Our New Home | Pool and Property

Over a month ago I shared a look at the inside of our new home. I guess it's time that I show you some of the FIVE ACRES we also bought, including the pool area. He're what I was able to capture on camera the other day first thing in the morning (the lighting was weird so the pictures are a little odd, but I think you'll get the idea). Of course, I also filmed a video if you'd rather just go to the bottom of the page and watch that. This is a little picture heavy, bear with me. I'm excited to show you some of my new space.

The view off the back porch. Pat's already cleared away a bunch of the vines and overgrowth that had been covering that fence.

Also from the back porch you can see this shed. Again, the fence was covered in jasmine that we are slowly working on clearing out.

Taking a left off the porch, there's this little walkway to the pool, and a nice grouping of  banana trees and split-leaf philodendron. 

On the other side of the banana trees is this little area. We've decided to make it a fire-pit area since we found that fire pit in some weeds.

THIS is our pool!! It's kinda large and goes to 8 feet deep. It's also well-shaded which makes for quite chilly water. It'll be perfect during this sweltering Alabama Julys!

Okay, so back in the fire-pit are is this arbor (that was covered in air potato vines- eek!) and a few lampposts. It seriously feels like Narnia out here!

Out past the lampposts is this open area where we plan to plant our garden. You can see the light on the other side of the trees in the back, that's where out property ends and a large farm begins.

Next to the open area is this wide path that cuts through an area of bamboo and the back of the 'backyard'.

The path also cuts behind this pole barn. My husband says it's in better shape than it looks.

The pole barn hold all kinds of stuff that was left on the property - some treasures and some not so much.

Circling back toward the house is this basketball goal covered in overgrowth, I think it really speaks of the rustic nature of our new home.

I'm completely smitten with the variety of plants and flowers we have all over the property (with the exception of the air potato and jasmine). We joke that we've got one of everything. Take a look:

There are tons of gardenia bushes - it's a good thing I love them so!

As well, there are hydrangeas scattered across the property. I actually found this tiny bloom on one of them.

For the most part though, the majority of our hydrangeas look like this right now.

The previous owner had planted some mums. This is one small bunch like you would get in front of the grocery store. However, it's blooming. I don't mind!

In addition to lots of pine trees, we also have a few large oaks. This large, majestic one sits toward the back of the property.

There are beauty berry bushes scattered all over. I adore the color of the berries. Isn't it divine?

Elephant ears are mixed in with all the other plants. These are right outside the pool gate, giving that area an even more lush feel.

Also near the pool are several palms. This is the biggest of the bunch.

We've even discovered a few citrus trees. Though, this lime is the only fruit I've found on them. We think the other plant is an orange. I can't wait to find out for sure!

And that's just a partial look at the property, I didn't take you to the front of the house or the way back. I mentioned that it feels like Narnia out here but we're now joking that it's more like the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter. We've found some many cool items on the property, some we had recently mentioned we needed - like the fire pit. I plan on sharing a bit of a peek at some of the cool items we've discovered, but that's for another time. For now, here's my video tour.

I do apologize for making y'all wait so long for this reveal. It's been a ton of work trying to catch up and unpack and manage the property and enjoy the pool and excuses, excuses, blah, blah, blah. I do hope you understand.