Mom Visits Matunuck

After a morning adventure at the Mount Hope Farm in Bristol, Mom came down to see my house in Matunuck. Since I have been working hard at decorating my house (and lately especially the deck), I was very excited to show off the fruits of my labor.

Mom of course swept in and solved some of the problems that have been stumping me. She moved two of the trash bins off the porch to free up space and moved my potted Calla Lily (now just leaves) into one of the planters. Then we tried again on the Bistro lights, but decided to ditch the effort “because the house is cute enough as it is, no need to tacky-it-up.” Showing no signs of slowing, Mom proceeded to cut leaves off some trees and make an arrangement for the table. I pulled out a barnacle-covered hanging drink holder that I pulled up on my anchor last summer, cut a water bottle in half, and mom filled it with evergreens so I won’t have to change them out all the time. She added, “You found that thing with the barnacles already on it?  People would pay money for that sort of thing!”

Mom is a master nester. If pressed, I think she would make an excellent interior decorator, personal shopper, or florist. She has an eye for functional design that I hope to inherit. I’ve been having a problem lately with black crows getting into the birdfeeder over the front door, flinging the birdseed into my pansy planter. The squirrels then trample on and dig up the pansies looking for lunch. Mom was appalled by this series of events along with the fact that birds might leave droppings at my front door, so the feeder has been taken down for now and will return in the fall.