The Summer Studio

This little basket fits nicely on the seat of my walker and holds outdoor paints, brushes, a pitcher of water, rag and a paint tray.

 This chair was cute painted red but I couldn't resist adding a bit more color to it. 

I'm starting to like it better already and I plan to make the border around the edge of the mesh into red and white checks to match the dishes and table linens I'll be using this summer. Will I stop there? Keep reading and watching to see what else happen with this project.

Getting around the yard and garden with your walker

Here's the working end of my place. Behind the wheelbarrow are several large planters that are tall enough to sit in a regular chair to do your planting, weeding or picking.

The walker rolls well over the sidewalk and driveway but is real slow going through grass or dirt. The bright side of that is you're not using your brakes so you can stick some of your long handled tools through the hand grips so they won't fall off if you hit a bump or a rough patch in the grass.

The thing I love most about this style of walker is that it has a basket to carry small tools, plants or weeds and it has a seat so that you can sit down whenever you need to.

We're looking into all terrain wheels, some sort of a tool rack and a few modifications that will make things work better and as always we'll keep you posted with our progress.

So many people talk about having to use a walker as a bad thing. I think that anything that helps you do the things you want to should be celebrated. I love this thing!

Taming the roses that ran away, getting a fresh start

As you can see some of the climbing roses have run around the front yard and a few have run through the back yard as well.

The biggest concern was the ones that had gotten around the air conditioner. I got some help digging them out carefully so that none of the power lines and other mechanics would be damaged.

Some of the roses couldn't be saved but there were a few with good, strong root systems so we transplanted them to the trellis on the new planter box.

As always the walker comes in handy for a place to sit and rest as well as a way to move myself ad the things I need around the garden.

When I got all of the roses planted we spread a little wildflower seed around them.

As you may have noticed by now, I just can't leave bare soil alone and I want to cover the whole world with flowers to cheer everyone up and keep their minds off their troubles.

Yes, I realize how crazy that sounds but artist's aren't always sensible or ordinary and I like to think that the world is a better place because of that.