Man is it hot outside... and a few things from July 2011

Work on the cornzebo has been disappointingly slow.
It's been too hot to work on it.
I borrowed my SIL Sherman's truck a couple of
Saturday's ago and got some pea gravel from the local
quarry.

It took me a couple of hours to unload.  My furry

helper wasn't much help.  He wanted to lay in the doorway

of the cornzebo, or stand on the gravel, anywhere that

was inconvenient. :)

I used a small grinding stone in the center.

You may remember the red bird we made earlier in

the year.  Well now its perched in a large patch of

daisies. 

I made this little planter for my desk and

added one of my smaller hand crafted

found object wooden dragonflies.

Since the cornzebo isn't round, and more

octagonal, and I laid the footer pavers underneath

the corncrib free hand, I'm afraid it will be a

huge undertanking to try to lay a solid brick

floor.  So I decided to add pea gravel and try

to create an old abandoned relic type feel.  Like

it's been there forever.  I started out thinking maybe

brick sections large enough for the chairs surrounded

by gravel but I'm not feeling it.  So, I think I'm going to

continue the round center out, and see where it takes me.

Any ideas?

We made this bench out of limbs that came out in a huge storm.

It's one of my favorite things.  This year its starting to

grow fungai on it.

We hung this old kettle in the trees for a robin to nest in, but

alas no birds have yet called it home.  I guess I'll be moving it

before next spring.

This is a $5 wheelbarrow missing the tire.  I found the

old wheel in someones trash and drug it home.  Hubby

added it to this wheelbarrow for me.  Love the way it

looks now full of blooms.

I have always liked this crooked old brick.

I have been wanting to tear up our stained, ugly carpet for several

years but my husband said we needed it.  Well, he went to work

one day, and I didn't.  Bye bye carpet!  I just couldn't live with

it another day.  I had to cut around the heavy tv cabinet, and a very

large cupboard, until hubby could help me remove the last of it.

He wasn't happy abut it, but has pretty much gotten over it. :)

This pig was my mothers. It guards my shed now.

I bought my first new piece of furniture. I'm 53 and just bought something

new.  Hubby and I like to recline when we watch tv, so we got something

new.  I tore the carpet up the morning this was to be delivered.

One more thing:  We hung some cute lights up around the

round brick patio and pond.  I love them.  They remind

me of the days when I went to camp as a kid.

They're hard to take a pic of so maybe I'll show

them off later.

We enjoyed everyone who came to our July 4th cookout

and watched the fireworks with us.  Thanks for making

our day special.