The Streets of Laredo

     As a result of my mother’s encouragement over the years (as in ‘you really need to buy that’), multiple trips to Laredo shopping, and the fact that I live in an area that borders Mexico, I have always loved wrought iron. The above photo is a candle chandelier I have on a small patio outside the back door.

     This was a wall hanging that I found in Laredo.  I had it welded and placed above our backyard gate.  In fact , I replaced the cedar gate with this.

     The same gentleman who did the gate, also did these.

     We have a deep back yard, and these structures stop the eye.  I plan to train fuchsia bougainvillea to grow over them, but right now I like them just as they are.

           This is Big Daddy.  The same gentleman who did the other work welded this large candle chandelier onto a post and mounted it in a flower bed for me.

     This is Big Daddy #2.  I bought this in Laredo several years ago and persuaded my husband that yes indeed it would fit in the back of his truck.  It weighs a million pounds.

      I have about 12 of these.  They are lightweight and can be moved anywhere.  I bought these in Laredo ,and they are like portable fencing.  A friend of mine just borrowed them this afternoon for her daughter’s wedding reception.

 

     

     These small tables are from Ross Dress for Less- my crazy, favorite store. 

     OK- it’s time to go to Laredo ladies, but we need a trailer. My friend Mary Jo (of the corn salad )can back a cattle trailer down a one way street in downtown Laredo and stop it on a dime.  That in itself is worth the trip. 

     I have pulled a trailer to Laredo before, but I can only go one way.  Guess which way that is?  Straight.