My Serene Spot 3 Ways

Come on over and rest a spell.

I will pour you a glass of wine and we can sit and talk.

I have this little spot on my back deck that is waiting for you.

It isn’t fancy…

Just restful and quiet on a warm summers evening.

The softest of breezes is blowing…

it brings along the sweet perfume of roses.

Take a deep breath and enjoy.

We can watch the hummingbirds stop by to take a nip from a bright petunia blossom.

Their grace and beauty are a site to behold.

Oh….

Can you hear the robins singing?

They have enjoyed the warmth of the day and now are tucking their babies into bed.

Their song is a lullaby that calms and comforts.

The only other sound is the gentle melody of the fountain. 

Just sit back, put your feet up and relax.

Do you need an extra cushion?

Maybe a refill on that glass of wine?

I will go get that for you now.

 

“wishing you were actually here to really enjoy”

 

Pamela

PS: in case you are interested.  I built the pew bench.  Here is the link to that post. My Shabby Bench is DONE

 

Summer Linky Party, Share Your Cup Garden Party, Be Inspired, Fertilizer Friday, Hookin Up, Shabbilcious Friday,  Feathered Nest Friday, Inspire Me Linky, My Romantic Home,  Flaunt it Friday, Frugal Friday, Inspire Me, From the Farm,  Funky Junk Party, Weekend Wrap Up Party, Share Your Creativity, Metamorphosis Monday, Mop It Up Monday, Show Me What Ya Got, Transformation Thursday, Sunday Showcase, Flamingo Toes

 

Family Rules or Marriage Rules sign giveaway

How would you like to win a Family Rules or Marriage Rules sign??

These signs measure 24” tall by 11.25” wide and are finished with an exterior varathane for years of enjoyment. 
 
Just “Like” Flower Patch Farmhouse’s Facebook page and leave a comment either here on this site or on Facebook..it is that easy.

https://www.facebook.com/FlowerPatchFarmhouse?ref=hl

When I reach 100 likes then I will draw a name and the winner will get their choice of one of these signs.
  Shipping is included.







Signs like these can also be purchased from our website.  We can do them in different colors and customized with names and dates.  Just ask…
 
 
Happy Monday!
~Pamela~

What Have I Been Up To

Many days I end up heading for bed disappointed in not accomplishing my list of ‘to do's’ then stop, take stock of what I did actually get done and content myself with that.  There is so many fun projects I wanted to get to this summer but here it is late August and I have not touched hardly any.

When I am not cleaning vacation homes my time has been spend painting signs..(it helps pay the bills so not a frivolous activity)

Here are some recent ones.

For the life of me I cannot get a photo that shows the true coral color of this, and it does not get darker at the bottom in real life. 

You Are My Sunshine subway art sign


This sign I had to do 3 times over! 

 Crazy, I nicknamed it the sign from hell.  I finally got it sent off to the customer and then he informs me it arrived damaged.

  Argh!  I had wrapped it securely with bubble wrap and everything.  That was one rough postal carrier.  The customer said his father will be able to fix it.  I did send off some touch up paint for him. He had purchased it for his Grandfather who once owned a service station and it had a sign on the side of the building that looked much like this.

I know, not a good photo of it but I was in a hurry.



A couple Nana’s Garden signs.





My garden has been putting out..some luscious tomatoes, these are a new heirloom variety for me called German Red.



Which I made into my oven roasted sauce



The addition of the Trombolina zucchini adds a richness.



My basil did very poorly this year but a friend gave me enough to make a bunch of pesto. I love my homemade pesto!  I freeze it then wrap each little puck in plastic wrap. 

I love to have a taste of summer in the dark of winter.



My flowers are still blooming away.   I shall share more flowers soon.

So when I see what I have been able to accomplish it is not so disappointing after all. 

Please come on in to see more of my signs and artwork.



Progress with my seedlings

It has been so lovely the past few days, mid 60’s for a high so time in my greenhouse has been glorious.  I have so many seedlings out growing their community pots I must pot some up each day.  I am using 3.5 to 4 inch pots and my compost mix to plant them up in.  I use 4 parts compost, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part perlite and 1 part sand. I have run out of the vermiculite so I have substituted more perlite until I restock.  The greenhouse still gets a bit too cold at night as the roof panels still need to be put back into place from the last snow storm that had them buckling. The gaps in the roof allow the warm air to escape.

Our temps have been dropping into the 30’s some nights.  Most of the seedlings will do fine as they don’t mind some cold but not my tomatoes.  I have been moving them in and out morning and night which is rather a pain but I am hoping for some warmer nights soon and the snow is melting fast so we will be able to access the panels to fix them, which will keep the heat in more efficiently. 
Early Girl tomatoes. 

I rather over did the Brandywine, I have over 30 seedlings but I will have a plant sale towards planting time which is late May so no waste.  I also have the fabulous sauce tomato called Costuluto Genovese, it makes the richest marinara I have ever made. And I have the best oven roasted marinara recipe that is so easy.  This is one of 3 tubs of seedlings! 

Remember my Delphiniums, here are the seedlings I started a couple weeks ago, I have another batch going.  I will have A LOT of English Delphiniums started.  I will sell some off when they get bigger along with other specialty plants I grow from seed that you cannot get from the garden centers. 

Some of the tomatoes potted up, they are still in a bit of shock in this shot but I have gone out and checked on them again and they are already perking up. 

Between potting up chores I have been painting.  I had a special order come in and I painted it up for the customer. 
They wanted the lettering to be dark blue, though it looks black in the photo.

While I was painting I whipped up a couple vintage looking signs as well.

I need to do a bunch of seafood or beach signs, my stock is low on my website.


And I finally decided on what I wanted to put on that Flowers sign…I added some faded red flowers. 

This will go up on the website as well. 
Seems we are to be hit with another winter storm, only for one day but anymore snow right now is annoying.  It gets in my way.  I have some big furniture building and painting plans along with some studio revamping and I can’t really get to it until it stays nice and the snow is melted.  Sigh!
May your days be sunny and bright!

My Website

"/>