So I go a little overboard...: Around the house

If you haven't guessed already...I love Pinterest! I saw this flower display and pinned it without question. My mother had given me the dressmaker dummy to use in my craft/dressing room but I thought it was perfect for my petunia display. Petunias remind me of my childhood...pink and white are my favorites.

Don't know what these are called, but I ♥ them. They open up during the day in a blaze of color.
Chad has numerous containers with succulents all around the back deck, too.

My little garden isn't much and it's being taken over by an aggressive basil plant. So I might need to cut it back this weekend.

I've planed carrots (the bunnies have suddenly discovered their tops), okra, summer squash, rosemary, chives and oregano. The bush in the back is a raspberry bush that came with the house. Because I was so busy with work and the wedding, I didn't get a chance to do anything with them this year. Matter of fact, we didn't even know what it was until the berries turned red!

The fork and spoon are from my Grandmother's house on the farm. She moved into town last month and gave me many things from the farm. Should I paint them? Thought they were perfect hanging in the garden.

The mosaic came from a garage sale last year and it hung in the Lawrence High School Hall for many years. It's signed on the back by the student who made it back in the 1970's.

Coal bucket from Grandma's house.

Hydrangea bush on the east side of the house. Sadly, no one can see it from the street. The bush by our front picket fence didn't bloom this year.

Chad and I picked up the whiskey barrel on sale when we were in Nebraska over Memorial Day weekend. And my mom suggested we buy flowers from Kaw Valley Greenhouses.

They are out of Manhattan, KS, but have roadside shops in Lawrence and Lincoln. Glad I took her suggestion! They were perfect when we bought them and they have grown really well!

While at Grandma's farm, she let me take my dollhouse from my childhood. Grandpa Charley made it and furnished it for me one Christmas many years ago. I've looked forward to the day when I could bring it home as an adult. I'll post photos when I decide to redecorate it. The plan is to make it a special Christmas dollhouse.

Linda (my mother-in-law) gave us this printers drawer awhile back. With my dollhouse came some of the items that were in it way back then. So I added them to my printers drawer. Here's a few photos: