Everything here is covered in pollen…
how is it where you are?
We had a fun few days in the garden
last week….Handsome took a couple of days off
and we got a lot accomplished.
Pressure washing, weeding, planting….etc.
We also springified the front porch.
You can’t help but love pansies….they look like little happy faces.
AND, they are GREAT on salads.
We add them to our salads for a little
peppery kick. {They also look lovely, too!}
The two-dove sculpture was left on my porch
as a present from a friend a few weeks ago.
Don’t you just love fun surprises….
especially when someone knows you so well????
We have a lot of fun with our French Cafe Sidewalk
Chalkboard that Handsome made.
We’ve found so many fun uses for it…..
We just reused our branches from Christmas and winter…
and hung some paper mache Easter eggs on them.
Our front porch is our therapy spot.
We eat meals on the dining table we have out there,
hang out in the porch swing and read, talk, drink
lemonade or our beloved sweet tea.
We made a list of what we would have to have in a house if we ever moved…..
Number one is always a big front porch
and Number two is always a wood-burning fireplace.
The front porch was what first drew us to Oak Cottage.
Before we even had a realtor show it to us we would come
and sit on the front porch swing trying to decide
if this was definitely the cottage for us.
{No one lived here…it was basically abandoned.}
For almost 17 years now we have sat in that same
porch swing knowing that it was.
Do you have a porch that you enjoy?
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Love your front door! So welcoming.
Thanks…we greatly enjoy our porch!
Oh my, take a bow!
You’ve put a “spring” in my step with your creative loveliness.
Have a blessed day!
So glad!
Love that quote. So inspiring. Thank you for sharing. I hope you will share this starting tonight at The CSI Project, The challenge is Spring Vignettes and Decor. That includes Easter. It will be a great party!!! Lots of inspiration.
http://www.thecsiproject.com
hugs,
Dee, the CSI Girl
Your porch is so welcoming and fun, love all the branches and eggs, I can tell it’s great no matter what the season!! You can tell a lot about a person and family by their porch, xo
So fun and beautiful! I love how you pulled everything together so nicely! So talented. Megan
Thanks, Megan!
That’s a lovely porch you have there.
Thanks, Amy…we enjoy it greatly!
What a beautiful front porch… you can come decorate mine anytime! Love that chalkboard
Why, I’d love to!
What a welcoming scene. I can see why you enjoy your porch. We love ours too and eat out there often. The only problem is where we live the porch season is too short. Wish we had more warm weather,
Aren’t porches wonderful? We have a long ‘porch season’….but it gets so terribly hot and humid here in the summers that there are usually quite a few weeks that it’s hard to enjoy the porch without plugging in the fans.
Lovely front porch all dressed for Easter!
xo-Lisa
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This area looks so darling and welcoming. I dream of a large front porch which one could decorate. Yours is enchanting!
Thanks…it really is our therapy! There’s nothing like a big front porch…..
Your front porch looks so inviting, I can definitely see why you spend so much time there
Thanks! We really do enjoy it.
Thank you so much for sharing your post on Simple & Sweet Fridays. Have a Happy Easter!
Jody
This is one of the cutest and coziest porch! You did a super job, and I love it all!