When You're Away

Mr. Hubby and I just returned from a wonderful cruise to Alaska.  It was a week of breathtaking scenery and new experiences.  When I returned home after traveling through four time zones....I just thought there were only three and after that you just fell off the end of the earth I saw our home in a new light again.

My point in all of this is how do you view your home when you return from vacation?  To me everything looked so warm and inviting and I think I was seeing some things with a new "eye" and what the possibilities might be to improve.  I had just finished staining my porch floor when we left, a major task and one I might share later after I recover.  I had put a few things out on the porch the week before we left because I was having company from out of state and wanted things to at least be presentable.

This is a little corner of the porch where I sit when I have a moment.  I recently found that after years of struggling with not being able to put pictures, etc. on the siding (hubby would have gotten the vapors if there was a hole in the siding) the Command Strips work great!!!!  I put this picture and clock up this morning and love the look of it.  Now my mind is spinning with other ideas of how I might use these little gems on the porch.

This sweet potato vine is doing well and I love the new orb I picked up at the floral wholesaler a couple of weeks ago.  The candle is a faux one that has an auto timer on it from QVC, Flameless Candles, I love to look out in the evening and see the candles flickering on the porch.

I had a box filled with old chipped Blue Willow that was sitting in the basement, I brought some of it up and filled a wicker planter with it then added a few flowers in some of the cups. Hope this qualifies for Susan's Metamorphosis Monday!

 

I'm joining Susan today for Metamorphosis Monday

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Marty at Tabletop Tuesday

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Kim at Wow Us Wednesday

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Southern Daydreamer