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from Brayton Homestead Interiors

I will post more tonite of all the beautification I have done to my outdoors.

Hope you all have a wonderfully blessed day!!!

SPRING is at my House ~Yippppieeee~

~Hello All~

Hope your  enjoying some beautiful weather today too.

It is already 70 degrees here, sun is shining bright!

Wind is blowing about 30 mph lol...

But still a BEAUTIFUL day.
SPRING!!!

lol, no not the fake kind like these

I have hard at work this morning...

I managed to get my morning started by going outside

getting my gardening gloves on

and pulling weeds...

yes this yucky nasty stuff came out of my flowerbeds :(

sad that it was in there last year, 

but I spent alot of time traveling back and forth to Cali

last year to see my daughter and granddaughter...

So this year I have vowed to do a better job with them!
(flowerbeds lol.)

Here is one side of my porch with flowerbed in front...

(the rest of this yucky brown color is what is left of my mulch lol)

It looks much better with all those nasty weeds (grass) gone!!!

my problem with the grass is

it is fescue...

hubby mows, the seeds end up in my flowerbeds, 

and I end up with grass...

(anyone with any tips on how to keep grass out would be greatly appreciated!!)

The south side of porch has much more room...

this is from south west corner looking north

The grinding wheel belonged to Rob's  grandfather..

sooo when his mom moved from her house into a smaller place,

he got it, and it found it's new home in my flowerbed...

I just LOVE it!! 

in both of these flowerbeds you will find

day lilies, iris', other plants scattered in the two

are tulips, jonquils, daffodils, star flowers, a rose,

a lilac bush, hibiscus (pink), and hollyhocks!

I adore all of these plants...

this is looking to the west

this is looking to south...

 this is same flowerbed... looking all  different directions lol.  Yes it even has a bench in the south east corner... 

it needs some tlc this year!

I have also been trying to find a way to have bird feeders that the wind

doesn't play havoc with...

these not sooo adorable feeders... stink!!!

Rob filled them yesterday for me, 

and due to wind... they are empty already!!

So I came up with this idea..

and hung my basket here...
the front one is bird feeder...
(which I left the moss covering for the basket to plant in...)
soo the birds could use it to build there nests.
Back one, I will plant some annuals in
as soon as no chance of frost...
(hopefully I can hold off that long! Antsy to fill it!!! lol)
 the birds have ALREADY found it!!

as usual... its the blue jays first lol

But can't wait for the others to find..

this little fellow had a good time at the feeder,

hanging upside down...

(which I missed the shot, lol but got this one..)

being a show off!! lol

I just love to watch the birds... can't wait for the humming birds to come!!

I thought while I was outside,

I would show a few shots of front porch...

no its not anything to write home about... 

roof is sagging (needs tlc like everything around here)

but this is a working farm,

with Rob holding down a job besides,

soooo not everything gets done like it should all the time.

:-(

Anyhoo... 

this is just the north side of porch...
as the other side has alot of my to do items stored there lol
just tooo messy for me to admit to for now lol

I don't know what all you can see, so I will show you some closer shots..

.

kitchen door

cabinet beside front door...

 yes my porch has two doors...
the front door leads to the living room...
why you ask...
this is actually two house put together on one foundation.... our house was moved from town... two different ones, from two different spots, and put together to make one bigger house... the one with the living room door... USED to have an upstairs... but when Rob, his dad and friends tore off the old roof, they tore off the upstairs... MEN!!
We have a set of stairs leading to the attic... (nowhere land!! lol) But this is a story for another post...

Back to the front porch...

my bench I made from twin bed headboard and foot board...

I made this several years ago... and put storage in it....

where I store my tiles for future projects... don't pay any attention to the dirt lol please!!

and this is the grandchildrens bench... across from my bench...

it is made with a hodge podge of things..
foot board, legs from a foot stool, and a raw choppin block 

left side of front door... mirror so you can check your makeup before you knock on my door... hahaha

my attempt at adding spring lol

grandkids knob... ;-)

 I just love
the gkids knob
when they were too little to reach the door, that is how we fixed it so they could get in when they were outside with the dog as their babysitter...
which is REALLY
GOOD AT!!!!!
Once again story for another day...

I have managed to sit out here enjoying this wonderful day!!! 

on my super bench... and do my blog!!!
with my cuddly friend 

Bandit

sitting right here beside me...

but wouldn't you know it...

as soon as I get ready to take her pic laying here,

she jumps down... 

the birds finally caught her attention... 

(hope he flies away fast!!!)

Thank you all for stopping by to help me enjoy this wonderfully blessed day!
Hope yours is equally as blessed.

Also hope I didn't bore you to death with my day....

Re-Vamped my blog

WOW two posts in one day lol

Wishes she could see this beautiful sunset

As I wrote earlier tonight, I have been laid up... 

since Sunday.

 Tonight, after posting,

I have been bored, cause I can't do much.

Soooo I changed alot of things about my blog.

You will notice the background change,

this fits me... better! (Smiles!!)

(Sighs) and hopes it easy to read too.

(If you have problems with reading it, or seeing it,

please let me know! I will change it...)

(Grins)

Hope you all enjoy!
I promise to show you some pics of what I AM

doing tomorrow...

