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Garden Days & Summer camps

<br /><div style="text-align: center;">If you've read my blog for a while, you know I'm one those cursed people with the dreaded</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLACK THUMB (daaan daaaan daaan!!!)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLHD22_Ks4PPwcide9an5p-EXIeGMV9IrlTHoaS0kqx3L7Pk5dRXaVeIn8dkJeN9OUR_fb8GOCP73NlOvMvv2DalffDpNXM7PTUKCy0zT1D6p9foUtn-oIfZhd_C12JHAsJJwf2ncATk/s1600/BlackThumb200w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLHD22_Ks4PPwcide9an5p-EXIeGMV9IrlTHoaS0kqx3L7Pk5dRXaVeIn8dkJeN9OUR_fb8GOCP73NlOvMvv2DalffDpNXM7PTUKCy0zT1D6p9foUtn-oIfZhd_C12JHAsJJwf2ncATk/s1600/BlackThumb200w.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ductress31.blogspot.com/2011/04/me-and-my-black-thumb.html">via</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, the opposite of those people with the <b><span style="color: #38761d;">GREEN THUMB</span></b> - I '<i>Kill</i>' plants. Not on purpose mind you, they just 'don't like me'! ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jMR7fVXUJt6FUGp12v6rwK5-EKyeArb8BBwMiqklthR_BXCiHKb1vTPlE5lUotQ6AQ8Qp0u2ng1T-uzZzI3qtzBC7JxdRGvr2OVu3UCykDuY30qUjVz43F9VeF4omdtNf96Lud-FLXg/s1600/Scared_Dandelion_Royalty_Free_Cartoon_Vector_sjpg5871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jMR7fVXUJt6FUGp12v6rwK5-EKyeArb8BBwMiqklthR_BXCiHKb1vTPlE5lUotQ6AQ8Qp0u2ng1T-uzZzI3qtzBC7JxdRGvr2OVu3UCykDuY30qUjVz43F9VeF4omdtNf96Lud-FLXg/s1600/Scared_Dandelion_Royalty_Free_Cartoon_Vector_sjpg5871.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mystockvectors.com/Landscapes_Nature_g58-Scared_Dandelion_Royalty_Free_Cartoon_Vector_p5869.html">via</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So luckily, I married a man who has better thumbs that I have! And so he's been busy planting up and pretty-fying our back patio with pots and plants.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You already saw what we did with our pergola...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwVWLpjiIKTzjxNb5EayPB9hVvyLD-tclmybHGCI6cwjrPALiTmjPySuVFlNsnwOcM6TLh0oVBgZSvL8TB883ZpbCNwEXJfzeXWG7jA6l6aqHUg1LX1g9jzKSHi2pUYJbPsSoH28nMsg/s1600/DSC_0426_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwVWLpjiIKTzjxNb5EayPB9hVvyLD-tclmybHGCI6cwjrPALiTmjPySuVFlNsnwOcM6TLh0oVBgZSvL8TB883ZpbCNwEXJfzeXWG7jA6l6aqHUg1LX1g9jzKSHi2pUYJbPsSoH28nMsg/s1600/DSC_0426_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But we also added these to the opposite deck...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8kdXY0ABiMINfHFuhLDjCo6RtV-2g63nINtpwaFLtyi_abyFMhty-cVFPUqzP4nsHGHeREWpJNwwsJGTP1q53ZH3spV29yARjGc-IHgqOt_8S7YcIXk3zNvNV33dZzTz4GQ4Hifx_Es/s1600/DSC_0427_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8kdXY0ABiMINfHFuhLDjCo6RtV-2g63nINtpwaFLtyi_abyFMhty-cVFPUqzP4nsHGHeREWpJNwwsJGTP1q53ZH3spV29yARjGc-IHgqOt_8S7YcIXk3zNvNV33dZzTz4GQ4Hifx_Es/s1600/DSC_0427_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't mind the weeds, just look at the planters ;-)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e4fnCIVeUdRqc89IaAjCzghWdUk5Gjv2wE8IXPRQ2_i6Agb2bASRGLvcHNJpr_knz-SueFBNdQvDp3dXu5eDfHcv8HaXOSUG9vuysjguQH78ULglVT29SNiQntkymPVQWezqhVzNDbk/s1600/DSC_0405_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e4fnCIVeUdRqc89IaAjCzghWdUk5Gjv2wE8IXPRQ2_i6Agb2bASRGLvcHNJpr_knz-SueFBNdQvDp3dXu5eDfHcv8HaXOSUG9vuysjguQH78ULglVT29SNiQntkymPVQWezqhVzNDbk/s1600/DSC_0405_Fotor.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We chose boxwoods and got the planters from Sam's Club ($12.99 each which I think is a bargain).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayrUxAWOxol9WA-dVNRksj51_Qc2fISP4mEjk3OmntSox2fcZ1JFPcqSUqbge46OapjAitE-C0bZy7c3IXvSFISRUBeELdPOvKYPqis0mH0sD7dcQatceyrtfV5rtdrdBiTJlVf-yI8I/s1600/DSC_0411_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayrUxAWOxol9WA-dVNRksj51_Qc2fISP4mEjk3OmntSox2fcZ1JFPcqSUqbge46OapjAitE-C0bZy7c3IXvSFISRUBeELdPOvKYPqis0mH0sD7dcQatceyrtfV5rtdrdBiTJlVf-yI8I/s1600/DSC_0411_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know why we only added these recently, I love them here.