Florida Tropical Bali/Moroccan Oasis
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Added curtains later to the porch. $20.00 painter's tarps from Home Depot hung on iron curtain rods. -
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Twilight shot; -
My daughter wrote this poem for me about my garden. I washed the wall with glaze and paint to make it look aged and then together we stenciled the poem on to the wall; A lot of sweating in the heat to do it, but it was worth it. -
Poem my daughter wrote for me about my garden. -
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Statue purchased from an import store in Miami. It is from Bali and made from volcanic rock. I think it weighs about 500-lbs! I dug a shallow hole, placed a stepping stone inside to make it level, placed Buddha inside the hole, mixed & poured concrete to secure him; He's gone thru Hurricane Katrina and Wilma! -
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Blue Sky Vine I planted on the fence. -
Confederate Jasmine in bloom; Smells amazing between that and the Japanese Honeysuckle that is on the pergola; -
Authentic Moroccan lantern; Japanese Honeysuckle Vine growing on top of the pergola. -
BEFORE PIC; The pergola stands here now; -
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My Purple Walking Iris; Sometimes it has 60 flowers in a day .. they open in the morning and close when the sun goes down and then we have to wait another day or so, for another show :) -
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Purchased this little pond on-line, dug the hole and installed the pond myself. Added 3 orange goldfish and 1 black goldfish according to Feng Shui rule :) -
Resident green anole on my landscape light; -
Another shot of our resident chameleon; -
A little whimsy ... -
The real McCoy ... -
Dragonfly on my bamboo; -
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I posted my yard on Rate My Space and someone suggested that I should post it here. So here you go ... We live in Florida and landscaping is sometimes difficult because of the hot, dry, humid conditions. But, I wanted to create a unique look for our home and have designed and labored to bring it to where it is now. We really enjoy the back mostly.
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On June 19,2011 Ron said:
"Very Very nice. A lot of work went into your yard. Great job"
On April 26,2011 limonsha said:
"upseat"
On June 17,2010 Monique Kanzki said:
""This garden is like a living prayer ! It glorifies a Higher Power through the Beauty and Grace of Nature! Very Spiritual! Very Soothing!" "
On June 13,2010 MARGARET SOUFFRANT said:
"very nice i remember some of the pictures on rate my space."
On June 1,2010 Jan Meissner said:
"love this shot"
On February 26,2009 said:
"I love your pool and all that you have done with it and around it. Great Job. Laurn you must love swimming there..... COOOLLLL"
OnFebruary 25,2009 said:
"Nice."
On February 25,2009 Karen W said:
"Very nice, But I would really like to see more pictures with more views. I envy you living in Florida. I'm here is Michigan and this winter has been a very long one. "