OUTSIDE DECORATIONS

I think my outside is finished except for the three wreaths that go on my upstairs windows. My husband has been sick and I'm not going to climb out on the roof to hang the wreaths! You'll see just how simple it is, but I am really pleased. I always put the garland on the bannisters.

This is the right side of my front porch. See my rocking chairs....those are really old. We got those chairs the year we built the house (1986) and I've spent many days sitting on my porch looking across the cotton fields. I might add that they were white for many, many years. There is a HUGE oak tree in the front yard and it shades the porch in the afternoon.

This is the left side of my porch. I love the old church pew. One of my old friends gave it to me years ago. She and her husband were about to go to Honduras as missionaries and she called and asked if I wanted this one (and another one that is an inside pew). I just repainted it this summer. Notice the shelves on each side of the porch. They are built from wood off an old barn.

Here's Mrs. Bunny! You know that I dress her for each month or whatever is happening (usually something I find at the Thrift Store). She has worn a bikini, Fourth of July attire, Back to school outfit, Halloween costume, and now her Santa hat. My grandkids love her!

My birdbath needed a little something so I brought out a birdhouse and added some greenery and pine cones. You see that you don't have to buy a thing to make it look a lot like Christmas....just use what you have or what is right in your yard.