View From a New Window: Enjoying the Views

The weather has been so nice this week. I've enjoyed being out and about. I bought myself a new camera yesterday, so I took a little time today to try it out. I have two weeks to take it back if I don't like it, but I think I'm in love with it. It's just what I was looking for.

Last year sometime, a friend asked me if I would like to have some free bricks. They had a pile at the back of their lot that needed a new home. When I asked how many there were, there was a pause, and then uhmmmm.... well a good number. Last fall I declined the offer because I really didn't know what I would do with an undisclosed number of bricks. Then this spring I came along this post to Pinterest:

Frugal Kiwi
Suddenly those bricks became much more valuable to me! Yikes! Did she still have them? Yes, oh yes she did! All 350+ of them - plus a very scared little gecko who made it across the miles to my house in the heart of one of those bricks. He's still here, but not so scared anymore. He was hanging out with me yesterday, but I didn't have my camera with me.
Darn! He's pretty ADHD too. I doubt he would pose for a portrait.

This was my initial plan. The spiral garden and enough bricks for a fire pit. When we had the tree cut down, I saved four pieces of the stump to make little stools for the grandkids. I found some marshmallow sticks in Corpus Christi when I was there last time. It just sounds like great Nana and Grandpa fun! That, and just some mellow chats around a fire with friends.

Those of you who know me well know that it probably morphed a wee bit. It's not finished. Hubby and I need to work on the brick decking, but the garden is finished and planted for this spring. Now to see if anything grows! I discovered a long forgotten firepit while shopping today that they gave me for a very reasonable price, so we're almost set!

I took my new camera (just a small thing that will fit nicely in my purse and yet take great pictures) out this morning to visit a roadside where the Bluebonnets are showing off. They really are beautiful.