Backyard Patio Design

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa_0klJP6WRZLpY3PKNW139g1Dc2wIMl4nAIr_h6xhA8TY2Uez2SfVrpYCV_MKlo2wy4j7sXDMG2aGzZmVi3LGTWqFP967HWR0U0QXfTYpJY0K8KWHpixjxuEuUshzqRCVVZK7rCu-L-H/s1600/IMG_0590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa_0klJP6WRZLpY3PKNW139g1Dc2wIMl4nAIr_h6xhA8TY2Uez2SfVrpYCV_MKlo2wy4j7sXDMG2aGzZmVi3LGTWqFP967HWR0U0QXfTYpJY0K8KWHpixjxuEuUshzqRCVVZK7rCu-L-H/s1600/IMG_0590.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> Happy Saturday</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do you</span> like vintage brick like I do</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> brick adds such a classic  old world charm </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">When we designed our backyard patio we incorporated</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">used brick as well as stone and cement  all these elements</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> give the appearance the patio has been<br />  added onto from generation to generation</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphTEgl5dnaxF8-1BD1gjVfZIA1w1CKt3CN1rOAFaYrjyoXroSz6JAOiuW4R9rWFwdDsJ_RloMra_VbdQtnZjiYp9vpyXk1A6S-23hWW3mH2g5uaaLfuoYh-NgNo7m5_RSn1IP_7ME8gJ_/s1600/IMG_0186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphTEgl5dnaxF8-1BD1gjVfZIA1w1CKt3CN1rOAFaYrjyoXroSz6JAOiuW4R9rWFwdDsJ_RloMra_VbdQtnZjiYp9vpyXk1A6S-23hWW3mH2g5uaaLfuoYh-NgNo7m5_RSn1IP_7ME8gJ_/s1600/IMG_0186.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Don't be</span> afraid to mix elements</div><div style="text-align: center;"> you are not limited  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrtfFMiLCIBRNsKWVn1eHfcmipQ3Z7w9jgGENu5X5RfiPjcb_ksdWpbvDu_FiabLXbpttJU2AiFms79US9VCFSwF2zkrBqRXR-pP0JNGYSdn9PjgTVY4nKJmUqziaVC66gKLrjnIdKphY/s1600/IMG_0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrtfFMiLCIBRNsKWVn1eHfcmipQ3Z7w9jgGENu5X5RfiPjcb_ksdWpbvDu_FiabLXbpttJU2AiFms79US9VCFSwF2zkrBqRXR-pP0JNGYSdn9PjgTVY4nKJmUqziaVC66gKLrjnIdKphY/s1600/IMG_0187.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">{Love} </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hgszc4FdxxfCitE-xQXJZ6jY-FAK72JoNXn-rrLG_L_pIH6SHbj2C0T16mc7tQhRhrc_eZh-Xkbm3IM09Rw8J84PKX3EpWaiGF1kzmhMR-g5o0umbeXOVELhcijsGmrkp-Xiiaf7rlzi/s1600/IMG_0188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hgszc4FdxxfCitE-xQXJZ6jY-FAK72JoNXn-rrLG_L_pIH6SHbj2C0T16mc7tQhRhrc_eZh-Xkbm3IM09Rw8J84PKX3EpWaiGF1kzmhMR-g5o0umbeXOVELhcijsGmrkp-Xiiaf7rlzi/s1600/IMG_0188.