KATIE D.I.D. BLOG

Does anyone recognize anything in this beautiful garden? Anyone? Well perhaps you need a little reminder...

Tim worked off more than a few pounds building this wall fountain in our back yard a couple of years ago. Things have grown in since then and I have been meaning to take new pictures, but the season got away from me, and it was time to bring in the cushions for the rainy season. You may remember our foray into fountain construction HERE. It took some trial and error. And there are some things that in retrospect we should have done differently....not so much with the fountain wall, but with the pump system...(filters are VERY important it turns out.)

Anyway, more to the point....I had a reader who read the story and she contacted me about construction details. We have been corresponding ever since and Cindy emailed photos of her version of the fountain this October. I have to say, practice makes perfect. Her version is MUCH more polished and her back yard is gorgeous! Cindy has inspired me to do a little more polishing myself!

I love the wicker chairs, the verdigris clock that works so well with the table...and the pea gravel is perfect! Our plan is to have the concrete in our patio covered with blue stone at some point. We will be saving up for a bit there.

Cindy also sent photos of the rest of the yard including her zinc topped table. I am not sure if Cindy ever saw photos of our whole yard, but I have the same type of table. Cindy said a friend of theirs made the table for them. Great minds think alike.....Tim made our table base, and a wonderful metal worker I work with made the top for me. I promise to show photos of our table when the weather gets better! Here is Cindy's table:

And here is ours:

You can see I took his photo before we painted the house last summer! (That is a whole other story! I hope the painting gets done during the next dry spell.)

It is clear the Cindy has a very talented crew to back up her very artistic eye! Thank you Cindy for inspiring me to finish up the back yard before next Spring! I hope it will look as lovely as yours......