@home : A front porch tour

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We had a sunny afternoon on Thursday so I scrubbed out the fountain, rearranged my pots, and brought the furniture I bought for the deck, which doesn't quite work with our style there, to the front porch area. The Craftsman design of our townhomes in High Point are very classic, and our taste tends toward more modern indoors. The furniture totally works here! I had a lot of fun rearranging things. I don't even have a large front porch area (the door next to us has none, really - but that is also why I picked my townhome and not the one next door - the porch and the view) but it's enought to create the kind of ambiance I want to.

The native Alpine strawberry has returned (medium size red pot, on left). It not only survived a transplant in mid-season, and continued producing strawberries after our move, it has survived its first winter in a pot! I have great hopes for this plant, which I have had for four years now.

This is my new sitting and reading area. The plant with what looks like just plain dirt in it is freshly planted Knee-Hi sweet pea seeds. They are from last year, so I hope they germinate.

I moved my shepherd hook outside and hung a neat windchime made from volcanic remains on it. I moved my big basket planter behind the fountain, so it all cascades in layers from the back to the front. The master bedroom window is upstairs above the porch, and I listen to my wonderful fountain every night (we've slept with the windows open all winter, unless there was a wind storm).

You are here! I love our new doormat. It's so perfect. I can't tell you how many times on our travels we have looked for our location on maps, looking for the comforting red dot. It seemed so appropo to put it outside our front door for all our visitors!

Here's what the front porch looks like from inside the front door.

It was 80 degress today (Saturday). Insane! Even Sophia got too hot in the sun and had to go in.

My nice reading area on the front porch, where I can watch the world go by.















And in other pictures...

Sunrise at 6 AM on Saturday morning (this morning) taken thru the bamboo on our deck.

Havana peeks over the edge of the "salad bowl" pot and to the ground below.

Sprite sneaks along behind the budha to find more new plants to nibble on.

This is the window bird house we put up a few days ago, after the Black capped chickadees starting coming to the feeder. No visitors to the house yet!