My porch has had a rather difficult winter. Once fall truly hit, Dan and I pulled all the pool stuff in and put the plastic up around the porch... and then kind of forgot about it. I had intended to clean it up and get it neat all winter, but injuries, illness and cold weather all conspired against me. Last weekend I had plans to clean the porch but came down with some sinus issues and the weather was super cold so I let myself be lazy instead. This weekend, however, all the factors converged nicely and I was able to not only clean the porch, but repot a massive number of plants and clean off the super-messy plant stand in our bedroom. How exciting!
Okay, maybe not exciting for the world at large, but Dan and I find it pretty nifty. The porch is a useable room again!
And I repotted a lot of plants. Before the massive clean, I had one lonely plant on the outside plant stand. Now I have lots!
Some of these plants will move back inside once they've had a chance to root nicely (specifically the spider plants since the kitties like to snack on them) but until then, our inside plant stand is pretty naked.
I'm hoping (and aiming) for the inside plant stand to stay on the more spartan side of things even when I bring a few actual plants since before it managed to get pretty overrun. I should have taken some before pictures, but at the same time I'm kind of glad there is no actual proof about how bad it looked.
In other organizational news, I also managed to straighten up my tea pantry. Which is nice because it means I can find things easier, at least for a little bit. Want to see what just under one hundred teas looks like?
It's three and four tins deep in most sections. Also, I have it ordered by tea type because I'm a big giant nerd.
But I'm a big giant nerd with a lot of awesome (and accessible!) tea, a clean plant stand and a homey, comfortable porch so I'm happy!
Way cool. Are you SURE there aren't more than 100 teas there? 1,2,3,4,5,6..... Such a fun girl, I am such a lucky MIL to have you as a DIL, and I thank God often for that fact. Love you to bit and pieces, MIL
ReplyDeleteHehe! Well, if my database is up-to-date (which 1) it should be and 2) I believe I already mentioned I'm a big nerd), then technically it is 94 teas. :D
DeletePorch and plant stand AND tea stash all look great! Come on over and work on the barn for me! :) Now you're porch is all clean, it's a great place to have a cup of tea, isn't it? mom
ReplyDeleteHa! I think I'll pass - I've got several more things on my list before I can decide to be nuts enough to go after your barn! :)
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