Intro
I entered middle age a few years ago...okay, a little more than a few. Our daughters are 28 and 26. After they left, I cautiously redecorated their bedrooms. I did the usual, donated "Lucky" brand jeans (left from 3rd grade) and stuffed animals to a local thrift store. Next, I threw away countless plastic bags from "The Gap" and other retailers. Some of them included various amounts of change, which of course I took as my housekeeping fee. Every $6.40 helps!
I slowly bought new furniture items that I liked - a futon and frame, small roll-top desk, area rugs and lamps. One room was starting to resemble my new "office" which would double as a guest room when necessary. One morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, I heard (and felt) a very large boom-crash. I cautiously walked upstairs to find the dust clearing and about half of the ceiling of my new room on the floor. Ah, the joys of owning an antique house...
Whole lotta pruning goin' on
While I've been working at clearing out the house, the hubby has been thinning trees and hedges. When I took the July 4 photo yesterday, there were two pics that I might have chosen that showed our naked hedge in the foreground. I decided that they were just too sad-looking to be the first thing you see when the page is opened.
The pruning, like the work inside the house is long overdue. He skipped last year, so they are fairly out of hand. I tend to like the privacy and the shade that the overgrowth provides, but it does look tidy when they are all trimmed up. A few weeks ago, the apple tree in the back yard was cut down to about half it's size. Last weekend, it was the hedge's turn. There were actually a lot of dead stalks that needed to be pulled out (nothing sinister - they died of old age).
That's the problem with these long summer days; there's just so much more time to work outdoors. Don't misunderstand and think that I am complaining, I am all for this orderly change.
So already, this photo is outdated. The tree will take a few days to finish trimming, and the hedge will probably take the remainder of the summer to fill back in.
2 comments:
Love the flag in front!! The house looks great!
Thanks!
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