Summer is knocking
at our front door and
I’m letting it in!
In fact, I dressed our entry in
a little summer charm. It’s
time…
Some things just say ‘summer’ to
me, like this vintage…
blue, child’s garden chair. A great
perch for bubble
glass and bits of sea.
Summer also brings to mind
Lazy Sunday drives…and
laid-back weekend picnics, so
I hauled our picnic basket outdoors
and filled it with fragrant w~h~i~t~e
Spanish lavender. I picked up these plants for our
Girls Night In gathering…
but they are much happier sunning
themselves outside at our front door.
I like how the white spires play off of our
white washed galvanized pots filled with
fragrant Tuscan Blue rosemary.
L~O~V~E the chunky rope handles!
I gave the little pots of white lavender
even more texture by
tucking them into small,
inexpensive
ready made burlap bags from my local
feed store. I must admit, I’m feeling a little
‘sheepish’ because the nice guy helping me
couldn’t understand why I would be wrapping
my plants in burlap
this time of year. I didn’t
even try to explain…
Our old French
lantern
looks
right at home in this
little scenario.
I freshened up our sedum
with new Spanish moss.
It’s loving the sunshine too,
as am I.
I hope you feel…
summers…
warm welcome.
What says summer to you?
Monica
Really lovely, and yes, very summer-ish! You are a great stylish, Monica! I’ve not seen white lavender. WANT it for my white & gray garden!! You know what I’ll be doing this weekend…..searching the local nurseries for it. Have a great weekend, Loi
Ooops, meant to type great stylist! But then again you are also very stylish :-)
You are So cute! Thank you for…both! Hope your weekend search is successful,
Monica
Just thinking of brushing against the rosemary or lavender as you walk in the door and the smells welcoming you… a lovely welcome indeed. So simple, so pretty. Happy Weekend~
Thank you Donna! Must admit…it is rather fragrant! Love YOUR mix of succulents! Have a wonderful weekend too!
Monica
I love the burlap and will be checking MY local feedstore to see about the same :) I also adore the white lavendar! Is is generally hard to come by. We live more toward the Washington coast but make weekly trips to the Olympia area. I love lavendar and have several plants (never have tried it indoors but you have inspired me for sure) but have never seen the white. So happy I discovered your blog by reading about your simply lovely home over at My Sweet Savannah. I will be visiting often…
Hi Melinda! So happy you visited! VERY honored to have our home featured on My Sweet Savannah,love her! White lavender isn’t as readily available as the more conventional purple. I found our plants at Molbak’s in Woodinville. Good luck! Monica
Thanks so much!