And I do mean HOT! Whew, thank goodness most of this project was in the shade...
Planted a row of hydrangea bushes across front porch. Seriously tough digging! We decided to go with the large pine bark nuggets figuring that would be the least maintenance next to pea gravel and hoping that we don't have to replenish as often as the fine stuff. It wasn't very fun crawling under the porch on my side to spread it! Minimal and low maintenance is the theme for landscaping this property. The days of spending hours watering all the lush landscape are over.
These little gems have been on my wish list for a few years now. Oak Leaf Hydrangea (Pee Wee variety will only get about 3 ft tall and 3 ft wide) White flowers that fade to pink and leaves turn burgundy in fall. Ooooh la la.
Our existing porch furniture worked out fine on the front porch. Probably wouldn't have selected this fabric for here but since I completely redid this furniture just 2 years ago, we'll go with it for a couple more years.
Finally hung the first picture!
It's an original Clyde Butcher photograph. He's a big time Florida photographer and the picture belonged to my dear friend Molly. It's fitting that it's the first picture we've hung. I have a few others from Molly's collection that will soon find the right place.
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