Secret Garden Progress - July 2012

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great week. Sweetheart is golfing today and the sky is very smoky. 

There is a fire about 7 miles from here and the planes are flying overhead trying to contain it.

I've decided to stay inside and catch up on some blogging research and get a few posts ready to publish.

I love to blog...

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If you have been following my blog  for awhile or you are new, sweetheart has been building my pergola since 2011.  He finished the before part of the project in October 2011.

And now he is busy installing a beautiful floor.

Our wonderful next door neighbor has this fabulous tractor.  We borrowed the tractor for the afternoon to level the area for the new floor.

Doesn't Sweetheart look like he is having a great time Playing?

I look at these photos and think of Tim Allen the 'Tool Man' grunting away! 

I'm sorry sweetheart if I'm picking on you... You are wonderful to build this beautiful space. 

You are amazing!

We had about 300 brick leftover from another project around our home and wanted to use them up.

Great idea~Use the brick and clean the storage area.

The pergola is on the East side of the house. 

It has shade in the afternoon that's  a  real plus since the West side of the house is cooking at 115 degrees in the afternoon.

The pattern stacked bond is used for the edges and we used sand  as the base for the brick floor.

 We wanted rain or water from the plants to filter into the ground and not have standing water on the bricks.

Construction site

Oh My Gosh ~ I love this man.  Down on his hands and knees for me.

He is almost finished. He has placed the center bricks in the usual running bond pattern

The space in the center is going to be used for a table and chairs, but the space needed more dimension so we found some basket weave brick pavers at Lowes to put around the edge.

I love the way it looks with the red bark spread around too. 

The flower beds are next.  Sweetheart is waiting until the temperature drops into the low 90's or high 80's

before working outside again. 

While the weather is hot outside I'm inside designing the landscape.  

I'm so excited!

This is a view from our patio. 

The plant in the corner by the fence is my beautiful 'Sally Holmes' being very neglected..

Hopefully by this time next year I will be having tea parties under my pergola.

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner today.

I hope you've enjoyed how we are progressing with our project.

We love our Cozy Corner.

I'm so happy to join some parties.

Monday

Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday

Thrifty Decor Chick for Before and After Monday (first Monday of the Month)

Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

 Tuesday

Home Stories of A2Z for Tutorials and Tips

Cedar Hill Ranch for Cowgirl Up!

 Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

A Southern Daydream for Outdoor Wednesday

DIY by Design for Sizzle into Summer

Thursday

StoneGable for Tutorials Tips and Tidbits
A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden Thursday

The Shabby Creek Cottage for Transformation Thursday

Friday

My Romantic Home for Show and Tell

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Saturday 

Natasha In Oz for Say G'day Saturday

Sunday

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

Until next time 

xo

Betty