Front Porch Sittin'

The Saint supports the military with his employment thus, we have moved often in our years together. We moved to Georgia in the year 2000, with the possibility of being on a contract with longevity of employment. The Saint was fulfilling a 18 month contract while we lived in an apartment complex. Arggg, I hate apartment living with rude people as neighbors. During our 18 months, we got to know the area and housing market well. Once the 18 months were up, the Saint was signed onto a new contract lasting longer then 5 years. Finally, time to purchase our first house!
While growing up in Tennessee, my family spent many hours on the front porch so a front porch was important to me. As soon as we drove up the circular driveway and I saw this porch, I knew this was to be my home!

We were both impressed with the brickwork and the planters at the front of the house. In time we have reworked the planters and we will talk about them another time. Walk on past the Pineapple entrance (thanks for them mom and dad) and come on up to the porch.

We have made many renovations to the house to include adding a new front door, light fixtures and windows. We also spent a few hot days painting the entire porch. We chose paint with a 15 year warranty as we don't plan to do that again any time soon.

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I had always dreamed of a Rocking Chair Front Porch. We found two at the local Flea market and my parents bought the third one for us. Thanks y'all...

The little table top water fountain once adorned my moms desk at Trane company. Once she retired, the fountain became mine. Thanks mom!

This cute little ant to the right stays on the fountains edge to keep intruders out. Don't tell the ant but he does not scare the real frogs from the fountain.

The table is also home to a Philly and some other fun stuff such as these two ants playing.

My mom and dad gave me the two wicker tables as a birthday gift. We found them at a bargain price and I was sooo happy about that gift. Gee, I never realised how much my parents have contributed to the porch. Seems fitting since they do spend a lot of time on the porch during their visits with us.

The Wandering Jew plant was planted from tiny pieces I found popping up in the front planters below the porch. I have not had any hanging on the porch for several years but sprigs keep coming up. I transplant them into the pot and free plant!

The cat planter was a birthday gift from the Saint one year. This year the kitty hides behind a pretty green plant which I love but don't recall the name. A bonus was the vine within from a seed in the pot! Gotta love those freebies.

On down the left side of the porch is a small table found at a discount store. A lady bug pot that was a gift from my dad with our Lady Bug game we play. To the right of the Lady bug is another gift. This handmade treat came from Tina. I cannot remember if I formally Thanked you for this or not Tina, but in my defense, I did plan to get this posting up long before now. So consider this a Great Big THANK YOU for the wonderful gift! I will cherish it along with other things you have past on to me....

The Philly plant on the stand has been with me for many years. It comes into the house and is hung high above little cat paws in the sun-room for the winter. It is what I like to call the Mother ship to many other Philly's on the porch and in the house. I clip it each fall and pot the old clippings. Dave, are you listening? Dave, enjoys doing such fun things.

At the end of this side of the porch I have a window box full of ivy. The ivy is a great hardy plant that will stay green on the porch for me all winter long. You will also see a hibiscus plant and aLady Bug birdhouse on the wall. I will talk about them another time. Now lets go to the right side of the porch. The second wicker table holds a bird house, small Philly, Whimsical ant and another plant amongst other fun stuff.

Don't we all love a bit of Whimsy in our life?

An ant hauling a piece of watermelon. Wow, I do have a lot of ants on the front porch. At least they are cute black ants and not the red fire ants. Ouch!

Frogs on the porch is a normal thing. Green tree frogs, the real ones, call the plants and ceiling ledge home. Most times, frogs call the fountain home therefore, I rarely have the fountain running.

Another Philly plant sits to the right side of the porch along with a cute little spring cat. This cat reminds me of my beloved Skeeter kitty with his orange and yellow colors.

The swing is also on this side of the porch. I enjoy sitting on the swing and listening to the birds sing me sweet songs.

While sitting on the rocking chairs, one can enjoy the hanging plants. Well, I should say one did enjoy the Fuchsia until the heat of the summer killed them.

I had two Purple and Pink plants.

And two Pink and lighter Pink plants. The hummingbirds loved visiting the plants daily. It was fun to sit on the porch and have the tiny birds come that close to us.

Look at how beautiful the plants were. Now they are in the compost bin! sniff sniff...

Now that the hanging plants are gone, you can sit and gaze through the woods that we call our front yard. There is a dry creek bed, just beyond the grass of the yard, that flows with water when we have rainfall. We have not had much of a creek the past 3 years. The remainder up to the street is pure woods. I once told you we had a lot of trees. I was not joking when I said, "We do have a lot of trees". We cannot see the street with all the leaves hiding it from our view. Ah, that is a nice thing.

I truly do enjoy my front porch and consider it another room of the house. This room just happens to be outside.

Like the sign states, You are always Welcome to our porch. Stop by some time and we will do a little FRONT PORCH SITTIN', when not In the Garden...