Hot Weather Brings Progress At The Shop

Is it hot enough for you?? It's so crazy how it was such a cool, wet spring and now it's sweltering!!

Last week, it was so miserably hot, temps in the high 90's and heat index well above 110. Hubby choose to work at the shop, so we turned on the window air and fired up about 4 fans. They ended up getting most of my floor built up to the level of other parts. They also got my plumbing moved around so I can have a bathroom, yay!!!

We have the chance to buy another building, the man's just not quite ready to sell yet, but when he is, it's our. So this means, we are putting in a shower in the bathroom and a few other things, so we can turn my current shop into a studio apartment. It adds more work now...but it would be soooo much more work later on.

I snapped a few pics of the projects. They aren't very clear, but I'll try and keep the pics coming so you can see the progress!!

Stay cool!!

It's That Time Of Year...

When my laundry lays on the dryer or sits in a basket. I don't do laundry until I realize I have no clean shorts/capris left. Supper is on the go, my daughter rarely plays inside with her toys, ohhh and it's been awhile since I've cleaned my house. Does this happen to you?? Do you collapse into bed exhausted every nite??? Go, go, go, go!! That's all I feel I'm doing.


Tomorrow I'm off the Manly's Farmer's Market. I'll have a table or two set up. I have several fresh items from the garden and also a few of my thinks from the shop. If you're in town, come check up out :)


Until I take a break again....have a wonderful summer day!!

....And The Barn Came Down

What a busy weekend!! Hope everyone is having a great long, 4th of July weekend!!

Friday nite we had a bad rain/wind storm. So windy it bent my umbrella on my patio table right over and also blew over my outhouse...ohh, and it took out our cable. The one thing we were waiting for, was our barn to blow over. Hubby had the excavator and everything ready to tear it down on Saturday morning, and just knowing our luck, we thought it would blow over. Thankfully, it didn't. I don't want to be building my neighbor a new garage.

Saturday we took our poor, delapidated barn down. It put up more of a fight then I thought. But luckily, nothing got broken (well hubby was pissed he backed into his sprayer he pulls behind the lawnmower, and my yard cart, grrr.) Other then that mishap, we won't be building the neighbor a new garage, we didn't loose anything on our own garage, and the dog kennel was not flattened.

Now, onto the next project. We've decided put a garage back up on the slab and pour a slab for the dog kennel, and I'm hoping for a little covered patio, since our deck bakes in the late day sun; it's not very usuable.

Here are some pics of before, during and after! Have a great 4th!

What I've Been Doing For The Last 3 Weeks

I see I haven't posted in over 3 wks, opps!! I've been quite busy. Now that my summer open house is over, we've tore into many projects. We started demo-ing in the back of the shop. I also started painting the outside of the shop, excited for it's new reveal! I've also managed to get some more plantings put in and the arbor done. We got fish a few nites ago for the pond and started rearranging my limestone rocks for around the pond. Also have a few picked out for a foot path into the garden. It will all come together, just not quick enough, haha!!

Last weekend was city wide garage sales. I gladly got rid of several things, but also picked up a few things :) It's a disease, I can not help it. Also picked up a few things at an auction, I'll have to get pics of them later. I hope you enjoy a few shots of this and that. Have a great 4th of July weekend!!

 My pile of barn doors, so many ideas!

 This wall is coming out, it'll open it up quite a bit

 Hoping to leave this "room"

 This is where my bathroom/kitchen are going

 My new paint color. I've gotten a lot done since this pic, my building is almost 100 ft long....it requires a LOT of paint!!

 My new bittersweet plants

 Mark brought this home yesterday, I've been wanting one so bad

 Garage sale find

 She's a beaut!! haha I think it would look great with a crate of flowers on the back

 Garage sale find, already slapped on a coat of paint

My other garage sale find

Preparing For Destruction

Yesterday is was flippin' hot here!! And very windy!! So windy that hubby and crew couldn't work up on the roof at their building site. They came into town and started cleaning out our barn. The poor thing had been let go so long before we bought this place, it's time for it to go. We've only been talking about it for 4 years. The further you go in, the more daylight you see :) Our neighbor's garage is right next to it and we joke how they have their new garage plans all drawn up, waiting for the barn to take out their current garage. I'm hoping we get this done shortly, so we avoid this!!

Here are a few pics I snapped, I already have started using some of the wood for my outhouse and have plans for a garden shed as well as a little potting shed at the shop.

 I think the barn door is the only thing keeping it up right anymore

 It had already started self-destructing so I've used those boards already

 If they'd just put a roof on, it may still be salvagable

I have plans for these!!

Flower Boxes

Thought since I've been slacking on blogging lately, that I would show you what I've been up to. And the reason of why I'm dehydrated. I was busy planting flowers Sunday and yesterday. Wish they were fuller but they'll get there. These 90's haven't been helping. They're talking rain moving in tonite and cooling things off again, that would be great!! I'd be more productive if it'd cool off!!

And a few auction finds

 Hubby picked this up for me at an auction

 Already sold these at the shop!

 The green has gotta go!!

 The heat has kinda beat up my pansies!!

 This was a surprise hubby brought home one day. Traded a guy for it, too bad the match was broke :(

 Just filled the wagon, hopefully it'll fill in soon

 My peonies bloomed yesterday! Love the fact that my hostas have grown so big you can barely see the air conditioning unit

 The new bed I'm slowly working on. Planted coneflower behind the stone, hoping it'll peek out soon

 This box works great for holding 2 flower boxes

 Transformed this old freebie

 Wintered over this spike, hoping to winter it every year

 My clemantis is making it's way up this metal artwork. My salvia is popping too

Soon my beds will be filled in

Let's Go Junkin' Summer Open House

LET'S GO JUNKIN'!! Tomorrow is the first day of my summer open house. I'll be at the shop tomorrow thru Saturday 10-6 each day. I'll be back again next Thursday-Saturday, same hours. Stop by if you're in the area. Lots to fill your yard/garden or your house!!