Our Golden Mist Home and Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold

 It is the BEST time of the year for our Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold...

Saturday morning April 15 with full sunshine! 

Benjamin Moore Golden Mist paint for our home with the Interlock Metal Roofing in aged copper slate and Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold to the right of our home.

Yep, the golden oak had a lot to do with the paint color... 😉

Lots of pot plants on our patio.

Here you can see the entire Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold

Sure it will even be more golden in the next week or so, see links below for the 'perfect' view.

Yes, our Eastern Phoebe is residing once again on the very same nest (we left it there as I'd read they return to their previous nest!) and has babies.

Last year's nest and you can see their beaks up—ready for Mom or Dad to bring them food.

They love their romantic surroundings by Vintage Woodworks...

This morning I captured the babies and we are not quite sure if there are 3 or 4 in the nest...

Pieter did purchase this beauty for becoming a potplant for our patio.

White Dipladenia it is called.

Dipladenia is in the Mandevilla family but it is a bushier plant whose stems grow down and hang.

This photo I made this morning to give a view of the bay window area and even you see the gazebo on the left.

There are lots of leaves blown off the Southern Magnolia tree...

Yes, on Friday, around 1:00 PM we had torrential rain + wind!

With our Benjamin Moore Golden Mist paint color, we of course had to have yellow pansies...

The same planter on the left is filling in as those got planted somewhat later.

A detail with some rain drops from yesterday...

Related links:

{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior} | previous post by me

Our Home Freshly Painted | previous post by me

{# 1111 - Our Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' changing color} | previous post by me

Eastern Phoebe Reside in Front Porch with Babies | previous post by me

Our Home Freshly Painted

 Our home once again needed a fresh paint...

We used the very same Benjamin Moore Golden Mist.

Last time done was in May of 2013...

A lot of intricate painting work needed to be done on all the Vintage Woodworks spindles, ginger bread and trimmings. Painters Stanley Jessup and Randy Slaughter did a great job.

So after having it pressure washed on November 16, the painters finally started on November 29...

Our Interlock Metal Roofing, Interlock® Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper looks very nice as it is protected for a lifetime by AlunarⓇ embedded with TEFLONⓇ surface protector for ultimate durability and protection. See links of previous post below.

Above photo is taken under our Magnolia Grandiflora, which is now trimmed up and allows for a much nicer view of the home.

Since we'd requested the painters already in April of 2021, Pieter started doing preparations prior to their job... The lowest step, coming down from the gazebo into the garden was broken.

To the right, it is still missing its fulcrum on the left (only a brick) and right. This was on May 16, 2021.

Notice to the top left how the underside of the gazebo used to be white...

And yes, we removed all the boxwoods as they'd become rather lanky after 30 years.

When Pieter took this photo on January 9, of course, Spooky boy wanted to go with him.

Here the left and right fulcrums are clearly visible and the underpart is in Benjamin Moore Golden Mist, just like our home.

To the left you also see a brick for support, just in case...

Pieter took this photo from the side and back of our freshly painted home.

Taken on January 9, as well.

You can see where the newly DOORBRIM added (next to the chimney is visible ←click on link).

This photo shows more of the area to the left, where the retainer wall curves alongside our driveway.

Pieter did paint the retainer wall himself, after we had the fiberglass window boxes removed and placed inside the garage, out of the way for ladders and such.

You also see the bare spot where the huge live oak tree once stood near the chimney.

We got that first done...

This photo got taken on January 17, from the neighbor's lot over our vinyl picket fence.

The Japanese magnolia is already opening its buds; two are fully open!

And that with frost coming our way this week...

Both of us are so happy to have this mega task once more DONE!

It took forever till January 6, as it was raining on and off.

Yesterday, January 19, EXCEED Wash Solutions LLC cleaned the tiled patio near the Rose Suite entrance as well as the Rose Arbor.

You also can see the newly added DOORBRIM above Rose Suite's entrance door, see previous post below.

The Rose Stepping Stones got repainted by Pieter and are ready to be laid, once we have grass growing where the huge live oak tree once was.

Also yesterday, EXCEED Wash Solutions LLC cleaned our driveway as there were marks from the heavy equipment, used by the crew from 🌳BUCKEYE PREFERRED SERVICES LLC when cutting down and trimming our trees.

The orange cord visible, is from two long extension cords connected for Pieter being able to work on the underbrush with his electric chain saw, alongside the creek in our wood garden.

Looking neat and clean, all the way to the road.

This is our majestic Magnolia Namnetensis Flore Pleno to the right.

EXCEED Wash Solutions LLC also took care of our garage tiles.

So all the signs from different mega tasks have been 'erased' and the Vedder Estate looks nice!