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31VtGLRnQCO58NpiVxiggYUW3fdRuO84JJ2iQVvvdTTHY0PnzjLXGWPOo7qrxxi6DB-sCxdsWJwLy9kl2XjwLzKqpKGrGE3HTK0oxgqFeJMO7_V-Sm7QsSCKoqp__G7I28FjCIylrOiQ/s1600/DSC_0407_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31VtGLRnQCO58NpiVxiggYUW3fdRuO84JJ2iQVvvdTTHY0PnzjLXGWPOo7qrxxi6DB-sCxdsWJwLy9kl2XjwLzKqpKGrGE3HTK0oxgqFeJMO7_V-Sm7QsSCKoqp__G7I28FjCIylrOiQ/s1600/DSC_0407_Fotor.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He also repotted this Adenium plant - a gift from a friend</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">We also had this problem area beside the pool house...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HbaD8ehHMAok08T-J82sBEx-TeNhYfB-6NcLY084yAwi4Pn6bD1pZw_gE_wAjN18xgRbORsmuiqszX0dwyGfz3uLDQFLJBho1-Rfg5VkAzWE2Xx7nAq0zNtkk5ZB9SYFkU1O35AmqZs/s1600/DSC_0404_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HbaD8ehHMAok08T-J82sBEx-TeNhYfB-6NcLY084yAwi4Pn6bD1pZw_gE_wAjN18xgRbORsmuiqszX0dwyGfz3uLDQFLJBho1-Rfg5VkAzWE2Xx7nAq0zNtkk5ZB9SYFkU1O35AmqZs/s1600/DSC_0404_Fotor.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overgrown weeds BLAH!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, we plan to remove the weeds and plant these 3 flowering shrubs there too, we just have to have the time to do it. ;-)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />On another note, this past weekend, we dropped of my oldest son in Chicago for a 3 week camp, the longest time he'll be away from home.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuwHINfRx5zm0X7oXbQLwvwIoGvP0XvEYeyqU34v1KES65qpqvFkA0aqDj5UsEbIOMp8ZkZTwHU3-3wvLB95fs-_gFQBtIPoRTgxzFpShaPKOdLq19mpw_y5y00a-y79goa36b47oeS8/s1600/photo+%252818%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuwHINfRx5zm0X7oXbQLwvwIoGvP0XvEYeyqU34v1KES65qpqvFkA0aqDj5UsEbIOMp8ZkZTwHU3-3wvLB95fs-_gFQBtIPoRTgxzFpShaPKOdLq19mpw_y5y00a-y79goa36b47oeS8/s1600/photo+%252818%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In his dorm room</td></tr></tbody></table>I think I'm having more' withdrawal' symptoms than he does, since I am missing him like crazy (yes, he's only been gone less than a day since we dropped him off  yesterday afternoon), so my hubs promised me we're going back next weekend to visit him in Chicago for just a few hours (they limit the visits for parents like me since they feel the child will feel more homesick seeing their parents homesick)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBwZlU0gLj4lxEf_XV9aWaTo1Qcnp0kmp9MoNcfoYIzhGfu3Lk6IC_dTpGbZWMOGQ7pJXHCfkwNAnzx8N7bAaXvPJB-Lq4ATYjZW6BhRqdZ0FNlz9xr-VtSDZs4VQ0EbfpAhgERuxpEA/s1600/photo+(17).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBwZlU0gLj4lxEf_XV9aWaTo1Qcnp0kmp9MoNcfoYIzhGfu3Lk6IC_dTpGbZWMOGQ7pJXHCfkwNAnzx8N7bAaXvPJB-Lq4ATYjZW6BhRqdZ0FNlz9xr-VtSDZs4VQ0EbfpAhgERuxpEA/s1600/photo+(17).JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br />So please excuse me for my sporadic posts since other than taking frequent long drives we're also gearing up for my other son's Summer Camp play the weekend after the 4th!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZAtA_gXJuwxq6waX8I6wGTNoUIwc48EeOFDAfkAh7sPeSqUaKh0EpYZVyntVbNnqNau0ZUjHMVk6x-cumhEKfoVzw3OcOYQxJpu1yVySnMFYW68Gwjfp-tRyeIhun_0Q4-QuLgj08Yo/s1600/photo+(19).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZAtA_gXJuwxq6waX8I6wGTNoUIwc48EeOFDAfkAh7sPeSqUaKh0EpYZVyntVbNnqNau0ZUjHMVk6x-cumhEKfoVzw3OcOYQxJpu1yVySnMFYW68Gwjfp-tRyeIhun_0Q4-QuLgj08Yo/s1600/photo+(19).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">I hope you all have a wonderful and fun </span></i></b><br /><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">4th of July</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> everyone!</span></i></b><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Garden Days & Summer camps

