The Plan

The hard part of the siding project is finished. Check that one off the list. Special thanks to Tom!

I still need to do some caulking and then painting and trim, but this is progress. And next a new back porch. And then a brick oven on the back porch. And meanwhile I’ve been obsessed with the new bathroom. I almost had the shower installed today, but ALL of the valve joints were leaking. I’m not a very good plumber – work is slow, joints leak and a huge ass-crack on display (seriously, I need a new belt). Unfortunately, I may need to disassemble to reach the leaky bits at this point.

But on the bright side, the Kohlrabi looks ready! We planted a different purple variety this year along with a few of the white – purple seem to have done better so far.

A hodgepodge posting for everyone this morning. Just in a hodgepodgy kind of mood. Some might call it lack of focus. I call it multi-tasking. First up is the bathroom progress. It’s not going fast enough for my liking, but it going. Still many questions remain — mostly about drainage.

Meanwhile, poppies have opened up everywhere. Even in the affectionately named “disaster bed”, the poppies have busted out with sparkling red bloomage.

And finally, the cutest neighbor’s dog ever — Buddy found a new comfortable location. I think he might like that it’s a bit too high for Jake. Or maybe he wants to go for a ride.

I was tempted to make a slideshow, but slides get dull after a while. Then I thought I could make a little movie with some narration, but I couldn’t think of anything incredibly clever and fun to say. So I made a little game of it. There are 34 closeup images in the garden. Click on the garden to find and see them. I put a little counter in the bottom right corner so you don’t need to keep track. These images were all taken on June 14th. (If it seems nothing appears below, just click in the space).