September 30, 2007

  • October starts tomorrow and we have been having some lovely fall weather. Cooler temps, autumn ocean breezes and leaves changing colors.

    We have bought some koi for the pond in the backyard, 6 larger ones, 6 smaller ones. We almost never see the small ones, they hide in the rocks, but the big ones are fun to watch and are starting to swarm over when we come out to feed them. The girls have named them all and come in and tell me how "Stripes and Speedy are best friends" and "The little multicolored one is always with the big yellow one", etc. Cliches even among koi!

    koi1 

    Meanwhile, I am still busy on the old house. I have put the final paint color on several cabinet doors and I think they look nice. It is slow, two coats of primer on every surface and then two coats of the final semi-gloss. But still cheaper than $5000 for cabinet refinishing. Joe has been busy redoing lights in several rooms. It is amazing how much a difference a new light fixture can make in the room! To give you an idea of why the cabinets need to be refinished, here is how they look now:

    cabinet 

    drawer_front

    I also put up a hummingbird feeder in our backyard yesterday. I have seen a couple back there and we all love them. Joe had never seen them before moving here, hummingbirds apparently don't take to English weather. We are thinking of adding a second one outside the family room window, so we can see them from inside the house. That should make Milkyway go nuts! LOL!

    hummingbird_feeder

    Last night, the girls and I took at class at Michael's Craft to learn to make domino jewelry. It was really fun and everything turned out very well. The instructor was very impressed with the talent the girls have. She said she would be happy to teach another class if I wanted Mom and Beth to do it as well, while they are visiting. So I just may take her up on that.

    Anyhow, I am off to Home Depot. I am hoping to get some wood and finish off a room box that has been sitting 95% done for way too long. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Comments (4)

  • Yup.  Some refinishing is definitely in order!  Love the fishies.  I love koi... so colorful!  We saw one hummer early in the year and put up a feeder... but never saw another one.   :(

  • We have  a fountain in our pond, nothing exciting, but every morning there's a hummingbird zipping in and out of the water.
    Good luck with that house!
    -M

  • I loove hummingbirds!

  • let me know how it goes with the kitchen cabs

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