If you've read my blog for a while, you know I'm one those cursed people with the dreaded BLACK THUMB (daaan daaaan daaan!!!) via Yu...

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How To Plan a Foundation Landscaping Design

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK Klass.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I may have written about this last year....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>I can't remember.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, if I did, and you remember, just skip this post and wait for the next one!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I wrote a few days ago, I am going to go over the basics of planning a foundation planting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like it when the plants start low and increase in height towards the back of the bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3ZCIIr2GPZ5OlcRL8z7HUyxzEsGoVvBhb-aJrTeH5Owcd05a0MrL31H_t3VslzVVJZME-qbSDGOhkT0YzdCLUsqOCuKujMYG6ULZs7_Fi5Oqhcd5xqtVxgVlKcW9WrgQnV_73U11/s1600/IMG_6195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3ZCIIr2GPZ5OlcRL8z7HUyxzEsGoVvBhb-aJrTeH5Owcd05a0MrL31H_t3VslzVVJZME-qbSDGOhkT0YzdCLUsqOCuKujMYG6ULZs7_Fi5Oqhcd5xqtVxgVlKcW9WrgQnV_73U11/s1600/IMG_6195.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plantings I ripped out were all the same height.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILmbXNdRK3SWAySkEsRGXcFcvK6KJHKsrxNfVy97nYeSr_GRhh80WC_yW6U0wTOft_nqWXHpmNBh1Dl9pxs-nhAyJXZux-Q9BpOpcaITDWtevCsHREQyd0l5Li7Mxn7B32EJ8b_UP/s1600/P1010045a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILmbXNdRK3SWAySkEsRGXcFcvK6KJHKsrxNfVy97nYeSr_GRhh80WC_yW6U0wTOft_nqWXHpmNBh1Dl9pxs-nhAyJXZux-Q9BpOpcaITDWtevCsHREQyd0l5Li7Mxn7B32EJ8b_UP/s1600/P1010045a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with white flowering rhododendrons in the back row.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next height down I installed white, dark pink and light pink roses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9i-481Q9sqan7F7LRtzKQsLS-3bf01rpG50EguuORVkz44ds96lWzyvGhnfYSy9KVlHazpAoyJsQIwvdSAFVJ9AjlTSo-CjLBmOV2GbeGBStR6tJ6KfW9vTePMV1yJKYEtz3tOE8/s1600/IMG_6386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9i-481Q9sqan7F7LRtzKQsLS-3bf01rpG50EguuORVkz44ds96lWzyvGhnfYSy9KVlHazpAoyJsQIwvdSAFVJ9AjlTSo-CjLBmOV2GbeGBStR6tJ6KfW9vTePMV1yJKYEtz3tOE8/s1600/IMG_6386.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT785bOiWstEU3DBrWE_d4ZyQtvgTO8a1yajecE8NPPNCHiWEBVSfrba3xsut2nP6lbOIyTSOQJD3F2yrIvxujeJ0RaA4zSdH74n2dyA7opW-4xj4ZfRbBJv9gDxycozZE636KNHJp/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT785bOiWstEU3DBrWE_d4ZyQtvgTO8a1yajecE8NPPNCHiWEBVSfrba3xsut2nP6lbOIyTSOQJD3F2yrIvxujeJ0RaA4zSdH74n2dyA7opW-4xj4ZfRbBJv9gDxycozZE636KNHJp/s1600/5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mFrfL2UOmzKxsw3G82BqYcJF7oz6oXnbBGokpQf5sGDFuYB3u2NNn7jDJd6Xr2gyrzYCWoQXPPq26DP2Tf08d-DOswsr6bDalklfp10daj9TUnqEoOxwyJMS1FF47hkgwfnYhWxN/s1600/IMG_6369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mFrfL2UOmzKxsw3G82BqYcJF7oz6oXnbBGokpQf5sGDFuYB3u2NNn7jDJd6Xr2gyrzYCWoQXPPq26DP2Tf08d-DOswsr6bDalklfp10daj9TUnqEoOxwyJMS1FF47hkgwfnYhWxN/s1600/IMG_6369.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ones I used were Knock Out roses. As one of my readers pointed out, they tend to be idiot proof.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My brother isn't having great luck with his, so I wonder what that says about him?????</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He calls them Knocked Up roses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He's a doctor, and that's his sense of humor........</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Since he's my older brother, I blame my sense of humor on him...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are an old fashioned type of rose, so they open up to a looser flower than a tea rose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwYIvUmF8b07SbYr4_dpyYdHeQ6JoPQQlwVYIyit_SWwyfrfkIA748mmjL7Q3lSv0Xv3EwCpIkI0oD7Ny6TkTJ7SJXnrqAnDzaNI-o0jRG_dqbR2s0CubxPDMhv3WKCO7VApvstWv/s1600/6a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwYIvUmF8b07SbYr4_dpyYdHeQ6JoPQQlwVYIyit_SWwyfrfkIA748mmjL7Q3lSv0Xv3EwCpIkI0oD7Ny6TkTJ7SJXnrqAnDzaNI-o0jRG_dqbR2s0CubxPDMhv3WKCO7VApvstWv/s1600/6a.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since these roses can grow quite large, I hack them back to the main branches every spring, before they start to leaf out, otherwise they would end up taller than the Rhododendrons </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMaXxU5w4v0Jl_nFaCLbJxeBogMdimiDK9vPF9LVFJFHy4axXFMCnYR8CMQLBJld0r8Uci-svgPIu4m46D3Swy5HmSpuBn-HTakujcTK1TAzTLegrqeUFaoxhgjPWz2WQWkqwmseg/s1600/IMG_3581a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMaXxU5w4v0Jl_nFaCLbJxeBogMdimiDK9vPF9LVFJFHy4axXFMCnYR8CMQLBJld0r8Uci-svgPIu4m46D3Swy5HmSpuBn-HTakujcTK1TAzTLegrqeUFaoxhgjPWz2WQWkqwmseg/s1600/IMG_3581a.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the same shot, a few weeks apart.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnIzWxNL6GXJOLsHAGzir2j-Qh37hWwIdSi0g5hCc0j82v8lW-119JOJ8WfUdFNNZJjmJWIqbMGdg10QtX94f-zChyphenhyphenVKQTfLaYDso5VMY2W4QWKGGtGAIZd41tTh39hJbldB7sPta/s1600/IMG_6208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnIzWxNL6GXJOLsHAGzir2j-Qh37hWwIdSi0g5hCc0j82v8lW-119JOJ8WfUdFNNZJjmJWIqbMGdg10QtX94f-zChyphenhyphenVKQTfLaYDso5VMY2W4QWKGGtGAIZd41tTh39hJbldB7sPta/s1600/IMG_6208.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-HgKr7W40IoU3_CbGwvZoINEI_BJqNy8CPI2FOWIbIxce4ZQ0MiBn77kJpkk4432MgdL59FAJAnxYLXUXJfWTaQ5q4RQNjaleOVHzTs1xh1wzTYQXJB7vzUw3lm6RikYKPeV6fun/s1600/IMG_6400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-HgKr7W40IoU3_CbGwvZoINEI_BJqNy8CPI2FOWIbIxce4ZQ0MiBn77kJpkk4432MgdL59FAJAnxYLXUXJfWTaQ5q4RQNjaleOVHzTs1xh1wzTYQXJB7vzUw3lm6RikYKPeV6fun/s1600/IMG_6400.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the summer goes on, I need to give them a good pruning every now and then, or they will get too big.