Front Room Benches

Hi!

As I was cleaning out the hallway (soon-to-be(?)) laundry closet (I got rid of one tote of stuff!!), I found the pleather from our old headboard.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but I found the perfect spot!

The front room benches.

Of course, the light colored fabric was getting dirty, so one day I had the good idea to cut up a shirt I'd bought (second hand- so it didn't cost very much!) and drape that over the benches.

Then, when I found the pleather, I had the even better idea to cover them with that!

Now, I've got to get out the staple gun!

Have a great day! :-)

Father's Day Weekend

Hi!

How was your weekend?

Hope the Dads out there had a good day on Sunday!

We didn't take any pictures on Father's Day, but here's one of K doing his favorite outdoor chore- sling blading!

We had a bit of a busy weekend.  C had a 4H Recognition Ceremony on Friday night.

Here she is in front of 4 of her projects for the year.

Getting her certificate.

The whole group. 

Both kids went to parties on Saturday, N to a movie party in Charlottetown for the afternoon and C to a sleepover for the night.

Yesterday N came home from school with an Award for the Grade 7 Music Class!

This was his first year playing the trumpet.

Finally, here's how our view is looking from the kitchen. 

Have a great week! :-)

Front Flower Boxes

Hello again!

I've been having problems with the front flower boxes.

The left flower box had fallen down and it was kinda fixed but would get wonky every once in a while.  Then last week, the one on the right collapsed!

I've got to decide whether to repair these ones or make new ones?  

Perhaps like the ones in the back?

Hmm... Something to think about!

Have a great day! :-)

Lilacs

Hi!
How was your weekend?  Ours was good.  I had to work on Saturday in Summerside.  Yesterday, C had two 4H Events- one in the afternoon at the PEI Potato Museum to get her Agriculture Awareness project done and one in the evening to make a basket.

Isn't it nice?

The lilac tree that my mother planted when N was born in 2003 is in bloom.

The blooms aren't fully done blooming, but I couldn't resist cutting some and bringing it inside!

I put some in each bedroom- in N's room, 

C's room,

K's side of the bed,

my side of the bed, 

and the front room. 

See the pretty purple origami flower N made? :-)

Later, K did some trimming, so I had some for the back room!  It smells so good!

Have a great day and a wonderful week! :-)

Side Garden/ Old Style

Hi!

How's your day?  The week has just flown by!

A couple weekends ago, I decided to use up some paint and get the plywood painted behind the front side garden.

I felt this needed to be done asap, since it's harder to paint when the plants get bigger!

It just looks normal now, but here it is before! 

When I was working in Kensington Library, I picked up some old magazines.  This one is from June, 1993- a couple years before we started building our "cottage".

Notice the green paint?

Well, in the back breezeway, we have one window that never got re-painted white, like the rest.  It is very similar to the picture!

(We also had blue trim at one point, not sure if it was before the green or after...)

 K was working in the van and Lilly found a nice spot in the front window.

I think she looks sad because C had gone to a slumber party!

Have a great day! :-)

June!

Hi!

It's June already!  Only 17 more days left of school!  (It's still strange to me that school goes so late here- I'm used to being done in May!  But we don't have to go back til after Labor Day, so that's nice!)

We had a good weekend.  The kids spent Friday night with their grandparents.  Then Saturday, N went to a friend's house for the evening and C invited a friend over on Sunday.

Nothing much else to report....

It's raining today....

The grass is growing...

Have a great week! :-)