From fragrant Carolina jasmine and sweet honeysuckle bushes, white dusty miller and boxed red geraniums, to aspara-gus ferns, the grounds are an ideal backdrop for Carolyn’s imagina-tive outdoor vignettes. Throughout the yard and along the grassy perimeter, she artfully arranges decorative plates, painted benches and keepsake pottery. “I love a little color, and I like to recycle things. Every year, I try to do something different, have some quirky stuff, rearrange,” she says. It works. Perfectly, I thought, as I reversed my car to head back down the gravel road. In all its subtle glory, this ancestral home on the banks of Hewlett’s Creek has eloquently worked for generations to house years of old stories, fond memories and happy times for the family McEachern. 62 WBM july 2014 Left: Siblings share in the excitement of the first sparklers of the July Fourth holiday. Top right: A recycled porcelain sink serves as a creative planter against the vine-entwined lattice. Below: Stars-and-stripes painted buoys add a patriotic pop to the summery vignette.
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