Deciding, selling and moving….

Deciding, selling and moving….

The last 10 months or so have been extremely busy, life changing in fact, to someone who loves their rootedness! This time last spring we were contemplating selling our home, we had designed and built it 12 years prior to that and were feeling ready for a new project...
Addition of a pergola onto the garage…..

Addition of a pergola onto the garage…..

Something we had talked about adding to our house over the years was a pergola on to the face of the garage, to bring down the scale and add some dimension to the large gabled end ~ a gabled end that felt like it was looming at the end of the “barren”...
Power washing our concrete paving stones…..

Power washing our concrete paving stones…..

  With our late winter on the west coast being so mild, many of us are starting our spring maintenance projects earlier than usual. One we should have completely tackled last year was the power washing of all of our concrete paving stones ~ Rick did manage to get...
Adjusting to Fall…..

Adjusting to Fall…..

Here on the west coast we have been so enjoying a fabulous Indian Summer, it is sunnier & drier right now than we ever remember it being so late into the Fall, it is record breaking in fact. Just yesterday morning though we woke up to grey overcast skies, there...
Hydrangea season on the West Coast…..

Hydrangea season on the West Coast…..

When the hydrangeas are in bloom here on the west coast we can be pretty certain that the weather is at its finest. It is the season we west coasters long for all year, and through the winter, remember with great fondness. With summer bbq’s to host and to...
Early summer ~ weather & blooms…..

Early summer ~ weather & blooms…..

Our early summer has been taking forever to properly present itself, with far more cold, cloudy and rainy days than lovely sun filled ones! The flowers haven’t seem to mind quite so much as we have and the same can be said for the trees, shrubs & the WEEDS!...