We managed to put quite a few gallons of paint on the past several days! The dining room went from deep gold to soft Tradewind (Sherwin Williams). Every wall is so deeply colored that it takes three coats to cover — primer and two coats of color. Every. wall. That is why it is taking […]
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We are under yet another new roof. All that was required this time was living through two days of hammering, house shaking thumps, machinery of all kinds groaning, hissing and banging, piles of supplies and a dumpster in the drive. And people swarming all over doing their jobs quickly, efficiently at all hours of the […]
Changing colors
A peek at the changing colors in the living room. Original colors are bold, deep and rich from Old World Tuscany – rich terra cotta, deep gold, emerald sage, tumeric yellow. The new palette is sunkissed Mediterranean with clean watery blues, sophisticated grays and creams, a bit of smoky orchid. I’m excited to see it […]
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Most of the ceiling is painted, from the front door to the back door! Hurray! And we are legal in that the vehicles have new plates and registration and we are registered to vote. We’ve met most of the very nice neighbors and discovered a neighborhood walking path. The hail damaged roof will be replaced. […]
What’s happening at our house – – –
This summer’s big news from our house is – we changed houses. Just in case you missed it. 🙂 From a two story gray house trimmed in white on the very Eastern end of the Great Plains to a single story house with red stacked rock near the Western end of the Great Plains. […]
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We made a delightful discovery this week. Our new home is near the flyway for monarch butterflies as they migrate, first to Texas, where they join thousands of other monarch butterflies from all over the northern US to continue their migration to the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico. Translation: our garden is full of […]
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