This week includes a potpourri of news. Major progress was made in the upstairs bath, the yard is looking good, and a few miscellaneous projects received attention. Photos of all are in the narrative below.
The upstairs bath is the major source of news this week. A bit more painting was done, but the big news was the finishing of the electrical circuits. The bath now has a functioning vent fan, light above the sink, and working outlets. While finishing touches are still needed, the bath is now fully functional.
I am VERY pleased to have the bath working. I really appreciate the convenience of a shower on the upper floor. The bath was one of the projects we had discussed [almost four] years ago when we first looked at the place, and is the last of the major improvements we plan for the interior of Heart House.
Moving outside, the yard is looking good. Pam put a flat of pansies in the front flower bed. Our butterfly bush is in full bloom. The south side yard, between the house and garage, is at full spring green.
Staying with the ‘yard’ theme, here are a couple photos of the house decked out in Memorial Day bunting.
I have a couple miscellaneous photos. First, while the electricians were here Pam had them put a decorative disc under the kitchen light fixture. It was originally a pie crust cutter. As you can see, it features a heart motif, just what Heart House needs!
Second, here is a photo Pam took of me while I was using my “flame thrower,” a weed and grass torch I use to kill weeds growing in the cracks of the sidewalk.
Pam can now continue putting the upstairs guest bedroom back in order. That room served as a storage and staging area during the bathroom work; it became dirty and disorganized. Pam assembled dowels and curtains to serve as coverings for the steel storage racks in the room and moved them to the back wall. This room needs a lot of cleaning and organizing yet. Pam has plans to go through existing containers on the storage racks and “edit” what’s being kept.
And finally, our daughter Felicity sings with a Sweet Adeline group called Northwest Harmony, and they recently had a competition in the state of Washington. Below is a photo of Felicity in stage makeup, plus another photo of her choir on stage at the competition. (Felicity is in the back row, 3rd from left, in the group photo.) Photographer(s) are unknown. The chorus placed 6th in a field of 19 during the first regional competition since COVID.
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Pam’s Penny
I’m busy trying to teach old dogs – and young cats – new tricks.
Happy Trails.
Pam noted,”teaching old Dogs”
Does that pertain to you two!!!! 😉
Craig:
Thanks for the note. The “old dogs” reference is directed at the cats. Pam keeps trying to train the newest cats, Vienna and Stirling, to stay off the screen inserts in the porch doors. (This is their first time to see the inserts in place.) As juvenile animals, their curiosity is at a peak. I am looking for a new garbage can for the upstairs bath as they keep tipping over the current one to dig out pieces of materials such as tape from painting and bits of sheetrock.
Hope you guys are doing well!
Jerry
Bro Craigie –
After almost 50 years of cohabitation, I know Himself is not trainable. (And I, of course, am perfection…)
The old canines are truly old – 12 yrs, 13 yrs and almost 15 yrs. The oldest dog – diva Blondie – has started pooping randomly on the rugs. I’m trying to train her to use poop pads. That is, when Elmo [the cat] doesn’t make a giant poop pad mountain out of them to play in.
See-eester Pam
Bathroom garbage can suggestion:
mDesign Slim Metal Rectangle 1.3 Gallon Trash Can ($27.49 Amazon)
Lidded garbage can in a large variety of colors – step-pedal/lidded…
Empty weight is 2.36 pounds – should be heavy enough to prevent a cat knocking it over, but might need to be “positioned” to avoid that possibility…
Larry:
Thanks for the can info. I looked it up and ordered one and it should be here next week. We have closing-lid cans everywhere else in the house but until now not in the upstairs bath. I will let you know if it works for us! The cats will be disappointed, though.
Just wondering if you’re still working on letting someone post a picture on the comment page????
Craig:
I did find a plug-in that would allow this but decided not to use it for a few different reasons. Security was one, and compatibility with other browsers was another. For example, it did not play well with Safari on my Mac, one of the reasons I have switched to Vivaldi. For now the comments will remain text-only.
If you want me to include a photo on my blog, e-mail it to me and I will see what I can do.
Jerry
No, no, not a big deal…. Sometimes easier for me to express myself with a picture…..