This Week

We visited Ironstone Vineyard.

It was my birthday so my husband

gave me a few thousand tulips.

Too many to bring home.

We thought it best to leave them there.

Isn't this a beautiful ranunculus?

These are my favorites.

While we were there,

someone was here pushing dirt around.

You can kind of see where

the house will be.

Our livingroom will look out at the trees.

I see up lighting in their future.

It's a start.

Right?

In the meantime,

it's our own private campground.

The Scamp and the Aloha

have taken their places again.

I'll post pictures of the circled wagons soon.

Phoebe Snow

Goodbye friend.

Ready, Set, Go

It's that time of year again.

Man the mower...

Thread the weed whacker...

Time to blaze a new trail.

Clear the grass around the Scamp.

Drop the weed wacker and run for

the Aloha when the rain begins.

The mister is out there somewhere.

Bogged down.

Mower stuck...again.

Guess we'll enjoy the wild flowers

and wait for the rain to let up.

And admire our new

Waste Management scores.

Count the logs in the wood pile.

Wow, that was hard work.

Nice and tidy again.

happy eARTh day

Spiral Jetty (1970)

Robert Smithson

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Andy Goldsworthy

Hamiltonmagazine.com

Gems In The Hood

The Mister is in the real estate business...

The downside...well that's pretty obvious...

The upside....we have a key to all the vacant

homes on the market....and we can lurk to our

hearts content. This weekend we went a-lurking.

We saw two homes and both were a hit.

The first home was this spanish beauty.

The front porch wrapped in wisteria welcomed us.

The tile floors and brick fireplace said

"Come on in and sit a spell"...

Check out this gorgeous chandelier.

Beautiful hand hewn beams overhead.

A cozy fireplace.

Original tile...

This wall was originally the outside wall

but was later enclosed.

I love the arched doorway.

An indoor barbecue was once

an outdoor barbecue.

Walking into this bathroom

was a holy S#*@ moment.

My camera did not do it justice.

Can you imagine waking up in this bedroom?

All the door latches were original

and absolutely beautiful.

Okay, so if you want to buy it,

bring your tool belt and $250,000

and it's all yours.

Second up, an MCM charmer.

I was immediately smitten with the fireplace...

and the wall of windows...

Original cabinetry and hardware...

I like it.

The stair railing looked pretty deco.

And it still had the Nutone Radio Intercom System intact!

About the same price as the Spanish Senorita.

Nice!