Summering up the deck

I love summer!  I love to look out on the deck and see flowers and sea shells and lights after dark…

I painted my vintage metal glider again this year…last time I painted the glider was here.

I finally moved my umbrella outside…the living room looks a lot bigger now!

I planted a very few pots, will do more later after my finger heals up a bit (I had a cyst removed from my index finger).

I dug out my outdoor pillows…they look so great with the new glider color!

Nice place to sit and read the Sunday paper!

I drug out my sea shells…who says you can’t hear the ocean in Missouri?

I hung up my new paper lanterns (battery operated from Pier 1) which I bought with a gift card from a coworker for Nurses Week. 

Then I strung lights under the railing of my deck…I have no outside lights on that end of the house, so I strung three sets of 100 light strands around the deck (cost me 3 x .39—I bought these last year after Christmas).  Makes it cozy out there and also helps me see! 

All my pitiful house plants have been repotted. 

Hanging pots have been added.  I feel like I got quite a steal on these babies this year, I had some Add Sheet coupons (like Groupons) and hanging pots usually are $24 each and I got 4 of them for $56 each ($30 I had already paid when I got the coupons) and also got 5 four packs of bedding plants.

This one is black eyed Susan vine…

I couldn’t resist this old fashioned purple petunia.

The fourth hanging plant is under the umbrella…

I am linking to these great parties!