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Monday, April 6, 2009

How I Spent My Sunday


The day started off early...6 am. Went to meet a friend to go flea marketing with. I meet Eileen through ebay and many emails later we've become friends who share an interest in painting anything old and discarded. We both love giving things new life. So we met at the market and spent the morning going through booth after booth looking for the different and the unique. I think we both found some neat stuff as you can see in picture. I also was able to pick up 2 small rockers...these will sell well at Christmas time. When I go to paint them I will take a before and after pictures.

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When I came home my hubby suggested that we go to Home Depot to get mulch since it was on sale. So off to get mulch. The picture is of about half the mulch stacked. I had the boys put the other bags in the flower beds so I didn't have to drag it too far.

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My longest flower bed takes the most work as I reset the stepping stones when I mulch. A few sedum, one of my coreopsis, and some bearded irises are popping through the mulch. The black eyed susies were just starting to come up through last years mulching...and should be through this years in a few more days again.

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More mulch on the backyard flower beds...not much is popping through there yet...the hostas were just starting to sprout. There are more irises and a rose bush or 2 along with some day lillies and a few more sedum. I can't wait to be able to plant all my annuals and add to my periennials. I spend a lot of time in my flower beds, planting, weeding and pruning.


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I picked up this piece a few years back from my favorite junk guy...I just love it as I haven't run across a love seat metal lawn chair in all my years of junking. I decided to paint it in the americana theme. The heater is also from my junk guy Harold...I just love those old kerosene heaters.

It was a very full day and I was glad to see my bed.


11 comments:

  1. Wow D, you were busy! You also got some great finds!! I love that metal loveseat that you painted up...that is so cool. I haven't seen one of those either.

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  2. Dee...No wonder you were tired from yesterday. You found some great things. Bet you can't wait to get started on them.
    Pat

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  3. Can't wait to see what you paint on all those great treasures! Your mulch pile looks like mine! Can't wait for it to warm up enough here to be able to put it all down.
    Jody

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  4. B,

    Thanks...now to get everything painted. Wanna come help? Yep, the metal love seat was a great find. I had it for over a year before I decided what to paint on it. Harold has some great find sometimes. I wish I had a camera with me when I go to his place. He is just like Sanford & Sons. He's a funny old coot!

    D

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  5. Pat,

    Thanks...treasure hunting is always fun but can be exhausting! I took a mini nap when I came home beofre doing the mulch...that really wears me out. But now the backyard is done with the hard part. Can't wait til after this weekend to get some of my annuals in. I did plant some in my hanging baskets as I can bring them in if it gets too cold but would love to get some into the ground.

    D

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  6. Jody,

    I can't wait to see what I paint on those treasures either! LOL! That's what's left of the mulch pile after the backyard. I have a huge new flower bed planned for the front yard this year so that's where the rest will go I'm sure. Just need to figure out what exactly I'm doing out there first then I can tackle that.

    D

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  7. Wow...what a good day you had at the flea market.....great finds!! Love your sitting area.

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  8. What neat finds you got! And I'm jealous - I want flowers to be coming up here!! But no... we got snow again last night.

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  9. Thanks Doris! I love my sitting area in the garden too.

    D

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  11. T,

    We usually have things poking up mid March here. The flowers that I put into the planters are now in the house as we had cold temps. last night.

    D

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