My Outdoor Room

After doing art and craft shows for so many years, I have accumulated several canopies that are past their prime. It costs nearly as much to replace the tops of them as it does to buy a completely new unit so it's always easier to buy a new one and have a new frame as well as top. Late this spring, I took the frame of one of the canopies, and hung some of the window screens that I had used in the past for color and atmosphere and to display jewelry on along the top of the frame. I planted gourds, morning glories, cucumbers, moon vine, and air potato vines at the corners to make a "white trash gazebo". The gourds are really starting to set now. I hope to have a bumper crop before frost gets them. I enjoy sitting out there early in the morning drinking coffee and visiting with my mother when she comes by, and sitting out there late at night sipping a glass of wine. I had planned to hang some little twinkle lights from the top but haven't gotten around to that yet and I enjoy the darkness anyway.