A Trip

At the beginning of May

we made a speedy trip to NC to see the grandkids

and their parents.

At the time, winter was still trying to hold on here,

so the very spring like weather was wonderful.

I do have to say that the snow had disappeared in the northland

but there were no leaves on the trees.

They have arrived now that we are entering June tomorrow.

 Sara had flowers growing in window boxes and pots.

 

What welcome sights for winter weary people!

Can you see the trees with leaves reflected in the glass door with the photographer?

 

The main reason for the trip was to take our trusty Odyssey van to the kids.

She has now become a southerner and is enjoying her new home, we are told.

Her name is now "Cheese."  She never had a name before.

While we were on our visit, we went to several yard sales.

At one sale I saw some hand made quilts lying on the ground and was told

the lady owned a quilt shop and needed to weed out her

 stock of quilts.  They were samples. 

 I picked this one and told the lady I had taken a machine quilting class,

but didn't do very well.  She gave me a hint which I have yet to try because quilting is not on the agenda right now.  (She said it is hard to do without a long-arm machine -

which I know).

She also told me that the fabrics are repro vintage Civil War fabrics.

I wish I had asked more about it.

When Paul gave her a 20 dollar bill,

she gave him $10 back.  I guess she liked my interest in quilts!

Projects after the kitchen renovation

After the kitchen renovation, other things looked rather tacky.

We have lived here for almost 12 years

and some things were crying for attention.

This is the guest room which was finished just minutes before company arrived...

well almost.

It is now "The Blue Room" for obvious reasons.I removed wallpaper, which was a pain.

Then I proceeded to paper the window wall because it had problems and the paper helped.

I also painted the furniture with a homemade chalk paint.

Before the guest room, I attacked our den/tv room.

It is now much lighter and brighter.

I am pleased to have some Mrs. Fraser paintings in there.

That lamp has been quite the object of attention lately.

We have tried to get a new or newer shade,

but are back to the antique one.

Oh yes, we did get rid of the snow.
I have been working in the garden and am pretty much ready to move on to the next thing.