Thanks for all your supportive comments about the new sofa! The cushions need to be broken in and that will take a while. I’d rather have to break them in than have something with not enough support from the get go. We sit up much higher than on the old sofa – much better for our backs and knees. We don’t have to try and haul ourselves up from the sofa.
It’s really beautiful and we’re thrilled with it. The color is exactly what I wanted, but we saw so many slightly different variations of it on the computer screen that we weren’t sure just what we’d get. I thought it might be a bit brighter, which I would have been fine with, but secretly, this is the color I wanted. This soft spring green; almost the exact shade of the base of the lamp that sits on the table, the same as the softer green found in McCoy Pottery, and the same as the green found on the glass lamp shade on the floor lamp. It is perfect.
It was a spectacular day yesterday – sunny, low seventies, a gentle breeze. We sat out on the porch a lot. Bird song, bunnies, green grass – except for a couple more plants to pot, everything is where I want to be and that realization brought a lot of satisfaction. All of the work is worth it, because we now get to bask in the beauty of our property for the next 3 or 4 months.
The very last lilacs – these little blooms. The scent was a strong as ever, but I think that they’ll be gone in a day or two.
Wild honeysuckle up in the back forty.
Lamium – yellow archangel – in the big garden bed. Full of yellow flowers and the bees love it.
Our bridal veil spirea.
A little bunny munching on grass right by the funky patio.
I spent much of the day cleaning yesterday. You know how it is, you bring in something new and suddenly you are vacuuming, swiffering, straightening up and dusting.
Today, I’m going to run an errand or two and then enjoy my gardens.
Happy Saturday.
