Picture Heavy Post!

Thought I would share with you some pictures of the outside of my home, this Summer.  (You can click on the pix to make them larger)  

This is what the house looked like when we purchased it!  Very in need of TLC!

These are the 'AFTER' pictures...where we are today!  There is still lots to do, but it is coming along nicely!

I finally got to get the whole foundation of the house painted!  What a difference this has made!  I plan on adding shutters next year and using this same color...it is a nice Barn Red!  We also got some landscaping done, I just need to get the white stone put in there yet...lol.

Some of my prim goodies are incorporated into the landscaping.

Here is my front porch.  This is the only painting I still have to do.  It will be done in the Epoxy paint, and I sure am hoping to have this done before Fall!  This is standing on the steps entering the front porch.  This is what you see when you come onto my porch...minus my dog, Dusty...LOL!  Filled with Prim goodness in Red, White & Blue!

I did a tutorial on this birdhouse a while back if anyone is interested.  It lights up and the stars shine at night!

A prim table I found at a yard sale at the beginning of Spring!  The lady was having a garage sale and using this for her "money taking" station.  I told her I wanted the table!  She thought I was crazy and said $5.00?!  HECK YA!  It came home with me right then!  Now it will hold all my outdoor prims and change with the seasons!

  Found this bench along the roadside waiting for the garbage truck!  It came home with me too!

Front door arrangement that will also change with seasons.

Love this bench!  It is actually made from old barn wood!  Got this at a craft shop for $5.00!!!

 This was made for me by my dear friend, Kim (the prim school marm) a while back.  She had one and I commented on it once that I loved hers.  So, the next time I went to her house...she had made me one!  Love it!!!

Got this years ago from "Home Interiors".  Still love him!

My back porch!  Made this window awhile back too!  The box will change out with seasonaly goodies!

My back door has been painted Red!

Well, that is what has been happening here at "The Pickled Pepper Patch"!  What's happening in your "neck of the woods"?!

Where have I been?!

One word can sum that up....OUTDOORS!!!!  I have been so busy with family picnics, outdoor activities, and yard work...that I haven't had time for anything else.  And here we are, getting ready to send the kids back off to another school year!  Where has the Summer gone?! 

I am so looking forward to Fall and the cooler temps...but, I do hate to see Summer come and go!  We just had this installed at the end of June and we have been enjoying it SO much! It is a nice family sized large pool too, 54" deep x 27' round!   I have the Solar Cover on it today, since we have some rain moving in.  But, the water temperature has been staying a wonderful 90 degrees!  Just perfect!

We have plans on putting a large deck all around it at the beginning of Spring 2012, but for now that hasn't stopped any of us from having fun in it!!! We are also getting our yard "excavated" here in a few weeks, that is why it still looks a mess...CUZ' IT IS...LOL!!!  But, we didn't wanna spend the Summer without grass and awaiting for new grass to grow!  So, we put the excavation off til we close the pool.  So, next year we are hoping to have a more leveled out yard that will be nice and thick with new grass!

Also, did you see that wonderfully prim sign "SETHMAN BEACH"?! (click on pix to enlarge it, then click on it again)  Kerri over at "The Calico Rabbit" made that for me!  I just added to an old redwood fence picket to pound it in the ground!  I LOVE IT!

Hope your Summer has been a great one so far!