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A Weekend Patio Haul in Carlsbad

·Carlsbad, California·#spring#home#pets#gardening#patio-life
A car trunk holds two large handcrafted pots from Spain, a green pot, a watering can, and two lanterns.

A weekend haul for the patio and house, and the back of the car proved it: two big Talavera urns with tags that say hand-painted in Spain, a smaller green pot in the same style, a punched-tin lantern, a rattan hurricane, a galvanized watering can, and a rolled white rug wedged behind the headrests. All of it came from the garden center on Paseo Del Norte here in Carlsbad — open until six, so no rush, though fitting the second urn in took some rearranging.

Back at the house the unloading turned into arranging: the orange rug went down first, then the plant stand and lantern got sorted into the corner by the door. The mandevilla went into the standing planter by the front step. The green pot got planted with kalanchoes, African daisies, and something orange the tag called star of Bethlehem.

The dog tested the woven lounger before anyone else could and stayed there through most of the work, propped against the blue pillow like it had been bought for her.

A light brown dog sits on a woven chair with a patterned pillow outdoors, a fence and grassy hill behind it.A light brown dog sits on a woven chair with a blue pillow, a patio and grassy hill in the sunny background.A light brown dog sits on a woven chair with a pillow, on a sunny patio with a fence and hill.A light brown dog wearing a blue collar sits on a woven chair looking left, with a metal fence and plants in the background.A light brown dog sits on a woven lounge chair with a blue pillow on a sunlit patio.An outdoor patio with an orange patterned rug, a watering can, potted plants, a plant stand, and a woven basket.A dog's back and tail near a brown door, a red flowering plant, a black lantern, and a doorbell.A green decorative planter holds dark red, orange, and pink flowers on concrete next to a beige wall.

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