALLED AN OLD DRAW FROM A CORNER CABINET TO USE AS A SHELF TO HOLD MY WATER FOUNTAIN. I LOVE THE SOUND OF WATER TRICKLING, IT IS SO CALMING. THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN HOTTER THEN NORMAL AND I DO HAVE TO ADD WATER  DAILY, AS IT EVAPORATES AS QUICK AS I ADD IT. I LIKE TO CHANGE THE LOOK AND COLOR OF MY PORCH EACH YEAR, DEPENDING WHAT MOOD I HAPPEN TO BE IN WHEN I SET IT UP IN THE SPRING. I USUALLY ENJOY THIS SPACE THU OCTOBER.