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you plant them somewhere without something behind them that you want to see, you can just let them go to town!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mine seem to like a good soaking every other day, as they are doing much better since I put in a drip irrigation system.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like all roses, they need a certain amount of sun to flourish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In front of the roses, I have a few perennials, like Autumn Joy, which is a type of sedum that can grow quite large,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b> and I never remember that, and don't give it enough room.......  </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="480" src="http://www.parkswholesaleplants.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/Sedum-Autumn-Joy.jpg?51f8fc" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.parkswholesaleplants.com/spring-plants/perennials/sedum-stonecrop-autumn-joy/">source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It blooms in the fall, that's why it's call Autumn Joy!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a type that was a pinky purple rather than the more common red.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.aberdeengardening.co.uk/diary/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Sedum-Autumn-joy-2.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.aberdeengardening.co.uk/diary/2011/10/sedum-autumn-joy/">source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The above pictures of sedum are not from my garden but from the web.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's because it's not fall yet....</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>.so I can't take any pictures of it in bloom.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also planted some purple chrysanthemums, which I have to prune back a couple of times over the summer, so they don't get too leggy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In front of the perennials I planted hosta plants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really love them as an edging along a path. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz89ryeU38AMOf1MzIsCDsCHxgdYfrgQ72BURKuKdspMcPumucKpQ3WLhdjXjdET0z0b4WZw5DtP7dNuB9uoCNRFZwghiJNAH_mtKx0zFa-aQki8UC15nl8nfVTXEqrMLKVUkW8o-y/s1600/IMG_6371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz89ryeU38AMOf1MzIsCDsCHxgdYfrgQ72BURKuKdspMcPumucKpQ3WLhdjXjdET0z0b4WZw5DtP7dNuB9uoCNRFZwghiJNAH_mtKx0zFa-aQki8UC15nl8nfVTXEqrMLKVUkW8o-y/s1600/IMG_6371.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are larger ones along the path away form my steps, and my landscaper found some really small ones to form quarter circles at my entryway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbioAB9IGcBwrGhyphenhyphenWr-6E3jvzpbnHSuJZqsLeSJZWyfDucL8WISceSxHXKp5H0hpaXUZavzyCB3kfHI6J81UAI4W_oVhZCIjY0lQLrYu2QoD4zMTMHtvK9nX7BzSgDxUHpLg_QM328/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbioAB9IGcBwrGhyphenhyphenWr-6E3jvzpbnHSuJZqsLeSJZWyfDucL8WISceSxHXKp5H0hpaXUZavzyCB3kfHI6J81UAI4W_oVhZCIjY0lQLrYu2QoD4zMTMHtvK9nX7BzSgDxUHpLg_QM328/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They frame the small round boxwood topiaries that flank the front.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are sort of a pain to prune, but I got me one of them there electric charging small hand clippers which make the job much easier.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On both sides of the front door are large mountain laurels that were there originally.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to leave them, and let them grow taller, because I like something higher by the entry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They get a little taller every year, I am so proud of them!!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never used to like mountain laurel, but now I think they're gorgeous!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may be that they just needed the space to fill out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The flowers are quite spectacular, and bloom after the rhododendrons are finished.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have three different colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeezz6PbUdnY-kYZAcmxHpB8yo2u3jGATMyOdxrHj7eDhRRQTtGydca6YcU0tp7LnFJlh3tSsRs_C6EZPgux8uZoD_DwC6O7m0DfwAdDWXfCY-I7OlUSXNDU_LvkUmus_-3uYIII6i/s1600/IMG_6210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeezz6PbUdnY-kYZAcmxHpB8yo2u3jGATMyOdxrHj7eDhRRQTtGydca6YcU0tp7LnFJlh3tSsRs_C6EZPgux8uZoD_DwC6O7m0DfwAdDWXfCY-I7OlUSXNDU_LvkUmus_-3uYIII6i/s1600/IMG_6210.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There must be a graft on one of the bushes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-6tuOhLhXveWU6jlhtkQa9VxbO49_YmdiiDpTiEMGNNBbvaH4IJd-4bAMsY_R4x3HUh_riZXEGw-O9-4WlJf-g7eYwPN1rSpLog_PQsK2QXBE-L7JIEM9HA7d1IbwrGbMIrSWoln/s1600/IMG_6211a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-6tuOhLhXveWU6jlhtkQa9VxbO49_YmdiiDpTiEMGNNBbvaH4IJd-4bAMsY_R4x3HUh_riZXEGw-O9-4WlJf-g7eYwPN1rSpLog_PQsK2QXBE-L7JIEM9HA7d1IbwrGbMIrSWoln/s1600/IMG_6211a.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiob8VLtL-nX1Dw8WhTDDlN9GaSn0xO04MZOT6zP5hVATphtiVrrqDpTBpU2Qqnjk9OdYTz8SJA2P3Z2oR_I3utE6dTmiP5KYVZJQn9f1GOTvzSZhPOHqnptAqzOnLTB9zfdqlyYXs_/s1600/IMG_6213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiob8VLtL-nX1Dw8WhTDDlN9GaSn0xO04MZOT6zP5hVATphtiVrrqDpTBpU2Qqnjk9OdYTz8SJA2P3Z2oR_I3utE6dTmiP5KYVZJQn9f1GOTvzSZhPOHqnptAqzOnLTB9zfdqlyYXs_/s1600/IMG_6213.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that's just some basic info for ya,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hope it was some help, or at least a little entertaining....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on that note</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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How To Plan a Foundation Landscaping Design

