Blooming Blessed

 Yesterday, I purchased some beautiful plants. 

The first blooming beauty I saw was a bush I planted on the right side of my little house, mmm, maybe in 1986-1990... it was a double mock orange with lovely white flowers. That took me right back to the work I did in my favourite house/ property.

I had to wait to buy my Kentucky bluegrass sod. The sod always has to wait until the house is back- filled. This little property is the only place I ever purchased top soil and sod. So, I went to pick out my sod... I had to have what I thought was lovely. So, I loved the Kentucky bluegrass even though the owner warned me... that is not the easiest grass to take care of. For a moment, I mulled over that fact. Then I said, that's the sod I'm buying.

You should have seen it when it arrived... it was this lovely blue- green lush colour and I thought my lawn would look so nice but,... it really only looked really nice for two weeks. For years, I babied that sod while people gave me advice. You should have put more top soil down. You need to water it. Oh, the advice was endless in its uselessness.

I did add top soil, over the years. After all, I did live there over 28 years. I had a few years to spruce things up. 

Back to the mock orange bush I planted on the west side, of the front, of that tiny house. 

  I always wanted the 'double' mock orange but, as you can see, I bought the wrong one. (photo below) The reason I purchased the 'wrong' one was because the double variety wasn't available where I purchased mine. Not everyone carries the same varieties.

Now, fast forward to when I was practicing decorating for my sons' wedding... the mock orange was in full bloom so I created a floral canopy inside my house. It was so lovely. It was only able to be a 'scene set' because you can only use 'in season' flowers for any decorating.

    For my sons... this is how I did things... I don't like wasting money on decorating so I purchased things they could use in their homes after the wedding. I hate 'buck store' decorating that all goes to the landfill after an event. 

    Therefore, I purchased quality items... a lamp... a mirror... a sheet... I made curtains/ drapes for one son... various things that you can use every day. I can't remember who I gave chandeliers to...

I know I donated the last of them to Value Village... still in the box. A few of them were exactly like this black one but the ones I used for the wedding were all white. I bought them at Home Depot. This photo was my living room, in 2014 ish.

I bought some real trees and rose bushes, for one wedding, and put them in pots. 

I gave the pear trees to a friend I went to school with. She had a huge yard. I need her to ask her ex- husband if he has my sons' brown truck.

                             I planted the showy mountain ash in my back yard.

I still have a cream pot from that extravaganza. My advice to anyone, regarding decorating, is to buy what can be used in the home after an event. Anything else is such a waste!

This was my shed, in the back yard... built by myself and my, then behaving other. I bought the harbour light at a garage sale. My son wired the shed, for me, as my birthday gift, one year. The design was mine and I purchased some of the product used, like the 'french windows.' The new cedar was purchased at a lumber store. Those are dutch doors. I love dutch doors. The top doors open independently of the bottom doors. 

                     I painted the floor black and  gold and used the shed for little sales.