We had a small bridge in this location for a while which the dogs didn’t really use much and which was hard to see. It also only took like one step for a human. This new bridge feature may be redundant, but it looks great and will contribute to the continuity of the paths that we have in our uniquely shaped garden. The guardrails are actually high enough for a human and it makes a great transitional piece that fits with our decor, as far as I’m concerned.

To his credit, Shando put it together himself in our garage. He never looks forward to these kinds of projects and when we first placed it in this spot it was dusk, so he was skeptical that it would work. We had to jerryrig one side of it to keep it balanced, but in the daylight, despite the rain, we both love it.

The smaller bridge that we used to have is now up in the tiers and will used exclusively for dogs!

For perspective, you can see BOTH bridges here:

This is a combination of all other areas of the house that I didn’t spend too much time redecorating, but I still want to memorialize the updates just the same.

While this isn’t the final location of where I’m putting my new Turkish lamp, this is something that looks great when illuminated in this area for now. I’ve been wanting this style of lamp for a long time:

I totally nerd out over water features in my garden. The four we have going each day are very zen.

These little motors don’t last forever, though, particularly as we run them daily between sunrise and sunset, with some exceptions. The good news is that I repurpose all the old fountains (three so far) mostly as planters.

Shando had the very good idea that this one should be brought in from the edge of the porch, which actually facilitated the wiring with the smart plugs. This one lights up, so having it on the back porch has a really lovely effect. It’s close enough to the family room that we can run it into the evening and hear and watch it from the couch. it’s not so close to the sliding door that it causes splashes and spots, which was annoying when the previous one was there.

I’ve had the frog figurine and the lilypad stool for a while. They were bought separately but I have to keep them together, right? I tried to glue the frog to the top, especially to cover a hole that exists there by design, but the curvature of the stool is concave, and therefore the flat part of the frog figurine will not adhere to it.

Sort of by happenstance, I put these two figurines together, but now I can’t imagine moving them anywhere separate from one another. The little fairy angel girl was rusted and I painted it a while back with some black Rustoleum and have loved how it looks now. The patio cover on which this pony wall exists was covered less than a year ago. I’m still getting used to having a wonderful outdoor space adjacent to our family room where I can walk out and hear the rain even when it falls intensely. These figurines are there for each other, so I am glad they’re together. There’s plenty of room under the rabbit’s umbrella for the little girl.