National Tourism Week was last week and this week, Mike and I had commitments everywhere.   (We own a small kayak company www.adventuremendota.com if you are reading this and do not know us.)    This afternoon, however, I took some time and washed the mildew off our vinyl fence and then started washing the house.  We live on the river and mildew is always present in the spring and summer.  However, since we have vinyl siding, it’s a pretty simple process of just spraying it off with a bleach/water solution.   I also cleaned the porch and decided to take a few pictures.  These pictures are so small when I entered them in the blog.  Ouch!  Sorry!

Just a swingin’.   See that puddle under the swing?   That porch is clean!!!   I love the bridal veil hanging basket.  Those were just $10.99 at Cecil’s Market in Bristol, VA.  I went crazy and bought five.

And here’s one of those $14 chairs from Lowe’s.   Honestly, sometimes plastic is just better.  We can scrub this and stack this and so on.    Want to know about those cute pillows?  They were $13.99 at Tractor Supply.   I am trying not to buy junk, but I had to have these.   The girl in line in front of me said “you could make them!”  I told her “no, I cannot, and I sure cannot for $13.99.”   Obviously she mistook me for someone who can sew well.

And here’s some of my pretty hanging plants…that sad little center basket has seedlings that I stuck in old, old hanging baskets that were in a corner of the barn.  They have been in there for YEARS!    I reached down and picked  them up with some trepidation because I was worried a snake would be curled.  I think once the seedlings take off, however, they’ll actually look pretty.  At least I’m trying.

I sure like my plants.  Look at that clean, yellow vinyl.

I was in Michael’s and saw fake succulents that look so real.   Sorry, I’m not buying.  The real ones are so easy and they breed and grow like crazy.  Real is definitely better in this case.  Besides they are FREE!

And basil?  I love basil.  This basil came from Walmart (Yes, I am a Walmart Woman.)   However, there are tiny little seedlings in the pot that will join their Walmart counterpart.

I hope I can start posting here more.  I actually need to revamp this as just a blog roll on the RiverCliff Cottage AirB&B I’m going to do.  However, that has been slowed down as a SKUNK died near the HVAC and we didn’t know it for a few days.  This has left RiverCliff Cottage with a unique smell that not everyone will appreciate.  I’ll be going over and airing that out this weekend.

Thank you for stopping by.