Pieter's electric chain saw is visible in his hand wagon.

Related link:

{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior} | previous post by me

{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived} | previous post with details about AlunarⓇ embedded with TEFLONⓇ surface protector 

Big Trees Down and others Trimmed  | pevious post by me

Our Home Pressure Washed by EXCEED Wash Solutions LLC | previous post by me

DOORBRIM added | previous post by me

DOORBRIM added

When the painters detected some rotting in one of the exterior door frames, Pieter had that section repaired with WoodEpox® from ABATRON, INC. 

After searching for some protection, this was the ONLY thing that would fit our entrance door.

DOORBRIM Rain Diverters from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

You can see our Florentine Fig peaking over the fence.

Our Home got again repainted with Benjamin Moore, Golden Mist and white for the windows and doors.

So glad I found this: Shed Door Canopy Stops Leaks & Dripping | DOORBRIM Awnings←click link.

So that is what I ordered and Pieter installed it himself.

Yes, it is proudly MADE in USA

Pieter had to cut it out for making it fit on our stucco part.

Now that door frame is well protected!

Another Home Improvement... 

Related link:

Our Home Freshly Painted | more views about the DOORBRIM

Happy Hibiscus Pot Plant

During the summer months it is ALL about keeping your plants alive!

Let me show you one very Happy Residence on our Patio.

Now this is a Happy Hibiscus Pot Plant!

Love its color against our Benjamin Moore Golden Mist paint.

The Fiberglass Window Boxes on our Kitchen Bay Window are filled with a variety of cream colored Petunias.

But they don't look the same at the moment...

This Happy Hibiscus has the perfect color for our home!

Are you enjoying your summer and your garden?

Thanks for your visit and comment.

{Our Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' in April}

Just have to share with you our biggest garden treasure and that is the very rare, I do believe it's perhaps the ONLY one within the USA... Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold.

We had tea on the balcony and I took this photo just this afternoon.

To the right you see the brown foliage of our sick Italian Cypress...

But this Golden Live Oak ' Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' looks stunning every spring! 
We have it now for 20 years and it is not a tall tree, like the Quercus behind it.

This  Golden Live Oak ' Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' has been a big influencer for selecting our Benjamin Moore Golden Mist color for the exterior of the house.
Don't you love this sight?!
Photo is from April 16 in the morning.

This huge 'Magnolia Namnetensis Flore Pleno' is framing our home nicely, as does the semi evergreen oak on the other side of the house.
All the Pot Plants on the Patio dwarf in comparison...

Turning around makes you see the Golden Live Oak as well as the huge Magnolia Namnetensis Flore Pleno with in the back another huge oak tree... 
We got many different oak trees on our property!

Looking past the Magnolia, the Golden Live Oak comes into full view behind the retainer wall, with our Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold Yellow Box Elder.
Stepping back now... To the right you can see the road.

View from our driveway where the two (one already died) Italian Cypress struggle for life and our Windmill Palm.
Against a backdrop from the Quercus Virginiana Live Oak, a green form.

The Acer Rubrum, or Red Maple, gives its best red and the Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold Yellow Box Elder, to the left is also a show stopper!
The above photo is taken this afternoon, from the balcony.

Also our Canary Island Palm (in a pot) is visible here.

This last photo is from April 14, less sunny and thus looking less golden...
Hope you enjoyed our Garden Treasure!
Wishing you a lovely new week ahead and always thanks for stopping by.
In one week I also will find time again to visit you... SORRY!

🌴

Related links to our Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold:

Adam Black (who tried several times to propagate this tree!), together with Jason A. Smith from the School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida/IFAS did show one of my photos towards the bottom of their Pdf: Presentation University of Florida
{Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' in Sunshine at its BEST} | my previous post with more links below

{Retaining Wall got CURVE}

As promised, here the finished look!

The official inauguration of the added CURVE to our Retaining Wall!
Speckie walking to the CURVE and Tiggy-Tiger already sitting on it.
Our cat-girls LOVE the new addition, which Pieter built down in steps.

Can you see the markings where the huge Indian Hawthorn and the 25 year old Rosemary have been growing? They covered quite a section of our driveway!
Now it's free again and we both love the new look.

At the end, Pieter placed four solar powered LED lights.
We had some rainy days in-between and the wall might need another coating of Benjamin Moore Golden Mist but for the time being we're fine with it!

Tiggy Tiger showing you the entire wall, while Spicy, just disappears over the wall...
We love the huge Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno' being solitair now.

Tiggy-Tiger and her brother Spooky...
Do you like this new addition, done by a lay-person who is not a mason?

