Lazy Days

We had an exciting homeowner surprise this weekend. In the planters there were some bulbs and they grew leaves but we never saw any flowers on them. Then we woke up on Friday and they had bloomed! Into big, beautiful irises. It's so nice to have some flowers in the back yard while we are working on V's jungle he's going to make back there. Our roses are blooming too. They are pretty hearty suckers. I cut them back so much that I was certain they would die. But they are back and budding. V bought a trellis for them to grow on and it's quite pretty. It's all starting to come together.
This has been a really fun casual weekend. We weren't able to stain anymore of the deck because it's supposed to thunderstorm tonight, tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Yesterday we did a little work on the outside of the house, then we FINALLY got to enjoy our pool! V swam and I lounged in our new chaise by the pool reading and listening to the fountain. It was so nice. I still need to get an umbrella because I am just to pale that I can't be outside for too long without getting pink. I don't really tan and if I did tan I don't want to get all leathery. But I like reading by the pool so an umbrella is a must.

Today we worked on restaining the old adirondack chairs. Unfortunately, they are going to need a lot of coats. They used to be a dark brown but the only premixed colors Home Depot has are redwood (our deck color) and a light brown. I went for the light brown but I think I should have waited in line to get a darker color mixed because you can still see some of the old stain I couldn't strip under the new stain. I think next time I might actually paint them a color and not just stain them. I love the look of painted adirondack chairs.

I made a key lime pie this weekend and it tasted pretty good. Unfortunately, I can't list the recipe because the one I used was completely off in oven temp and time so I had to improvise. Happily it didn't seem to affect the taste!