I am going to clean out my flowerbeds (weeds, YUCK!)

dead weeds... better lol.

And get some dead trees cut!!

My stepdad and mom are coming out tomorrow,

(or should I say... later today)

to help me out, ~yippie~

I can't wait to get some of this mess outside from the winter

alllll gone.

For those that don't know about the Kansas wind,

well, lets just say,

I think it blows everyday! 

But anyway, I have a list about as long as my arm to get accomplished

tomorrow, so I should probably get off of here,

and get some sleep. :-) 

But can't be upset... 

when this is the view leaving my drive! 

(this was taken last fall & one of my favorite sunsets)

Hope you have a wonderfully blessed day!

No posts... sorry been sick!!!

Sorry all my lovely bloggers...

I have been laid up...

I feel on Sunday afternoon...

Bruised the daylights out of my knee,

then Sunday nite started the sore throat.

Between the knee, 

not wanting to work... throbbing like crazy...

I have been laying taking it easy... 

with ice and heat.

Then woke up Monday morn, 

with the CRUD!!

No fun!!!
Beautiful weather, and feeling LOUSY!!

Silver lining... :D

I went outside for a while this afternoon

to absorb some beautiful sun!!
Weather here was 72 degrees.

So I set on my front porch, 

and had a drink of OJ...

Hopefully tomorrow
I will feel alot better, so

I can clean my flowerbeds...

weed and feed them,

and some other stuff

before it rains tomorrow nite!!
Hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed day!!

No this wasn't taken today...

and not at my house..,

was taken at the local lake :D

Help from another blogger!! :D

Thanks to Shari over at Turnstyle Vogue Design & Styling I fixed the problem of not getting replies from all my blogger friends, when I post a comment about their blogs! THANKS SHARI!!!! 

Sorry all that I didn't get your replies!! :( Hope to get them now!!! :D

Will make another post later tonite.

To show off my work lol. :D

Hope everyone is having a wonderfully blessed day!
I know mine is thanks to all of you wonderful bloggers!!!

Give -a- ways

While checking blogs this morning, I found a give-a-way... it Jill over at Jillifyit

she is giving away a HOBBY LOBBY GIFT CARD!!

O who of us bloggers wouldn't just LOVE that one?

Run on over a grab you chance to win!!!
I know I did!!

:D

Hope your having a wonderfully blessed day all!!

Lit Bit more about My Life...

I thought for this Friday post... seeing as I didn't get my project done...

as this sweet lovable hubby of mine, and I ran away for the day...

sorry no pics, but I will include some of days gone by...

PaPa with our littlest monkey... Lilian

We took off today, and went to Chiropractors, but then spent the rest of the day...

with each other!! So grand to get a day with just us!

We didn't do anything special, just a relaxing day in each others company. 

Rob took me to lunch at Applebee's where we ate a light lunch... and chatted. :D

Then we checked out Tractor Supply... where he bought his lovely wife, 

two pairs of gardening gloves...

got to love a man that will go in looking for a book on his Allis Chambers Tractor,

and come out with gloves for his spouse! 

(he bought me two sets, cuz when grands grab  a pair, I still have one lol)

Then we come home, and both took a nap... 

Sit around watching TV this evening.

Nothing special, but a WONDERFUL day none the less...

I promised to tell you more about my life...

or should I say, I decided instead of boring  me...
***NOTE CHANGED ...you with things about me...***

I would tell you more about my blessed family!

Our oldest daughter Sara lost her job a few months ago.

She has been looking, but to no avail...

So being the girl with lots of initiative.... 

She started a cleaning houses for others! :D
Got to love a girl with so much go get em!!

Sara in the center with Tami on left, and holding Lilian.

(I know this may not be the best pic, but she is sooo happy holding her niece!!)

Sara and Conner (her wonderful hubs) have four children between them,

Naomi, and Brandon are Connors, 

and Sara's is Tami 

Tami at State Fair...

(Can you tell what the theme was?

& what State we are in?) 

lol

and theirs is Brian...

He is also at State Fair this last year...

(any better idea what State we are from?
and what our theme was?)

I bet you guessed it by now!!

Our youngest daughter Sandy, and her hubster, Barry.

They live in California for the time being...

Sandy and Lilian...

(Do you see a theme here lol)

All of these pics were taken on a trip to Pioneer Town...

Sandy is a stay at home mom for now..

but she was also taking classes to become a pharmist tech.

She has since graduated!!!! YIPPIE! WTG girl!

And waiting to take her state boards.

The whole family is scheduled to come home in December this year!
(So I will be taking some trips out there again this year! lol

got to have my baby fix!! Of course got to see them all! Miss them terribly!)

I don't have pics of Naomi, Brandon, Connor, and Barry... at least not on my laptop...

But promise to get some taken SOON!!

Although Barry has to be the most camera shy person I know!! lol

my monkeys...

playing at NaNa & PaPa's

all three... lol.

(Don't you just love those adorable faces...

makes me smile and even giggle to see those SMILES!)

This is my hero... 

But could also apply to my hubs.... :D

Hope you all enjoyed my day and the pic show!

May you have a wonderfully blessed day!