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OK, this month lets see all those photos of your outdoor spaces--share your outdoor dining, lounging, entertaining, napping (as in hammock or ?), reading, etc, spaces....

So you all can get prepared next month we will do the gardens again as requested in June, then October will, of course, be autumn and or halloween, November lets do cozy reading areas, and December christmas. So lets be sharing!!!!

above is my front porch-the vines on the trellace have been cut down as we just had the exterior painted,,they will grow back, but looks bare without them.
next is a back patio old swing-great for reading my paper with morning coffee in the summer, and a warm afternoon sunny space in the winter for relaxing with a good book.

here are some pics of my front porch

steps to front porch and cafe set

This is the porch we use the most as it is screened and not so much on the street.

We also have a small brick patio under a grape arbor, with a table and chairs and other chairs scattered about our small yard.

this is the grape arbor. We do use this for lunch sometimes but prefer the porch as it is easier to carry plates to the porch.

Lady of Shallot-love the porch -thanks for sharing. guess this is not a good sharing topic this month..

I have to say, I'm green with envy. We are still working on out exterior. Last year we re-did half of our flower beds and will be finishing them this year. We also laid a brick walkway last year but still need to extend it.

Next year, we will be extending our deck so we can put a canopy up. I should have pics next year hopefully.

This is one of the two flower beds we did over and we still have two larger ones yet to go.

Such cozy spaces you all have.

Here's my back patio from a couple of years ago.

We love sitting out here and looking at the pond.

This is a very short video that shows how much even a very small water feature like the two we have in our yard can add to the ambiance of an outdoor space!

http://share.shutterfly.com/ac...e?sid=0IatHLhw1YsWgM

Brenda, it looks like you have a very large outdoor space. I really like the stacked stones to edge the garden area. That must have been a job to lay them!

Brenda, your sitting area reminds me how much I enjoyed as a child sitting out in the yard in the dark and talking. Your space probably is used in that same way, isn't it?

Here's one angle of my back yard, through the kitchen sliders...