pergola

Finally! The shade has been installed on the pergola and the furniture is arranged on the deck! I’m sitting outside for the first time this year :-) I’d forgotten how musical the birds are and how lovely everything smells.  Summer really is here! We just have to keep the darn chippies away and all will be good…

The shade went up with very little trouble but since it is 12x12 and the pergola is 12x14 we had to finagle one end. We may install an extra cross piece to help support it as I feel the long ropes we used will be unstable in the wind. 

It's overcast, (we did get a few minutes of sun), and slightly cool. That didn’t stop me from getting in the pool twice! Carm cut the grass and was happy to jump in as well.

Awesome!

“our shady nook on the deck”