A transformation...

 Yes, the little pink house(shack) is under transformation...
yes, she has been sold and the kids that bought her
are totally smitten with her charm.
All the aged pink siding is coming down and wood will
be restored and painted.
Pillars and chimney are being covered in river stone
and many more transformations to follow...

I love it and I'm anxious for more...as she's
considering painting it white...sweet...

Permacuture is my new best friend...

A lot has been going on in Florida
plantings and more plantings...

A ton of mulch, fountain grasses
lavenders and perennials...I don't like grass
I'm building a food forest...
a permaculture...

I'm amending the soil and planting
bunches of fruit trees...avocado, papaya,
guava, mamey and black sapote, olive
mango, bananas, lots of perennial spinach
ground covers, pumpkins and sweet potatoes...

I'm planting a forest of edibles and a
local grasses to feed the soil, to add
nitrogen to the sandy surface...

Fakahatchee grass will be chopped and
dropped to help with the recovery...

Lots of bamboos for windbreaks,
Lord knows we have winds...

I brought many artifacts back from Iowa
a few months ago, I am having way too much
fun here...

And this was the beginning, an empty palette...
I'm in love...

The memories...

Thank you for the memories...
as my lil' pink shack is readied for sale...
I think I have a buyer who loves this ol' gal(1889)
as much as me...then it's off to pursue my
dreams of permaculture in Florida...
more adventures coming!

I've become one with Florida...

First buds on my beautiful cymbidium orchid
beginning to bloom...

 I'm beyond amazed...

Then, to my surprise my plumeria starts are
beginning to send out leaves...

These giant sticks were were the result of Hurricane Irma's wrath,
My cousin's tree was blown over and she asked if I would like
the tree, hell yeah...I cut them into chunks and let them
scab over during the winter months, then when
it started to warm up I put on root fungicide,
dug holes and poked them in the ground...
so excited...!!!

Then, the aloe vera I brought from Iowa is
sending up a bloom spike...WOWZA...
this plant is 25 years old and I thought I lost her
due to frost and freeze several times on the
way to Florida, but she persevered and will
delight me with a magic wand...
can it get any better...

It must be Spring...

 Spring sky reminds me why I love Florida,
it's the sunsets...

 The bees are busy collecting lavender pollen,
gonna be some tasty honey somewhere...

 Azalea blossom peaks through the fern...

 Beautiful blue sky vine reaches toward her namesake,
what a beautiful blue climbing my Norfolk Island Pine...

 A sampler in the making...

Plants are growing and garden is expanding...
I don't like grass, gimmee flowers...

 Another day is at it's end and I'm still pinching
my psyche...can't believe I live in Florida...sigh...

Lucky finds...

 I had a most excellent day of shopping,
two funky pieces found at the Habitat store...

 This amazing piece had been stripped of
it's shiny surface, I love it...

 I wasn't going to keep it, but once
I found a resting place for it in my home,
I decided it was a keeper...

 It's a perfect place to stash some of my crap
and a great place for the computer...who knew...

 And I like crap...I my call my style, British Colonial,
Safari, West Indies, Ernst Hemingway meets
Ryan Matthew Cohn...
I love me some strange...

 And I love my coral fireplace...

The chest of drawers, well, the finish
was perfect, I didn't change a thing...
Lovin' my Florida livin'...