Friday-Front Room and Outside

I missed posting yesterday. HH was going to Charlottetown so I rode along with him. I went window shopping, of course to Cottage Industry. And I discovered another neat shop, Green Eye Designs.  I also went to a shop I'd been to before on University which I can't find the name of. I tried Googlemaps, but I guess it's a new shop. Anyway, they sell furniture, soap, pottery jewelry, etc.  Oh, I found it.  The owner said she had a shop in Victoria by the Sea so I looked it up there.  It's Emmett & Ellie's & The Soap Drawer. Fun day of looking at all the pretty things. Plus, I got to try out Young Folk and the Kettle Black for lunch and have a nice drive with HH!

We are still not in our bedroom yet. Now I'm  hoping for Sunday night.  DD is going to a sleepover tonight and then tomorrow DS will be gone at Cub Camp so I hope to get lots of work done.  Here's the progress:

Here are the new floor joists and the plywood temporarily sitting on top.

Here is looking thru to where DD's closet will be.  That 2X6 has to be removed.

Here, the closet space is all clear and the plywood fits right up to the new addition. :-)

 Here's a view looking toward DD's room.  The right side covered with plastic and a black sleeping bag goes into the kitchen.

 

 Here's the plywood notched out to fit in the doorway.  No more step down!!

And in case I haven't shared, here's part of our kitchen decor for the last year or so:

Lovely, isn't it!

I also want to show some pictures of the garden.  The lilacs are blooming!

Here's how it looked in April:

Here's the side 

 In April:

The side patio which will eventually be a garden.

 The courtyard, with our cat Lisa (Marie).  (So named because our previous cat was named  Elvis.  He had a sister named Bebe who ran away.  Lisa had a brother named Baba who also ran away. Bebe and Baba were both small darker cats.  Lisa and Elvis were bigger and lighter, very similar in coloring, almost calico.  We love Lisa!)

 Here's the courtyard in April:

Here's the right side of the courtyard

And again in April:

 Here's my temporary garden.  The big pink flowering bush on the left is a bleeding heart. I got it last fall from FIL.  It will look pretty in the side garden.

In April:

I really like the before and after pics of the garden. It shows lots of progress without a lot of work!

Here is the veggie garden I must plant today:

Ok, have a good weekend! :-)

(Update: I planted mung bean sprouts, scarlet runner beans, mesclun mix, pak choi, spinach and swiss chard. I realized we never got kale seeds, but I've run out of room in the little garden.  I moved a hosta in the front courtyard for DD to plant her mixed flowers. :-))