Outdoor Wednesday 2/10 Caladiums, Crepe Myrtles and Lewis

It's been in the 70's here and I'm just dying to get out in the yard. So far, we're still trying to get my Daddy moved to his new home. I did peek in my flower beds and I see my daylilies coming up! Susan, over at A Southern Daydreamer has gathered a large crowd just waiting for you to come visit them in the Great Outdoors!

I love caladiums! We don't have a lot of shade in this yard so I keep these on the porch. I love to mix them all together!



We love the white Natchez crepe myrtles and planted several in front of the drive. Look at this one closely. One branch is white Natchez and the other branches are lavender!. Arrggg. We haven't decided what to do yet...dig it up and appreciate its uniqueness.



Between the Natchez crepe myrtles, we built a bed with Dynamite Crepe Myrtles. These are a true fire engine red. I can't wait until they grow and really put on a show!


While on vacation in Branson one year, we stumbled on this antique weathervane in a little antique store called Tuxedo Cat. He had been on an old general store in Lewisville, AR. We hadn't started building this home yet but I could just see him on a cupola. We left without him. He was just too much $$$. Well, we couldn't get him off our mind. We went back the next day, bought him, named him Lewis...and voila...he has a home now!




Boudreaux just had to get in the act today and says "Y'all come back now"! Yes, he is a genius talking dog.

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Eureka! I NEED that buffet!

Each year, we make our annual pilgrimage to Branson, MO and Eureka Springs, AR. For the past few years, we stay at a condo in Branson...mainly because we take Boudreaux with us. However, we always drive over to Eureka Springs for antique shopping.

There are several wonderful shops and antique malls in Eureka Springs. While shopping in 2004, George dropped me off at the Victorian Village and he went on his own adventure. When he picked me up, he was just raving about an American oak buffet in the mall. I usually tune this out because we often have different taste on furniture. That day though, he wouldn't let it go. We went back to look at it, but the mall was closed.

We ate at our favorite Italian restaurant, Emilios, and headed back to Branson. George still couldn't let the buffet go and I heard about it in detail. Long story short...we headed back to Eureka Springs the next day. Believe it or not...he was right! I fell in love with it and we purchased the buffet. Yes, we traveled not only back to Branson and down the strip but all the way home with this buffet carefully wrapped in the back of an Avalanche.

In this picture are some of my favorite dishes called Mason Vista transferware. I'll feature them in another post.

We have some wonderful memories attached to our antiques. We name them by where we bought them such as the Haskell (OK) dresser, the Carnes (TX) bookcase, the Canton (TX) pier mirror and so on. More on those later!

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