Spring Into Summer

Welcome to the "Spring Into Summer" blog hop 

hosted by Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home.

If you are hopping in order then you were just visiting Katie, Let's Add Sprinkles, who has the cutest style.

I wish I could say that our "garden room" has a beautiful blue sky right now (this pic was taken in early May), but late May and now June have brought us a dull white sky.

Blue skies or gray, Lulu is happy to be in the garden

and we welcome all visitors.

The Adirondack chair had been on the front porch for years, but no one ever sat in it.

It's now in a perfect spot to sit and read.

Until it's time to use the outdoor fire pit, the corner behind Steve's studio is usually ignored, but the old ladder and green chair (found on a street corner) are now bursting with color from pots and a basket of blooms.

 My sister recently gifted me a beautiful tablecloth that belonged to my mother.

The tablecloth is just the right size for the garden table and soon the weather will allow for al fresco meals.

I moved one of the chaises so I could relax outdoors and enjoy this view of the garden.

The flowers in the old wheelbarrow, another street side find, are blooming and each day I check for new flowers.

The chaise, with the wheelbarrow behind it, is one of my favorite views from the living room windows.

My garden house is another view I love.

I brought the shopping cart outside for summer and added Gerbera daisies.

The second chaise is in front of the living room and easily moved to follow the sun,

but as you see, the sky is white and has been for way too long.

If you are new to Art and Sand, you might not know that my husband is an artist and our home is his gallery.

He actually began his art career painting on surfboards - the only board that remains is this one hanging on the ivy covered wall.

I made a few changes from my last post, Hooray for the Red, White and Blue.

I added buoys and a bucket to the old window and brought Mr. Goose outside.

We leave on vacation Wednesday and will be away for 11 days.

I will miss all the different views of our garden,

but Lulu's sitter has promised to water while I am gone

and maybe, just maybe, the sky will be blue by the time we return.

Now it's time to send you off to visit my friend Judith at Botanic Bleu.

I hope you take the time to visit all the blogs on the hop because this group of bloggers always provide oodles of inspiration.

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