OK Klass..... I think I may have written about this last year.... I can't remember..... So, if I did, and you remember, just skip this p...

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The Chase is over for my Chaise!

<div style="text-align: center;">Remember when I posted about <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/04/chasing-chaise.html"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">"Chasing a Chaise"</span></i></b></a> back in April?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Well I mentioned briefly afterwards that I did find my Chaise but it had to be custom-made, so it took a long while to get it and now it's finally here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqvpQaoj_NwDdjjLctwAlCPCZDGow82C4GB02h5HmwegDRmHjoYoJCpG8aWNhZcqlp0L7DfFhblMvyQv-BjJyLIvr9Xlz67vhxnpcy9SUdX1MFkve6B8Y_2P_6hmqXj2gukYF-klEw0/s1600/004.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqvpQaoj_NwDdjjLctwAlCPCZDGow82C4GB02h5HmwegDRmHjoYoJCpG8aWNhZcqlp0L7DfFhblMvyQv-BjJyLIvr9Xlz67vhxnpcy9SUdX1MFkve6B8Y_2P_6hmqXj2gukYF-klEw0/s1600/004.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.arhaus.com/">SITE</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I ordered it from <a href="http://www.arhaus.com/"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">ARHAUS</span></b></a> in St. Louis and I thought everything would be fine and dandy until delivery date...<br /><br />After all the talk and email back and forth with my store rep, I (stupidly enough too) didn't notice the <b>city address was wrong</b>...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgn_BG2Nlr8zXmAYY72nMpozTsvRVTtGZjR2qE4XtM8tatJ9ZfalSZh6eTUPhH9enCeQKO2dYAsd2eWlU1U6-lz3DXNxBz5ATIMAOemEj3-_T5WLfpF-4kZX9wdxr5tj04-4_pXaCdgw/s1600/images+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgn_BG2Nlr8zXmAYY72nMpozTsvRVTtGZjR2qE4XtM8tatJ9ZfalSZh6eTUPhH9enCeQKO2dYAsd2eWlU1U6-lz3DXNxBz5ATIMAOemEj3-_T5WLfpF-4kZX9wdxr5tj04-4_pXaCdgw/s1600/images+(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=wrong+address&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9hmSU-rRIIyayAS0loDYAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=FETal-8limKqlM%253A%3BYmTH8nDbbc-5gM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.shipwire.com%252Fhelp%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2010%252F07%252FReturn-To-Sender-sm.jpg%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.shipwire.com%252Fw%252Fblog%252Fusps-address-verification-system-and-why-its-important%252F%3B335%3B252">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Actually it wasn't all my fault because when I placed the order in the store, I specifically corrected the store rep with the zip code and city name, so I assumed, that it was corrected already, without bothering to double check the final order form (talk about being excited)!<br /><br />So instead of getting the chaise on May30th, it went back to OHIO and I had to wait another 3 weeks!!!!!<br />I was sooo upset thinking I could relax on it that day after a long days work, but no, disappointment like this sucks!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHr1FY8B4s0kDpsFg0iQGQ6WmVh897zkyKsSfS1o4pd0mzT0IoaggvtLUL72T2iZ_IYaeZz_GMXNCb-joKJmGjRpRI42kleGA65OuVF7DlXG4WDYDqgBB7cTs1gV3Gx8WA4-Z9G0fUXo/s1600/Sad-Puppy-Face.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHr1FY8B4s0kDpsFg0iQGQ6WmVh897zkyKsSfS1o4pd0mzT0IoaggvtLUL72T2iZ_IYaeZz_GMXNCb-joKJmGjRpRI42kleGA65OuVF7DlXG4WDYDqgBB7cTs1gV3Gx8WA4-Z9G0fUXo/s1600/Sad-Puppy-Face.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sad+face&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=H2qoU72nKoGcyASAqoCoDQ&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=979#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=FodTR1FBH08KzM%253A%3B85ERWjpv53Y-0M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F1.bp.blogspot.com%252F-hhz5rfejpts%252FUijejURl6gI%252FAAAAAAAAGs8%252FtByIiKrljX0%252Fs1600%252FSad-Puppy-Face.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdisneylandtraveler.blogspot.com%252F2013%25">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Luckily ARHAUS realized it wasn't at all just my mistake and refunded me all the shipping cost. I decided for a couple of hundred dollars (yes, it cost that much to deliver it since we were considered out-of-state-status), I figured I could wait. And here she is....<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIL_96hG5S8f9Y7_eB-BFp-hPLwUb-4E2njTu7UgPiTHIeUuRqTFZpYoSnRyyKW9BALqE_uQy0vOx-b0BJax5gu_aP_Ayz1HrBk5bsZEjTZfwVCgvJfkWkxlnkQ1yHtE5GPhoVJeMfgw/s1600/DSC_0423_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIL_96hG5S8f9Y7_eB-BFp-hPLwUb-4E2njTu7UgPiTHIeUuRqTFZpYoSnRyyKW9BALqE_uQy0vOx-b0BJax5gu_aP_Ayz1HrBk5bsZEjTZfwVCgvJfkWkxlnkQ1yHtE5GPhoVJeMfgw/s1600/DSC_0423_Fotor.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Living room Spot!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaa4KRke7EU-Zdjga4XY13K3vwqLG8UGmrMt0uPNET070C66wXQ1H_6Bu8fQ1ZUFSb2zDewE14AKRd2eN4IET-MzhVJU0OsKwQh8vBVDQhvi03gQN13nqRxHbr7kARL_ENfNBGtnOi4Y/s1600/DSC_0430_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaa4KRke7EU-Zdjga4XY13K3vwqLG8UGmrMt0uPNET070C66wXQ1H_6Bu8fQ1ZUFSb2zDewE14AKRd2eN4IET-MzhVJU0OsKwQh8vBVDQhvi03gQN13nqRxHbr7kARL_ENfNBGtnOi4Y/s1600/DSC_0430_Fotor.jpg" width="484" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love that it's not too soft and not too hard, just right enough to sink in or lounge in</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC_W-t7yxVSArWDmRLo34Npkr4wNLutHgT11qdTIOSvX-MG2sqKBpcxDm2BIdzjw4bVa3Gy164DTZ8AKLFu4OMzXEZfICbEB39EO1_QvbxrQ3DclEPAILoPubluhFDcSm1_RrlG4IrXQ/s1600/DSC_0431_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC_W-t7yxVSArWDmRLo34Npkr4wNLutHgT11qdTIOSvX-MG2sqKBpcxDm2BIdzjw4bVa3Gy164DTZ8AKLFu4OMzXEZfICbEB39EO1_QvbxrQ3DclEPAILoPubluhFDcSm1_RrlG4IrXQ/s1600/DSC_0431_Fotor.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the brass railheads </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrPEP2aWvR_qWNoYIL6qTHoWGNrQ4aWDjYbCe8W6QdmmWNhASQ5awNA6EIfq-x2T7eN4zR2jM_-69G-QqAK_zZLy8q7OqSldbYACNKUdT2dG4g4T1OlMEL6KIA0wEPiGRTAa4UD1BaR4/s1600/DSC_0432_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrPEP2aWvR_qWNoYIL6qTHoWGNrQ4aWDjYbCe8W6QdmmWNhASQ5awNA6EIfq-x2T7eN4zR2jM_-69G-QqAK_zZLy8q7OqSldbYACNKUdT2dG4g4T1OlMEL6KIA0wEPiGRTAa4UD1BaR4/s1600/DSC_0432_Fotor.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love putting my feet up and watching tv  to movie with the kids</td></tr></tbody></table>This chaise is a gift, from my hubs. He wanted me to feel comfortable with my pregnancy and when the baby comes and I am absolutely ecstatic about it!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShyphenhyphenGGO6SuCoqH1Sfp9UBnXIiOM9teNkY819n0634_L58FKv6KeGNG8ed8XmICtfMJ2maZUnM5ddvcBRxL15wF45kzz8ZO4cRb_f1gykBPfAPq98-A2iRgrlCZE47aJbz4J-gFlvnYy34/s1600/DSC_0429_Fotor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShyphenhyphenGGO6SuCoqH1Sfp9UBnXIiOM9teNkY819n0634_L58FKv6KeGNG8ed8XmICtfMJ2maZUnM5ddvcBRxL15wF45kzz8ZO4cRb_f1gykBPfAPq98-A2iRgrlCZE47aJbz4J-gFlvnYy34/s1600/DSC_0429_Fotor.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can just imagine relaxing here with baby sometime in the near future!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I need to still fix up our living room for the summer and with my new chaise,  it just might get me motivated to do it soon!<br /><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Weekend!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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The Chase is over for my Chaise!

