I expect things will be well beyond just hints by the time I return to New York — the forsythia was beginning to bloom I noticed as I headed to the airport — but just last weekend, there were the first signs that really, maybe spring was finally here after the persistent winter.
Tag: house
A New York State of Mind
I’m busy painting today so I will make this quick: I’ve put up a public album on Facebook of the house in progress. So much greenery has popped up this summer it looks lush. Yes, a lot of it is weeds, but pretty weeds. The semester started with a bang and an almost 12 hour…
Dundee by Way of Paris
I am on my way again today and tomorrow, if all goes according to plan, I’ll be back in Dundee. Hurrah! Apologies to all the folks I didn’t see this visit, but being without a car means being in the village. At least there was a lot of painting to do. Big thanks to Debi,…
Playing in the Mud
Spring may have slipped in while we were all looking at the snow that fell east of us (sorry, Connecticut). Our little spring is flowing great guns but we’re going to be digging it out a little to form a grotto. I visualise something like a Brigit well. I have new wellies and everything. We…
DIY
Kipper is not amused. Kipper and Connor get on well for the most part. The occasional toy dispute ruffles a few feathers. My first NY breakfast with local syrup for local people. Removing one layer of wallpaper to find another: a southern motif. What the finished version of the sitting room will look like. Cheery!…
House & Garden
I’m back in the States and it’s the first day of classes — and one of the classes I thought was the second half of the semester is actually the first half (if you have a class numbered 246 and a 247, which would you think would be first?), so much scrambling and whatnot today….
K. A. Laity 