Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Easy Care

Our home in the winter, we are going to call our city house. All summer we live in a log cabin at 9,000 ft in the most remote county in the lower forty eight states . So, when Fall comes, we are ready to experience what the city has to offer. There are no franchise stores in my little Colorado town, which could explain why I was like a kid in a candy store, when I walked into a super Walmart this week.You are going to find this hard to believe...but from Lake City,Colorado to the nearest Super Walmart is 200 miles round trip!

We built our city house..because we were not quite ready to downsize into a condo. There are two outdoor spaces here, and they are small...and easy care.
I love my little morning porch, just off of the kitchen. It is on the front of the house, and the French doors let a lot of light into the kitchen.

It is very small, but a great place to share a morning coffee, and get some fresh air..I pictured this space on a previous blog.




We also have a side patio, which is a little larger, with an  underground drip system to water the plants. I got my morning porch, and my husband got a fire pit; he really  loves sitting around a fire. Are you wondering how we got the lawn so green so quickly.?




Well, it is artificial turf! Remember, I said the idea was easy care! Don't worry, we do have real grass out in the front yard. I think I am going to like this place. Now that I have found the SuperWalmart...I shall see what other stores I can find! Yipee Skipee!

The close up of our Blue Bonnet picture (see previous blog entry) was requested by Kate.
Eloise, my cousin painted it. She was visiting us (years ago), and we had dinner at our golf club in Houston. My Tom showed her a large bluebonnet painting, that he loved, hanging in the dining room. Eloise took a picture of it...and the next year she brought Tom his own Bluebonnet painting. He treasures it.

We lost Eloise in 2007 at the age of eighty.

9 comments:

  1. Your new home's outside space is delightful and so clever of you to make sure that both of you are happy with your choices. Thanks for the photo of Eloise's painting; a real treasure. I love the carpet of bluebonnets! Her life was a gift for you!

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    1. Kate,

      When I was little...Mother took us over for Elosie to cut our bangs. She was good with a pair of scissors too. She never married and lived with her parents until they died. As a teenager I cleaned their house on Saturdays. Bought a lot of things with that money. I remember every single item.

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  2. oh, loved the follow-up note on eloise's painting.

    and LOVE your morning porch!

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  3. I had already made up my mind that the grass must be artificial because you have not been there to tend it - a great idea which looks lovely. I remember you showed your little morning porch before which looks so inviting.

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  4. We no longer have the city house, but we do have a Walmart that I try never to enter. Target - that is a different story. I think Summit County has more box stores because it gets so many tourists. We even have a Whole Foods!

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    1. I certainly envy the Whole Foods. Barb, Lake City is so tiny ...we have no drug store, shoe store,supermarket etc, etc. I was happy to find the Walmart here in Ft. Worth. My girls prefer Target. I guess I am just one of the Walmart shoppers that you hear about. Ha!

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  5. I love your morning porch! Looks like a beautiful place to relax and start the day!

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  6. It looks really lovely with the sunshine shining in the poch. Can imagine you seeing nipping from your coffee. To have a few of shops around I like too, that is why I am so glad living close to Amsterdam. I have to smell a big city so now and than.

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