Sojourns From Italy

At the property line, below, a hedge & faux gate. Look close, it's mirrored. Hints of an English cottage garden, below.
Double axis with a potager, below, viewed from the frontyard.

Potager, below, viewed from the backyard.


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My Finished DIY Pendant Light ….. (Via Made By Girl)

Hope everyone had a great long Holiday weekend. OMG. Doesn't it seem to pass by so quickly??!  So, last week I posted here about my DIY random pendant for my home. It took a few days, but we finally finished it this weekend. Overall, I'm pretty HAPPY with how it turned out! However, I have to admit, the only 2 things I DIDN'T ENJOY about this project were: 

1. It was time consuming.

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new grape arbor - and my lemon tree

new grape arbor

I forgot to post this photo last weekend after my husband made this new arbor for my grapes. The vines were all over the place. I pulled them together and put them on their new arbor. Much more orderly looking.

Add my little Meyer's lemon tree is also in this photo. I will have to get a close up picture of the lemons growing on it. Earlier this year, someone told me that lemons need a lot of nitrogen. So I fertilized it well and added fresh soil. I've never had so many fruits before. I counted 33 last week. And it is still blooming its wonderful smelling blossoms and setting more fruit.
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some random pictures and a couple notes…


First of all, we are going to start having a new promotion at the Willows every Tuesday with all tanks and tees being 25% off through the end of the year! So, come see us for T-Shirt Tuesdays! Remember, Tuesdays only!



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the weekend’s harvests

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