Inside and Out

We've been at the house every day now for two weeks meeting with subcontractors and helping them find the little things that need to be finished up.  Alese has a color-coded extensive punch list sorted by sub, or by location which-ever is more appropriate at the time.

From my office the view is of the stairs and sometimes someone sitting there.

There was good sale on roses a week ago, and since they are special to me we had to get five.  They were the first plants we set in the ground, and we had to talk with them and encourage them as the "ground breaking" plants to do well.

Then, because I'd gotten the first plants in Alese had to bring some of her babies (plants she's been nurturing ever since we started building) to get them in the ground.





Then we had the big plant move on Memorial Day.  Alese has been collecting seeds, taking cuttings, and liberating some of her favorite plants, She claims to have over 800 different plants.  Most are small -- some in red solo cups.   We rented a 17 foot U-Haul and made two trips.  We were helped loading and unloading by our next door neighbor on Furman.  It was quite the experience.  Here's the view inside the second load.

Our toads still seem to be hoping around happily.  They don't seem to be growing quickly, so this may be their size.  This time I thought it would be better to have Alese hold one to get a sense of their size.

And, one last note for those of you who read to the end...  We are finally moving into the the house Friday May 29!

Office Improvements

Here's Alese at her desk.   The addition to the right is another IKEA product.(31 steps in 20 pages of  instructions)  4-drawer unit with a bottom file drawer.   Note the casters so it can be moved around.

And the other office, Desk by IKEA, There's a 4-drawer unit in the corner, behind the chair. Though the chair isn't IKEA it had to be assembled.  The day-bed, an IKEA product. (37 steps in 28 pages.  Can you guess which had the better instructions?)  

A matching day-bed will go in Alese's office next week. 

Another Bird Quiz

From Sesame Street...  which of these things is not like the others?

The Way We Felt Last Week.

Today's Peanuts expressed pretty closely what happened to out sand last week with over 8 inches of rain in a few hours and more heavy, wind-blown rain the following day.  Our lake in front of the house is back and we've got a number of erosion gullies in the sand.

There was a tornado warning and a small one touched down West of Corpus, and this was what we watches as the cell approached us.

Pop Quiz. Bird Identifcation

Here are photos of three different birds we've had visit us.   One photo is more definitive for identification of each bird.

 So, can you name them?  No, actually we don't have names for them and probably won't name them.  We know what kind of birds these are.   If you can identify them feel free to comment.  If you don't know, you'll have to wait for the answers....   Another post sometime in the future.