It's almost June, Can You Believe It?

What a way to welcome June! Our neighbor, Marcia has a beautiful Magnolia tree in her yard so after the rain yesterday, I went over and took a pic of a couple of them. They smell like citrus and are huge. We are lucky to be able to view the tree from across the street. One of the downfalls is that they are very messy, dropping leaves often and the leaves are huge!

Well, again, I say the porch is done but we still have to do the cushions and decide if we want to repaint the floor or tile---my vote is for paint and Lynn's is for tile. We have a little celebration on Memorial Day, homemade ice cream and cake. Neighbors, friends and us. How wonderful it is to sit ourside under the fan and not be bothered by pesky flys and nats. I really am an attraction for the mosquito and I managed to come inside without one bite!!!! Lynn added a little rock area for our pots to sit on and we hope to add a small fence for Buddy but we are taking the month of June off as we will be traveling to San Antonio to see Clint, Melody and Tess and going on to Corpus for three days of school for Lynn and relaxing for me.

Now we have added another room to clean and keep up but we are going to love it. After 43 years of marriage, I finally have my "screen porch".

Porch is done!!!

Well, we finished the porch today.!!! We have been waiting to finish until our guest went back to Iowa. Connie was here from Friday of last week until yesterday and we had such fun. Wish the porch had been done before she left so we could enjoy it but she will be back soon, I know and we will sit and sip and celebrate our finished project. I want to buy some pretty fabric and do rocker cushions and maybe get a small day bed. Sat out there for over an hour and would have loved to been napping!! Will fill the big pots with something pretty and sit back and enjoy. Also got my window box up on the garage. Been over a year. It is a day to just do projects that are hanging around. Boy do we have "hanging around" projects!

Buddy helped with the porch and now he can go out

and lay and enjoy the outside!

One of my Lily Blooms!
Our kitchen is finished and we love it. Great to know we are coming to the end of the "remodel road" now. The next thing is building a privacy fence and and small picket fence for Buddy.

Screen porch is started

We are thrilled that we have come to the point where we can add our screen porch. Yes, Monday the 14th of May, we started it. Will take a few days but with our good friend, Mike Perkins and Lynn I can see it is going to be what I wanted and drew out for them. It is so good to see that what was in my mind is working.
Here is the first of the progress. More to come.

Art Show Mineola League of the Arts

I entered a couple of watercolor paintings in the Mineola League of the Arts Annual Art Show 2007 yesterday and went to the reception tonight to see my y "Back Porch" watercolor got a Honorable Mention. I am thrilled. Mostly because I have a finished painting in 2007!!!!!

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Well, this is my first post and I think it will be fun to add things here and keep updating my interests. Lynn and I are finishing our kitchen renovation this week and boy, are we glad. It has been a long haul but we feel it was all worth it. Pictures to follow when we are complete. Now, on to my studio and then the master bedroom. The kitchen was the major thing in this home. Oh, forgot, Monday we will start screening in our back porch! Bugs in Texas are a problem and we are going to love being able to set out at night and not be dinner for the critters! Will take before and after pics and post as we move along on this project.

Hopefully I can get back to art in the near future! Oh, entering two pieces in the Mineola League of the Arts Show this coming weekend. Always a nice show and being a member---I try to support it as much as I can.

More soon and come back to follow our progress with the house.