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outdoors
Simple Landscaping Ideas
Summer is here and it’s time to take the fun outdoors!
So my Southern friends are back together to share some Outdoor Living ideas with you!
I decided that I would give you my backyard tour that is full of Simple Landscaping Ideas!
Simple DIY Tent
I did not grow up in a camping family.
We were more of the hotel sort.
When we went on vacation…we liked to play hard all day…enjoy a good dinner at night…and cuddle up in a soft bed with fresh linens each night.
{Not to mention warm showers and flushing toilets.}
I know that camping is an amazing family activity…but my parents did not pass those skills on to me.
So to make up for our lack of camping; I decided to make my girls a super cute tent that they could hang out in during the day.
{And still enjoy all of the comforts of home! 🙂 }
Rope Wrapped Chain for a Porch Swing
I’m really not much of a detail person.
I’m more of a “Big Picture” kind of girl.
I think it’s because I don’t make time for details.
I like to move on to the next project.
I have a lot less OCD…and a lot more ADD.
But let me tell you…if you have a porch swing that is hanging with chains…
…you should take 1 hour…and find some rope…
…because this little detail is worth your time!
CUTE!
Garden Hose Wreath
Have you ever had a yard sale…and had a car drive by slowly…trying to decide if your junk was worthy of stopping for…
…only to have the car keep driving.
**Humbling.**
I mean, you don’t want the stuff any more…but it hurts somehow to have someone else not even think your stuff worthy of stopping for.
I typically try to stop at every yard sale…or at least not make eye contact with the host as I drive by.
I must admit that me and my crew did several “drive-bys” this weekend.
But when I saw this garden hose rolled up…I knew we had to stop!
I knew it would make the perfect summer wreath for my garden shed!
Easy Outdoor Projects
Every year at this time…it’s the same thing.
A precious bird builds her nest on our column on the front porch.
Right above my rocking chair.
And every year I don’t have the heart to remove her nest.
I just let her build away and hatch her babies right there beside my front door.
It makes my rocking chair a very dangerous place to sit for a few weeks…
…but I’m ok with that.
So here are some easy outdoor projects to welcome some birds to your house!
{Click on any picture to see the “how-to” or details!}
Easter Table Ideas for Kids
I remember hunting eggs when I was a kid.
We hunted the good old fashioned hard boiled eggs.
No plastic candy filled eggs for us.
We’d hide them and hunt them until they were rotten.
And there were always a few that we could never find…
…until several days later…
…when we would be retrieving a ball from the monkey grass and the smell would knock us over.
Or my Dad would hit it with the lawn mower…that never went over well.
Ahhh…the memories! 🙂
