To me, I will always visualize and continue trying to complete the picture of "having it all". Some days I mostly feel like a little girl dressed up in her mom's high heels pretending to be old enough to do this. I will always continue to print pictures or cut them out of magazines of flowers, pots or pieces of picket fences and simply make my yard "my own".
White picket fences call to my mind, lazy summer days, maybe a yard full of pets, children playing, ideals of family and home. I'm sure at one point the white picket fence simply served a purpose....to mark property lines. Now it is associated with the "American Dream". White picket fences now offers so much more than security to our yards both in the front and back. No matter the size of your lawn, garden or home, white picket fences exude charm and cottage style.
The simple white-wash of the fence provides a wonderful back drop for flowers, greenery, grass, towering floral bushes and climbing ivy. All these co-exist perfectly with picket fences of all types. Even flower beds or hedges along the fence line will turn a plain wooden barrier into a very inviting envirorment .
I have to say for me, it doesn't and isn't just "a white picket fence". I have and love my hot-pink section of a picket fence draped and wrapped with a bright blue hose. Then there's my brighter than sky-blue picket fence leaning up against the house, under my bedroom window with wind-chimes and azales surrounding it. It might seem silly to some, but for me, picket fences bring character to life!
Join me for a bit as I take you to what truly is behind my picket fences. So welcome to "what's behind my pickets fences".
Yes, it all started with having a comfy-small home with the perfect family of a hubby, then a boy and a girl. Now that our family was complete with many friends and family, pet after pet, which they also enjoyed life behind a picket fence. Behind our picket fences, you will see that we love to cook, we enjoy playing games, watching movies, we enjoy relaxing and taking naps, we love music, we love to make family memories, taking pictures, sharing our dreams and hopes, we praise and love the Lord, we support and encourage each other. We love sleepovers, building forts, covering up with soft homemade blankets, we love to plan our next vacation or weekend away. We love to have our blinds open and let the sunshine brighten our home, we enjoy having the front and back door open feeling the fresh breeze come in. Behind our picket fences, we enjoy playing dice, dominoes, canasta, making homemade cards, looking at old pictures, working on family trees, crocheting, sewing, scrapbooking, playing with our dog(s), watching sporting events, secret millionaire, the voice, American Idol, swamp people, the Kardashians, chillaxing in the hottub, enjoy good food, the smell of pinesol, sharing our daily experiences with each other, building each other up, trusting and being loyal to each other and most of all love each other uncondionally.
So, at anytime.....you are welcome to enter past our picket fences and share with us however you'd like....
All because of His Amazing Grace....
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