I’d like to say that the hardwood floors are done, we’re all unpacked and settled, but that is just our dream. Using a heat gun, we’ve just removed the last of the stuck on linoleum from the dinning room floor and the shop vac remains my best friend. We know what a mess refinishing the floors will make, so we’re still in ‘camping mode’ and have only unpacked the bare essentials. (Except for the wine opener which we couldn’t find, so off to Fred Meyers to get a back up). The roofers came and installed a wonderful new roof last week and shook 15 years worth of dust down upon our heads. The windows are original so the wind comes flying in, as do lady bugs and wasps which spent the winter hibernating upstairs. They’ve woken up now and we have lady bugs everywhere!
So, my greatest pleasure comes from being outside! It is so pretty here. This is the view as we sit in the kitchen often watching quail as they run up and down the driveway. The space, the fields, the mountains in the distance and the barns that dot the landscape sooth and fill up my soul. I cannot believe we are learning to call this home.
Wowwwwwwww… it is so beautiful there! I am so jealous!!! We are experiencing what I like to call a Los Angeles bi-polar weather season… it’s hot, it’s cold, it’s hot, it’s freezing, it’s raining, it’s cold again, and now it’s warm again… one day I am wearing ugg boots and a warm vest, the next I am looking for my flip flops.
You’ll love the Quail! It is so much fun to watch the new Quail families with a covey of little cheeper’s following mom.
Ship the ladybugs down to me………..I just spent $7.50 for a carton of the little girls. I look forward to your posts, omg, I can not wait to visit and help!!! Love and hugs and a couple’ Advil for your sore muscles.
Looks so tranquil (one of our vocabulary words for this week). You must be VERY lucky as having a lady bug land on you is supposed bring you luck!