Related links:
{Extending Retainer Wall & Lawn} | previous post by me
{Digging up Huge Indian Hawthorn and More...} | previous post by me

{Vinca Extreme White from Home Depot}

For the summer our Fiberglass Window Boxes got filled with Vinca Extreme White from The Home Depot.
The pansies from the spring had given up...

Are they not lovely?
Even our shortened Post Lantern looks nice with it.
We used to have it stand to the left but the Magnolia tree and Indian Hawtorn grew big; hiding it!

That is the newly added wall as part of the water control project. Looks great in the Benjamin Moore Golden Mist exterior paint color.

The Vinca Extreme White in a closeup...

What a precious find at Home Depot!

Related links:

{Our White Pansies & Indian Hawthorn} | previous post showing you the April view

Flower Framers of Cincinnati | source for our Fiberglass Window Boxes
{Retainer Wall Extension for Water Control} | previous post where you can see the Post Lantern away from the wall...

{Our Patio Tiles in the Front}

When I did post about our Bay Window area's Patio Tiles, I did not show you the Front of our Home. So today I show you that part as well.
Our Pot Plants on the Patio are small in number; but growing!

Again the Benjamin Moore paint in Golden Mist against the Sunset tiles that we used for the Patio.

You also get to see part of the Vintage Woodworks spindles, gingerbread and Fleur de Lys trim on the gable of the house.

Photos are from April 10, still no leaves on our Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc. You find link below post...

The tile men also put CERDOMUS ceramiche Italian tiles that were left over from our balcony, on the stairs since some of the bricks got chipped.

Our Black Gum Nyssa Sylvatica  - a Wildlife Friendly Shade Tree with flowers and berries is still bare as the leaves come very late.

You can see the Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' tot the right changing into its BEST color for the entire year.

Also the Red Japanese Maple (Acer Rubrum) next to it.

This photo also shows off the Interlock Metal Roofing in Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper color!

Guess by now we've completed our home!

Related links:
{Our Patio Tiles Are DONE!} | previous post by me
{Our Patio Tiles & Freeze Warning} | previous post by me
{Water Control Project Finished} | previous post showing you the tile sample on the concrete
{Our Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc & Our Life in Italy} | previous post by me
{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior} | previous post by me

Related links where this stunning Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold, can be seen:
Wow...I think this deserves a thread! Golden live oak! | GardenWeb discussion...
{Lush Green Garden} |previous post by me
{# 1111 - Our Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' changing color} | previous post by me
{Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' in Sunshine at its BEST} | previous post by me
{Our Golden Live Oak 'Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold' with Catkins} | Previous post by me
{Our Mrs. G. G. GERBING Azaleas} | previous post by me
{RARE Icicles in Our Garden} | previous post by me
{Energy Efficient GREEN Roofing Arrived} | previous post by me
{My Powder Blue Escada Jeans Suit} | previous post by me showing me in front of Grand View Gold
{Our Lovely Lilac Clematis 'Silver Moon'} | previous post by me showing young Grand View Gold

{Cloudy Day versus Sunny Day}| Previous post by me
{Blooms on our Windmill Palm - Trachycarpus fortunei} | previoius post by me 

{Our Golden Live Oak has LOTS of Acorns!} | previous post by me

{Our Different Oaks} | previous post by me

{My Silk Quilted Vest Creation and YOUR Opinion Requested...} | previous post by me showing golden oak

{Our Live Oak got a Haircut}| previous post by me

{Dogwood Flowers Frame our Home & Gazebo}

When our Dogwood near the Gazebo is in full bloom, its Flowers literally do Frame our Home & Gazebo! Have a look at its magic. Photos were taken on April 3, before the heavy rain and thunderstorms of past Monday that did knock off all blossoms...

You see what I mean by 'Framing' our Home...

These photos also show the Gingerbread work from  Vintage Woodworks, like the Fleur de Lys trim under the gable.

The Benjamin Moore color Golden Mist for our Home stands out so pretty with those Dogwood Flowers!

Here I am actually standing inside our Gazebo, looking back at our Home.

No so far I did not regret the color choice; it blends in very nice with its surroundings!

However, such big trees create lots of shade...

You see those Pot-plants all lined up with our exotic jasmines?

From the stairs to our veranda, now looking toward the pond for showing the actual Dogwood tree and our Gazebo.

Against the sunlight it gives such a striking view.

The suet blocks for the birds are hanging down from our Holly tree...

Our cat-boy Barty is in front of the gazebo.
We also are very pleased with our Interlock Aluminum Aged Copper Slate Roofing by Interlock Metal Roofing.

That was it; an insight of our Spring in Georgia when the Dogwoods bloom.

Thanks for your visit and hope you enjoyed it!

Related link:

{Our Home with Aluminum Interlock Roofing and Benjamin Moore Golden Mist Exterior} | previous post by me