This is our above-ground cellar. It's been here a long, long time. Slowly but surely it is
losing the battle with rain, wind and time. And I love it. And I intend to enjoy it
til either it or I no longer exist! This first picture was taken 3 1/2 years ago in
the heat of summer, with Sunflowers standing tall alongside the little structure
and Morning Glories wrapping themselves shamelessly around
it and everything else within reach.
Here the cellar is last Friday, March 23rd.
No flowers to cover her nakedness this time.
The broken and missing pieces are clearly visible. Not as fun as the
summer shot, but she still has a lot of character, don't you think?
Now prepare for utter awfulness....let's peek inside....
Um...
Oh....my.
Obviously there is something terribly wrong here.
Turns out this sweet little building is a "hoarder"!
Over the years she has collected old doors, windows, tools, dirt, straw, and an
unbelievable amount of miscellaneous junk. Time for an intervention...that's where
a dear friend comes in. I shared my dream of transforming this mess into a
wonderful potting shed filled with my gardening tools, pots, bags of soil and mulch,
and space to putter to my heart's content. Where anyone else would have thought
I was losing it, she got excited and pushed me to go for it. In fact, she wanted to help.
She saw the very thought of it overwhelmed me, but she would not be deterred.
If not for her, I would still be dreaming of this transformation rather than sharing it.
Credit also goes to my daughter and sweet husband who shoveled and
sweated right alongside me and my friend.
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