04.21.06
Completed project: ribbon curtain
I finally finished the ribbon curtain I’ve been s-l-o-w-l-y working on for months! I’ve reached my goal of removing every set of mini-blinds in the house!!! Well, except for the ones on the doors… but I’m going to pretend like those don’t count. At least they don’t bother me as much. I always leave them closed and I never have to futz with their stupid strings and crummy plastic twirly-stick. Ugh. It makes me mad just thinking about mini-blinds.
04.20.06
Gardening: progress
Here’s a picture of my coldframe being put to good use. Right now I have some spanish lace lavender, peppermint, morning glories, strawberries, nasturtiums and calendulas in there. Soon I’ll be adding more strawberries and herbs.
Here you can see the brick edging that we so painstakingly laid out. It’s doing a nice job (so far) of keeping the grass out of the flower beds.
And here’s our azalea in bloom! I hope that the flowers last a long time, or at least until their neighboring climbing roses and hydrangeas start to bloom.
04.17.06
Gardening: growing!!
It’s finally spring time! Here’s a blackberry bush (ok, it’s just a twig so far) that I got at a local garden center:
Here is one of our many azaleas that’s getting ready to bloom!
Here’s the first peony to start growing:
And here’s our rhubarb. It’s already starting to sprawl!
Completed project: Roman shade
Here’s the one (out of two) Roman shades that I finished for our new windows:
It was a huge pain to make, and it took twice as long as it needed to because I botched it every step of the way. But, it looks nice so it was worth it. Now I just have to get some sort of a cord cleat or anchor… because without that we can’t keep the shade open.
Here’s a good example of why we got new windows:
Check out that peeling paint! We could only afford 4 new windows this year. We have 20 more left to replace, about 10 of which are going to need repainting this year to keep from rotting. Ick!