Remember when I posted about "Chasing a Chaise" back in April? Well I mentioned briefly afterwards that I did find my Chaise but...

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Ah Do Love Ma Roses!!!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the foundation plantings I had put in in front of my condo!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could lie, and write that I planted them myself....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but those days of bending over and digging are in the past for my old aching bones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My back just couldn't handle the manual labor.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZx33G9AvJR-g5Ft2FeaBrj5UbCEj9KfxI3GQn9zYO9zHiwQcIVsSLxJHxKYnw_rO6iHDHxWXpviaVeFxVLH_WtNou8UmU2VdOJMt4_seMRj73We1rmoFTVVVGx3MW2mVcO6TSIuY/s1600/IMG_6400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZx33G9AvJR-g5Ft2FeaBrj5UbCEj9KfxI3GQn9zYO9zHiwQcIVsSLxJHxKYnw_rO6iHDHxWXpviaVeFxVLH_WtNou8UmU2VdOJMt4_seMRj73We1rmoFTVVVGx3MW2mVcO6TSIuY/s1600/IMG_6400.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I bought my condo, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my entry looked like this.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdV5vPfBBLW1qmCxOfIJQSbxJVC1aINYAK_FL5DYp9G4zoL_rfSBaGYqqwRspfayL6zryQJmWI6DobvSHRmQ__xlOskLN7Lf3p_t4jvjNib7eCoz6TP3Sl_WrpXwBOt8gWMXym0rC/s1600/P1010045b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdV5vPfBBLW1qmCxOfIJQSbxJVC1aINYAK_FL5DYp9G4zoL_rfSBaGYqqwRspfayL6zryQJmWI6DobvSHRmQ__xlOskLN7Lf3p_t4jvjNib7eCoz6TP3Sl_WrpXwBOt8gWMXym0rC/s1600/P1010045b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">IT LOOKED LIKE AN ENTRANCE TO A CONDO!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJAPE0Sa4Rqadn4Sipvbt5LTijbPMmMJclumqsnX8x4j_Zoc0fr90Gpem1JrEUBVFOk3KGdiieYUO7b6X5r6W2Eoup2E9QHAhvkPaBvFZhu1M00f3BxcTRohn2Xa2VgzWdAjKCSJ1/s1600/P1010045a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJAPE0Sa4Rqadn4Sipvbt5LTijbPMmMJclumqsnX8x4j_Zoc0fr90Gpem1JrEUBVFOk3KGdiieYUO7b6X5r6W2Eoup2E9QHAhvkPaBvFZhu1M00f3BxcTRohn2Xa2VgzWdAjKCSJ1/s1600/P1010045a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I couldn't be havin' none of that!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plants in the front were huge ink berries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took some real grunt work to dig them out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily that's what money is for!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>And young men!!!!! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like most of what I do in my gardening endeavors, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the first stuff I had planted didn't make it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of it was squashed by snow.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of it, that was planted along the path,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was clobbered by the salt used in the winter to keep us from slipping and falling on our <i>keesters</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of it didn't make it for reasons only the plant knew, and it wasn't talking because it be</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i> dead, dead, dead.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I had the front replanted, I increased the size of my front stoop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The existing one was so small, that I could just imagine falling off it due to my</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i> chronic condition of klutziness.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been informed by my doctor that there is no cure....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no vaccine,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no pill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no inhaler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no therapy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I had to take the solution into my own hands, and use what I know!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CONSTRUCTION!</b></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had it made large enough for a small bench on which to place my groceries, as well as a place for a planter or three. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For now, I only have one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5qS-QspNT8ocxgzzk1Ra4SfvUhzb6f5mt-9RTX8hfwn7fDty2XvLp02DkgSaXsx1tbEFwEFFlKloOGnAn7liQdJgsf0uoceZC04p-fvT5E3NSR9tmEY8nT_8AITxFfR_mVbUaQ_e/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5qS-QspNT8ocxgzzk1Ra4SfvUhzb6f5mt-9RTX8hfwn7fDty2XvLp02DkgSaXsx1tbEFwEFFlKloOGnAn7liQdJgsf0uoceZC04p-fvT5E3NSR9tmEY8nT_8AITxFfR_mVbUaQ_e/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a fake concrete urn at a local garden store and bought a hanging Martha Washington geranium plant to go in it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't like to use real concrete because then I have to clean it out and cover it in the winter so that it doesn't crack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resin and plastic can be left out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love fake sometimes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not all the time..... just in the right places.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and that decision should be always left up to me, as I am the arbiter of taste in my tiny universe.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">where was I????? Oh, yeah, plants....</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I bought the hanging plant, all I did was pull off the wire hangers and plop the plastic pot in the urn.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">voila!!! instant accent!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a drip irrigation system that waters it, I hate watering stuff. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's boring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I just occasionally cut off the dead blossoms.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNWCa80fSs77N972gqQWC-X8EkBDwVjyAcO9EUmyg_4unMjD_IiMM6uSLrmZNRnvToqRRJxNyS13hPx_xc_HQpHSuBBpzsM3aUhyphenhyphencHKE4_2DjZnf38ziQwDpp3A7GOLjXbVLdPQUd/s1600/IMG_6426bc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNWCa80fSs77N972gqQWC-X8EkBDwVjyAcO9EUmyg_4unMjD_IiMM6uSLrmZNRnvToqRRJxNyS13hPx_xc_HQpHSuBBpzsM3aUhyphenhyphencHKE4_2DjZnf38ziQwDpp3A7GOLjXbVLdPQUd/s1600/IMG_6426bc.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's another of my WONDERFUL side by side comparisons!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0qQ6M7pueKp95iXKWAy6289ZleEAmPLScMV1XBLOhKS9bkpfieGIAyAbq5JO6J90FQ1eFEIjufgleM5YWL-B4aaQoIf16-w6A6rQXzZKpG3fr0ZfU7pfeyDGlQNUTzE0VtBULvwy/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0qQ6M7pueKp95iXKWAy6289ZleEAmPLScMV1XBLOhKS9bkpfieGIAyAbq5JO6J90FQ1eFEIjufgleM5YWL-B4aaQoIf16-w6A6rQXzZKpG3fr0ZfU7pfeyDGlQNUTzE0VtBULvwy/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welllll.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the roses have been happily living in their new home for a few years, and are starting to fill in nicely,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the early spring, I cut them back to just the main branches, really cutting them down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND THEN THEY EXPLODE AND GROW LIKE CRAZY!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1kAdnvsTVk-0MKeGOysFuflK_j0FEDsPU8WZPtx98LU5JHz-vVjKEZWG4wxyTkhyOAQqTGap2mX8nxEWUaT_ObuFYU4PDkeEHKBOqqifKBBafUqOpRbZxhI5b1YR8hmQAg-jweAQ/s1600/IMG_6195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1kAdnvsTVk-0MKeGOysFuflK_j0FEDsPU8WZPtx98LU5JHz-vVjKEZWG4wxyTkhyOAQqTGap2mX8nxEWUaT_ObuFYU4PDkeEHKBOqqifKBBafUqOpRbZxhI5b1YR8hmQAg-jweAQ/s1600/IMG_6195.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">below is the view coming from my parents condo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3s-SOacpHKmyxGxvbkKhk1aMlsvSdeJp5TfdySyzBdWCEZvgoMVJGxIRziy7c8YGRAyK-H1j6VHPDiV_fyvkSR93CaUTSCWE2i7LZWjd4yt1P97dZKQaXlFf11YFeCcK5oBp1TZZ/s1600/IMG_6207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3s-SOacpHKmyxGxvbkKhk1aMlsvSdeJp5TfdySyzBdWCEZvgoMVJGxIRziy7c8YGRAyK-H1j6VHPDiV_fyvkSR93CaUTSCWE2i7LZWjd4yt1P97dZKQaXlFf11YFeCcK5oBp1TZZ/s1600/IMG_6207.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see my parents condo just to the right of mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5rxR-6u9o3fdyqfthBjjjPkYd99mKnNAm2RfSWBz8yhlKaSmpII8s__6jZopJ3G9mYL7d4HlItXS1ZGdY_2ifxiGaSeUkgJ7ga-_p95-H0GjcRptQI11Aeygx9GQllJwiOebcZpC/s1600/IMG_6345a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5rxR-6u9o3fdyqfthBjjjPkYd99mKnNAm2RfSWBz8yhlKaSmpII8s__6jZopJ3G9mYL7d4HlItXS1ZGdY_2ifxiGaSeUkgJ7ga-_p95-H0GjcRptQI11Aeygx9GQllJwiOebcZpC/s1600/IMG_6345a.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next post I will talk more about the plants I used that actually worked in the harsh New England weather.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will explain a little about landscaping for foundation plantings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to go to work on my fabric line.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It takes a lot of time because I don't know what I'm doing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

