Category: Around the House

 Is this not the weirdest creature you have ever seen?  It is a gigantic praying mantis that has decided to visit my hummingbird feeder.  These big bugs seem to be common in my new garden.  In fact, last week, I went down to the Studio-That-Isn't and there was one right on the door knob!  Luckily […]

I found the perfect paint color for the studio!  Limestone for the walls and Light Breeze for the ceiling.  You can hardly tell the difference between the two colors, but Sea Breeze is lighter.  I would describe them as a pale sage.  Very pale.  I love the scent of fresh paint!  I just can't wait […]

I have a new best friend these days.  He never lets me down, comes over whenever I need him, and always is willing to give more than he gets.  His name is Bill, and he is a custom cabinet installer. Our new house has plenty of storage cabinets, but one thing that I have noticed […]

Can you tell it's hot here?  Ozzie and I are both feeling the heat.  The house stays nice and cool, but neither one of us seem to have much energy after the move.   Both of us have been requiring an afternoon nap lately. When I am not unpacking a box or napping, I am drawn […]

I am having the hardest time being patient.  I have such vivid images of what I want my sewing studio to be like, and so far all I have are my dreams! There, in the cool empty space, sit my cutting table and sewing table.  I visit them a couple of times each day, and […]

This is the scene at the local watering hole in my backyard.  I inherited two large hummingbird feeders from the previous owners of the house, which in a note to me, they begged me to keep filled.  They even provided a five pound sack of sugar for me to use to make the nectar!  They […]

 Here I am again, all moved into my new house!  I missed you all this past week and hope that you haven't totally given up on me.  I will be back to my regular blogging self by Monday morning. As you can see by the packed moving van, there wasn't much air space between our belongings!  […]

 Ozzie isn't quite sure what to make of this whole moving and packing business.  Here he is sitting in one of his favorite spots, the back of the living room couch, looking rather bemused.  He had better watch himself, that bag of packing peanuts is about to explode all over him. I am surviving, barely.  […]