SUMMER'S HERE

I've no time to write much but had to share the beauty of one of our first magnolia blossoms.

Can't you just smell the fragrance

Billye's swing is suspended from a branch of a magnolia and is amid all the weeds and debris

                                

Miss Magnolia enjoys her swing and watching Mama do the yard work

BEFORE & AFTER: MAGNOLIA BEDROOM

    I just came across these photos the other day and was struck by the transformation.  What do you think?

BEFORE
February 2011

AFTER
December 2012

I've been told this 2nd story room on the north side of the house was used as the family room by the previous owners.  It is now my daughter's bedroom.

BEFORE:
2011

AFTER
December 2012

OUTSIDE MISS MAGNOLIA'S ROOM

Today, outside Miss Magnolia's bedroom window...

NEW WINDOWS

    While the new construction windows have been installed there are several replacement windows yet to be set.  Wallace took delivery of the remainder of the windows last week.  

The delivery practically filled the dining room

A couple days later all but the full reveal doors have been installed.

Master bedroom (the Christmas wreath hangs on the outside)

Billye's room (See the magnolias outside her windows)

Looking up from the library window

FENCE ME IN

    Once the fallen tree was removed (click here to read history) the new fence construction could resume.  These guys were back at Hawthorne Ave. 2 days after I called them,  digging post holes, hauling concrete, and setting 6x6 posts.

In 2 more days, allowing 1 day for rain,  our new fence is complete.  And I must say...

"It is GORGEOUS!"

Look past the dumpster and the house construction debris

See how the fence runs up to the old magnolias edging the property

Ultimate privacy along the back corner

    We are quite pleased, and these folks, whom I have used on Warren Road in the past, are A++ in my book.  (Thanks Bill, Scott, Spud and everyone who was patient with this project and worked diligently to make it happen.)

 

LIVIN' THE LIFE MAGNOLIA

Wicker chair   $89.00

Home and Garden magazine $3.99

Diet Cokes with ice and a straw   $2.50

Spring day  $0.00

Livin' the Life Magnolia   PRICELESS !!!