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">When we </span>decided to add a backyard patio </div><div style="text-align: center;">it was fun<br />to explore the possibilities</div><div style="text-align: center;">the built in BBQ is stone with brick</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and even has a cement counter top</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FNN5MxdXCO8pRdD0__9iTP26wjIRm1iddq7GsoCAKkNrxe7ymbBr8XaGUp_Sk4XUYYjxlsImKeDBZEowEfsolhgiHWTOs8p0d0_fY6TygBQUVygwvkNrfloCcb33On5UcRRwxabSRaRy/s1600/DSC_0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FNN5MxdXCO8pRdD0__9iTP26wjIRm1iddq7GsoCAKkNrxe7ymbBr8XaGUp_Sk4XUYYjxlsImKeDBZEowEfsolhgiHWTOs8p0d0_fY6TygBQUVygwvkNrfloCcb33On5UcRRwxabSRaRy/s1600/DSC_0050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It has</span> a wonderful patina and is so simple to clean </div><div style="text-align: center;"> you can just spray it down with a hose</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_HrPctprjjKbdLUU-nUUezDQXVbXIQr_hYsTUbR5UEo8nu9bTjaP3s8FXtiOT03BiUDat_rIsA0m4QQ0JOy0DilJqrUSBT6ALjCn9Cd82tP38anROdFq3d73SIIgCqmzk9-i2JyZNYO6/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_HrPctprjjKbdLUU-nUUezDQXVbXIQr_hYsTUbR5UEo8nu9bTjaP3s8FXtiOT03BiUDat_rIsA0m4QQ0JOy0DilJqrUSBT6ALjCn9Cd82tP38anROdFq3d73SIIgCqmzk9-i2JyZNYO6/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The brick</span> patio off of our living room is where we enjoy dining alfresco</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxboXkRlill4y1LFugoGeB0dsgdwFtdnBwU8Lf57hDqP8A6xB-hzae9yYVyf7QiovC67ruJFQgM1LywpBYK3naa4i6AgNTXwSIM3_noQ_cRzJiIyUb1RUsJJG7YzTziz7GnExhNcdqNdo/s1600/IMG_0590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxboXkRlill4y1LFugoGeB0dsgdwFtdnBwU8Lf57hDqP8A6xB-hzae9yYVyf7QiovC67ruJFQgM1LywpBYK3naa4i6AgNTXwSIM3_noQ_cRzJiIyUb1RUsJJG7YzTziz7GnExhNcdqNdo/s1600/IMG_0590.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Adding the</span> brick patio was really like adding another room to our home</div><div style="text-align: center;"> we enjoy being outside all year round</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The great part about being able to create your own design </div><div style="text-align: center;">is adding your own ideas </div><div style="text-align: center;">that make you happy</div><div style="text-align: center;">Being able to enhance the way you live </div><div style="text-align: center;">and making every space beautiful</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">romantic saying for today<br /><br /><i>"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. </i><br /><i>For Love is the beauty of the soul"</i><br />St Augustine<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Backyard Patio Design

