New Lighting and Changes to the front Yard Decor

This turned out to be another 'domino effect" project that H & I get ourselves into all the time!

To be honest,    spur of the minute projects are my favorite kind!

The harsh winds we had last winter really took a toll on the front yard since it faces the north.    The back yard is more protected and didn't have hardly any damage.

  As you can see in the first photo,   the porch posts were really leaning to the south and needed to be repaired.    The second photo shows how we decided to take them down rather than just do repairs. 

I love the new look!

When we removed the posts,   we realized that the gliders were sitting over the pathway lighting that was put in when the house was built.     The gliders had been sitting on them so long that we had forgotten about it....lol!

So,  we moved the glider back where the posts were and decided to hook the pathway lighting back up.

I bought a couple of plant stands at Hobby Lobby to put over the lights to keep people from tripping over them and also to give a place to set a cold glass of sweet tea.

Of course with the new lighting,    I wanted to refresh the decor in that area......more dominoes falling! 

  I moved the serving carts that were up on the porch and put one on each side of the gliders.     Our daughter had given me a vintage serving cart that she no longer wanted the other day that matches one I already had
So they will fill in where the serving carts left a hole on the porch.....more domino's falling....lol

I brought out my twin pink tricycles from the storage area in the back yard. 

 I planned a get together for later in the evening,   so I put my "new to me" yard sale chenille spreads out on the gliders   ($3 each at a yard sale last Saturday)  and a couple of farmhouse style pillows.     

The weather has just been amazing here in Eastern New Mexico the last few days......

And the cool nights are just made to sit outside with friends.....

 

The bushes on the other side of the circular drive are in bloom.......

If you look close in the lower right side of the photo,   you'll see a peek at the pony buggy that H & I have been working on.    It suffered extensive damage in the winds last winter and H had to rebuild it almost completely.    I hope to reveal the new buggy by the 4th.....I have always decorated it then!

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