Life in a Nutshell

Enjoying the outdoors with my husband.

Including a 15 mile paddle down the Chattahoochee River.

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Being creative.

And getting ready for Market.

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Tending to my "garden".

The front two plants are my green bell peppers (front left)

and cherry tomato plants (front right) that I grew from seeds.

And to think they came from such humble beginnings.

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Grilling out and enjoying dinner on our TINY bistro set.

We've come a long way since we first tore up the bricks in December.

And I will continue my craigslist hunt for a REAL patio set.

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Working in the yard.

I should have taken a photo,

but I had over 20 large lawn bags by the curb

and 3 huge stack of branches

after a week out in the yard.

I spent a lot of time cleaning out the beds & weeding.

I also used up the remaining bricks from our patio project

to define the yard. Unfortunately the bricks still need to be dug into the ground.

But that's another project!

More brick work ... and LOTS of tree trimming on the right!

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Craigslist surfing.

There are several things I've been on the hunt for:

a china hutch, coffee table, patio set, night stands ...

and I can finally cross this off the list.

It's a 70s era solid wood china hutch is very good condition.

It's by Alta Vista and we got is for $100! I was beyond excited.

I've been looking for 3 years and have wanted something JUST like this.

There are sliding glass doors, but since our floors are old

they shook too much every time you walked by, so they'll stay out for now!

I'm discovering our furniture style is very "Eames era"

as I tend to be drawn to that style of craftsmanship and my husband is too.

We actually have a Eames replica chair that belonged to my husband's grandfather.

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Birthday Celebrations!

Last weekend we celebrated my husband's birthday with a cook out at our house.

It was a beautiful evening, gorgeous weather,

and a good way to spend time with friends.

That's been my life in a nutshell for the past week and a half!

I hope all of you are enjoying the outdoors and beautiful weather where you are.

I sure am !