Hi Everyone  Happy Saturday ♥ Do you  like vintage brick like I do  brick adds such a classic  old world charm  When we designed our backyar...

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Summer Fun

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQlA2qoTiKqlIaBE3vF_qMjUTIKFOYtIOTsvn7qCYqYwBqub13BM-TSuq0xKVQ8XlTWO83Hfhwv23UsN9nuP7zjflf-0GUo_wPsMFAVkuS7m5COHRMshA8Wf98_APkNt5HdjJcgOwqdA/s1600/backyard+birdbath+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQlA2qoTiKqlIaBE3vF_qMjUTIKFOYtIOTsvn7qCYqYwBqub13BM-TSuq0xKVQ8XlTWO83Hfhwv23UsN9nuP7zjflf-0GUo_wPsMFAVkuS7m5COHRMshA8Wf98_APkNt5HdjJcgOwqdA/s640/backyard+birdbath+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Tuesday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Summer is</span> here </div><div style="text-align: center;">and last night we had our first summer BBQ  of the season</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">to dine Al Fresco on the back patio </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">  this year in the garden we have </div><div style="text-align: center;">another bumper crop of apricots, plums</div><div style="text-align: center;">and apples</div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as sugar snap peas , tomatoes and artichokes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8fcO9oipSs7Nyn1Pk6DErg4l2wY5R3fbb19gY31iIKb2AA0F6-y-XpTDTCIj63IstiS13d6V-b-WMiLA8se9XSQKF7iXh6SNPlyN3e5yceumwPFSU56PFitOzzxAbSsMXDMRBxgrty8/s1600/IMG_0058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8fcO9oipSs7Nyn1Pk6DErg4l2wY5R3fbb19gY31iIKb2AA0F6-y-XpTDTCIj63IstiS13d6V-b-WMiLA8se9XSQKF7iXh6SNPlyN3e5yceumwPFSU56PFitOzzxAbSsMXDMRBxgrty8/s640/IMG_0058.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yellow cucumber </span>buds</div><div style="text-align: center;"> are  blooming</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPio3hdnP_nKloeRMk902sZpQwISid1_kD95_Pl4Nusp4Mhaf6tr_4dCoSAhHuKXXRQXYM4JjWhEK8xZsIVuy8MyVrw5u8yjyxdFuGe_DVAKZLtU3hHH9H1IRlFgL49xDaHut1qretnI/s1600/IMG_0067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPio3hdnP_nKloeRMk902sZpQwISid1_kD95_Pl4Nusp4Mhaf6tr_4dCoSAhHuKXXRQXYM4JjWhEK8xZsIVuy8MyVrw5u8yjyxdFuGe_DVAKZLtU3hHH9H1IRlFgL49xDaHut1qretnI/s640/IMG_0067.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Apples on</span> the tree</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6w9rPCwkD7uPiAx8AYmvFTdcvtcYmGrpTA6a1QV_TCKpH5FumMYzI_XxHz5CHXE0IoE9GlwkxXUTas9JTlXWyYksj4RJ9OnZndazB1jKBknc08Kp6J6VOQI_qg3G__aHrtUw2PM-WzQ/s1600/CIMG0035.jpgchairs+outback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6w9rPCwkD7uPiAx8AYmvFTdcvtcYmGrpTA6a1QV_TCKpH5FumMYzI_XxHz5CHXE0IoE9GlwkxXUTas9JTlXWyYksj4RJ9OnZndazB1jKBknc08Kp6J6VOQI_qg3G__aHrtUw2PM-WzQ/s640/CIMG0035.jpgchairs+outback.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The freshly</span> painted white adirondack chairs</div><div style="text-align: center;"> are ready for some summer fun and relaxation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzExO1R_8RPOsjmJzvYI-T5M_cFCxfk6ZTIz-mcrG80UL5y0uYbC_bA-n2ViuHW2YCQtU9tJ0Rn0-ngN-vDP1qMCqd51n5db56ApU6qcHQWSPgCVsawUkeQh5aVRXza2dLdb_Sta7b-us/s1600/backyard+birdbath+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzExO1R_8RPOsjmJzvYI-T5M_cFCxfk6ZTIz-mcrG80UL5y0uYbC_bA-n2ViuHW2YCQtU9tJ0Rn0-ngN-vDP1qMCqd51n5db56ApU6qcHQWSPgCVsawUkeQh5aVRXza2dLdb_Sta7b-us/s640/backyard+birdbath+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here in</span> Southern California the weather can be funny in June</div><div style="text-align: center;"> because we live close to the beach we get what is called June gloom</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is a coastal fog that can keep the weather cool especially in the mornings</div><div style="text-align: center;">the fog can burn off </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sometimes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">and  it gets very warm in the afternoons</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is perfect weather for the plants</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uZWCBjpFMZG3ld4l7dbNw5yrHnUsW14dkSNwvNRgihUIIkQK0wKEf8YRvfu2SbvXiGKAB9-Qx8PIuKgRvMBCzoaSEFAyzFkXQH440XVP0UUDXKz0Tul6bKY_Ns4DfUFAr_WqgZCMatc/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uZWCBjpFMZG3ld4l7dbNw5yrHnUsW14dkSNwvNRgihUIIkQK0wKEf8YRvfu2SbvXiGKAB9-Qx8PIuKgRvMBCzoaSEFAyzFkXQH440XVP0UUDXKz0Tul6bKY_Ns4DfUFAr_WqgZCMatc/s640/IMG_0069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We put </span>the flags in the basket </div><div style="text-align: center;"> for Memorial day </div><div style="text-align: center;">and now we are also ready for flag day and<br /> the 4th of July!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">are you ready for some summer fun</div><div style="text-align: center;">linking for <a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mod Mix Monday</a><br /><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/" target="_blank">Tuesdays Treasures</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">romantic saying for today<br /><br />"<i>A flower cannot bloom without sunshine and man cannot live without Love</i>"<br />unknown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Summer Fun

Hi Everyone  Happy Tuesday ♥ Summer is here  and last night we had our first summer BBQ  of the season {Love} to dine Al Fresco on the back...

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