Ah Do Love Ma Roses!!!!!

Check out the foundation plantings I had put in in front of my condo!!!!! I could lie, and write that I planted them myself.... but those da...

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Hi-Tech & Cool Baby Items

<div style="text-align: center;">Last week, I shared you with you the very IMPRACTICAL stuff you can get for your baby in my post, <a href="http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2014/06/million-dollar-baby.html"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">MILLION DOLLAR BABY</span></b></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This time, I want to share with you some <b><i>really cool and Hi-tech stuff </i></b>that are out there, available for your wee one.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are lots of videos, very short ones, but it's really is interesting to watch and see how our world has gotten so tech-y not just for you and me, but for the babies as well!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>HI-TECH STROLLER</u></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUe0rseqAyztAD8zfOq_lkn1a5Tz0WVcDKkiGryLuvqbdk3ZEGVN70T2sq6rcATTOfMkmaOOhN9a4HDokMJnO5zXJtFOtZ_zzwzd6ZDYrXfKwde6LluLdl3CFDoIzPMpPqvkKyrGZi24/s1600/002.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUe0rseqAyztAD8zfOq_lkn1a5Tz0WVcDKkiGryLuvqbdk3ZEGVN70T2sq6rcATTOfMkmaOOhN9a4HDokMJnO5zXJtFOtZ_zzwzd6ZDYrXfKwde6LluLdl3CFDoIzPMpPqvkKyrGZi24/s1600/002.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.4moms.com/origami">4Moms Origami Stroller</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Basically, it's what every mom would want if possible in a stroller, power <b><i>fold by the push of a button.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has a small generator that generates power as you use it, it's got LED lights, charger for your phone, and of course a place for your baby and some other stuff. You gotta see this video to see what I mean...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ERQHRo0fHGE?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The downside to this? It's heavy, about 35 lbs I think, and not cheap, about $850 and it does not recline all the way flat. But you know what, we got this stroller recently and we think we're gonna love it, will let you know... :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>COOL PLAY YARD</u></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0WwqMlMBsFIsBvMpaRWVQgIv8-5pJ-M6bfOwh8Qd0CZQq5mUO8ePd8ec60oeR3Dxhmt2OLbzOb8FP7S7wJgzeGl_LklTbBy5L6MnTabxK-iCTV8QUWF-iUDSMNw5PyheGdJ6xp8q6VM/s1600/0002.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0WwqMlMBsFIsBvMpaRWVQgIv8-5pJ-M6bfOwh8Qd0CZQq5mUO8ePd8ec60oeR3Dxhmt2OLbzOb8FP7S7wJgzeGl_LklTbBy5L6MnTabxK-iCTV8QUWF-iUDSMNw5PyheGdJ6xp8q6VM/s1600/0002.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.4moms.com/breeze">4moms Breeze play yard</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May seem very typical right? But the cool part comes in the ease of opening and closing this thing, just watch...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RszV8RTQm7M?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I think it's pretty cool, somebody get me this PPPUUULLEEEEZZZ ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>HI-TECH CAR SEAT</u></span></i></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFBLkw8fekBeySTmVJhqPb8C4lKj9U0a4Qr77G2PoeXsXV0Uetu_SFfeHTI5HVERxhAxZCBD4jtWL-VL0e1xGfaHUu-Pynejx3S-d-bhD8EVVZ4xcLik9OYGkDR5tpDLIEgqXBf1yGeE/s1600/003.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFBLkw8fekBeySTmVJhqPb8C4lKj9U0a4Qr77G2PoeXsXV0Uetu_SFfeHTI5HVERxhAxZCBD4jtWL-VL0e1xGfaHUu-Pynejx3S-d-bhD8EVVZ4xcLik9OYGkDR5tpDLIEgqXBf1yGeE/s1600/003.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carkoon.com/">Carkoon Car Seat -$800</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It basically supposed to cocoon your baby from any debris and protect from whiplash in case of an accident. Also sends out emergency/location signal on impact, cool huh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LbmkGb5EH1c?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>HI-TECH MONITOR</u></span></i></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3yYf2p77sBuCX1ZctzDnY02Tz4YQEhewyqJS4I7bzr5y8nUCg66Pe8Dc1Qg2dhsdXQovYUWuRiBtAOBxCGM9ycL9L4fez7-VTaK8yZufVT5hdPNkY1rF_AHdixVZa_VC5ZO_Mfrludk/s1600/0003.