Pots and Lampshades

It used to be easy for Rick and I to do yardwork all day. Now if we get one project done we are happy.  Replanting the palms in new pots just about killed us. 

The old pots were too small for the plants and had been broken prior to our arrival.  It was time for repotting.  Lifting the plants out of the old pots, removing the old plastic pots and placing the plant in the new pots was a herculean effort.  Rick's bad back and my weak arms did not make for a good team.  But we persevered and finished the project.

Now the palms are repotted and look great on our patio.

We will be working on our herb garden planter next.  A bit more complicated as we have to run a water dripper to this planter.

It is very difficult to ship lampshades.  They don't travel well and most often get destroyed in the process.  As a result, it is hard to find lampshades on the island.  However, we found a guy that handmakes lampshades.

We dragged our shell lamp downtown to the lampshade maker.  Never in our wildest dreams would we have picked a black lampshade with gold designs.  This designer picked the palm tree design and flared shade. Since our bedroom is done in black, white and gold, we thought it might work.  So here is the finished product.