It's Me, ChristyB Lifestyle blog of a middle-aged mom of two

In the front yard under the pine trees is the beginnings of my vision of a bed full of hostas. Perfectly shaded with just enough speckled light. The ideal setting for hostas. My office window looks out to this view. I knew it had potential to be a cute area of the yard. So this past weekend I picked up the sticks, pulled the weeds and set out to create a new little outdoor seating area amid the pine trees and hostas. I also refreshed my grapevine wreath bird feeder for the summer. The spring version had run it’s course. Sprigs of mint, purple oregano and moonbeam thread leaf coreopsis from around the yard spruced it up for summer. I had two chairs from an old bistro set sitting in the barn not being used. After 23 years, the table fell apart but the iron chairs are still in...