Christmas Gift from Rosemary

021 Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. My mother in law Rosemary made this quilt for us!!!!!!!! It is not only gorgeous but sumptuously soft to snuggle into.

New plants are happy….

So far the new plants seem happy…. ….as does all the grass and the nasty little clover like crap that’s coming up like no tomorrow now that we’ve had more moisture in the air. At least at lot of the poppy seeds seem to have sprouted. The sky is...

More on the screens and windows and various other chores

The screen guy came out about a week and a half ago. He’s gotten very busy so we won’t have screens til January. Bummer. He was really nice, though. I’ve been sick the past week so we haven’t done any house chores. On the list of to be done as...

New living room windows!

Aren’t they gorgeous? We still have to paint them, and I still need to modify the curtains. I have some antique swing curtain rods I’m thinking of using. Here’s a close-up of one of the bedroom double-hung windows:

Yolo Air 2

Yolo Air 2 Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. We still have to finish painting the kitchen, but here’s a pic with one finished wall.

Windows! and more

The guys from the window restoration place are putting in our windows today! Before I left for work this morning the guys were doing some initial placing of the casement windows in the living room (replacing the louvered windows that replaced the original casement...