Wasn’t it just yesterday that I moved in to my not so little house?
It is hard to believe it actually has been three years.
Here is a post with a few updates from under the plum trees …..as I get accustomed to posting from my cell phone.
There have been a few changes as expected, but I am pretty happy here.
Lets see…… I put in a backsplash in the kitchen. And since that picture I painted the walls a light brown or sand colour. The island usually sits the other way.
The hall closet got lost in the drawings when a wall had to be moved. So I build a rack for hanging jackets. And since that picture I moved the shoe closet next to the front door.
I decided that if I wanted to grow things I really did not want to share everything with the local deer and the bears. So I paid lots for fencing to be built. Cedar on the front of the backyard and chain link along the sides.
I build a compost in an old freezer, (Not my design). And since that picture, I painted it green and painted the back of the shed a colour close to the colour of my house.
I had a 5.1 KW solar system installed on the roof. I am grid tied, so I rack up credits in the summer and then have smaller bills through the winter. And yes that means in summer my car runs on sunshine.
The green house was destroying with a heavy snowfall. My Dad helped dismantle the wreckage. I may rebuild some day.
I am slowly reclaiming more yard for growing stuff. And I put in some chipped paths. No real grass to mow except under the trees. I can use the trimmer for these small areas, AKA whipper snapper. Along the chain link that is a plant called red escalonia which will fill in nicely in the years to come, which is good because since this picture the neighbours have taken down the brown fence. The shrub is bee friendly.
I build a platform under the plum tree… well frankly because I was too lazy to cut the grass under the bench.
Inside the bathroom I installed a clothing rack over the bathtub. It works great for drying the towels and for socks, underwear and small stuff, while the shirts and other clothes hang on the line outside or in a doorway. Oh and I painted.
Dora is sitting atop a box that is next door to the toilet. I build it to hold the pellets I use for cat litter, and a bin of the used litter (without the poop). The spent litter is burned in winter and tossed in the yard in summer.
And speaking of fire in the winter. I build a fancy wood shed to match my fancy fence.
Still more yard to reclaim for growing. Oh look there are the cedars I put in along the side fence line. And my first sun flower from seed (albeit indoor start).
Still more pathways to create.
And the kids relax in the sun. Its always so relaxing to watch people work.