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3yYf2p77sBuCX1ZctzDnY02Tz4YQEhewyqJS4I7bzr5y8nUCg66Pe8Dc1Qg2dhsdXQovYUWuRiBtAOBxCGM9ycL9L4fez7-VTaK8yZufVT5hdPNkY1rF_AHdixVZa_VC5ZO_Mfrludk/s1600/0003.PNG" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.target.com/p/angelcare-ac1100-video-movement-and-sound-monitor-with-1-rechargeable-parent-unit/-/A-15031054#prodSlot=_1_2">Angel Care Baby Monitor -$185</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Other than just listening and seeing your baby, it acts like a walkie-talkie and you can literally sing your baby to sleep if she ever wakes up in the middle of the night (hopefully). :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZXij8pv-nS6Yz6Gpt-5fVWiFhBKES4cRUjFnRODQCVraJdu9DkO_zJbDGcgNlNM28J-uirFTF3WH5I3EhVjujnJ10vEkz_qqxBzofNnjLd43BBAyCNWDrI63d17YmmbpdbYNfduGg1Y/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.01.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZXij8pv-nS6Yz6Gpt-5fVWiFhBKES4cRUjFnRODQCVraJdu9DkO_zJbDGcgNlNM28J-uirFTF3WH5I3EhVjujnJ10vEkz_qqxBzofNnjLd43BBAyCNWDrI63d17YmmbpdbYNfduGg1Y/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.01.27+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Withings-Smart-Baby-Monitor-White/dp/B0069JBKHI/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1403136054&sr=8-7&keywords=withings">Whithings Smart Baby Monitor $217.39</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This one is iPad, iPod and iPhone compatible so you can see baby anytime, anywhere. I think it costs too much though. :-(</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>COOL TUB</u></span></i></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgjvdC-7Mdk9TmawonTfFn__T8ArNYUUX99aGYM8Da-C-CuYTot2XLCiV8ZUBED5ffJ30orpcCCTTSRxBlJJpGcCVuXBS6HvdJVhKPZvtUhdLUkvSUxaDC3EzO4srh2rwSsk-VBYMeHA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.10.18+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgjvdC-7Mdk9TmawonTfFn__T8ArNYUUX99aGYM8Da-C-CuYTot2XLCiV8ZUBED5ffJ30orpcCCTTSRxBlJJpGcCVuXBS6HvdJVhKPZvtUhdLUkvSUxaDC3EzO4srh2rwSsk-VBYMeHA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.10.18+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.giggle.com/4moms-Infant-Tub/MM4FRE,default,pd.html?start=4&cgid=4moms-bouncers-strollers-high-tech">4Moms Infant Tub -$50</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This could make a perfect gift. Aside from the cool color-coded temperature sensor, clean water is supposed to flow in one direction and dirty water out the another!  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>COOL POTTY</u></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9wWYcY2fjCwW6NSu0T7j-cV1Qu6vvIaoZAfEKKipdJ7-rynoUSvNbgUYd2OlLZAQmgEdUgV2J6Wt5VSdcmddbNv5lvYNRh2QJqdqYkXm37xIo7ECWN-qYK0_Ron4vcXPwDv3uNWJbIw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+6.54.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9wWYcY2fjCwW6NSu0T7j-cV1Qu6vvIaoZAfEKKipdJ7-rynoUSvNbgUYd2OlLZAQmgEdUgV2J6Wt5VSdcmddbNv5lvYNRh2QJqdqYkXm37xIo7ECWN-qYK0_Ron4vcXPwDv3uNWJbIw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+6.54.19+PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ctadigital.com/item.asp?item=3016">CTA iPotty - $19.38 on Amazon</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, it's basically a potty with an iPad holder. But for toilet-training kiddos, this <i>might</i> help to keep the little one sitting still for at least 5 minutes after every meal. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u>COOL APP</u></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsWEbExBEul7_z1wDOUszwma7iWaQuxIhGTWfBzcjPHXVyvuDD9HBmjVIzA4nVOQLbKeLKzQg9KcBEEvBwxpYDBj0qIhPMTtMr3xpUlTXewOicgq3PcACRbuhFzFQKzfcqwKfxJf9CDY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.04.59+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsWEbExBEul7_z1wDOUszwma7iWaQuxIhGTWfBzcjPHXVyvuDD9HBmjVIzA4nVOQLbKeLKzQg9KcBEEvBwxpYDBj0qIhPMTtMr3xpUlTXewOicgq3PcACRbuhFzFQKzfcqwKfxJf9CDY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+7.04.59+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cry translator app -$4.99</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">As the name implies this app claims to 'translate' your baby's cry to what baby needs! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Will let you know my verdict once I try it out on my own babe ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do you think? Which one do you wish you have or had with your little one and which one you can definitely live without? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Have a Nice Day!</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">VEL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away...</div>

Hi-Tech & Cool Baby Items

Last week, I shared you with you the very IMPRACTICAL stuff you can get for your baby in my post, MILLION DOLLAR BABY . This time, I want to...

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