Monday, March 18, 2024

How the garden looks now at the Hereford house




 Things are coming along at my step son and his wife's garden at their new house. I planted nasturtium seeds and transplanted plants from my own garden. There were gazanias and african daisies already there. It is a fun work in progress.

Friday, December 22, 2023

Christmas Cheer

Smokey posing in our living room

It rained a lot so I can have  fire without the worry of starting a wild fire.

 

Monday, November 27, 2023

The house is finished and Dasha andJonathan moved in on November 22nd

The living room before

Looking from the kitchen to the living room


The kitchen

New bathroom cabinets and sink

The finished living room

Finished kitchen

One of the bedrooms finished

 

The new paint on the front of the house


The hall bathroom before

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Jonathan and Dasha get the key to their new house today.


 Just a short walk from our house, we could not be more pleased.  Lots of work to do in bringing it up to date, both Doug and I will be helping. It will be interesting to see how long it will take before J and D can move from our house to their new house.

Friday, July 7, 2023

Since I came back from New York

 I am thinking about my twin in England who lost her partner of 35 years and his funeral is next week. He passed away suddenly at age 72 from a heart attack while shearing his sheep. 

Dasha and Jonathan are looking at houses for sale, but there are so few on the market in their price range. So more time spent living with us is in order, We had plumbing problems with Jonathan's son causing his toilet in our front bedroom to overflow several times.( he is staying with us for the summer) The final time we had a lake of water a quarter of the way into the bedroom which is carpeted. It took two days with fans and heat to dry out and now of course smells. A new toilet was purchased, one that advertises that it can flush golf balls.

Dasha had the courage to get on her horse and ride him. Doug had been riding him for her for the past two years. So we are very pleased that she is enthusiastic and going out almost every evening to ride after work. She herself began riding as a beginner with us just before she got Tandy her horse, and was riding my usual ride Coco all this time.

Friday, June 16, 2023

I went to New York to visit my son and family

My son Eddy and dog Hayan meet me at JFK

Eddy with daughter Audrey and wife Steph  we went out to a park

Me next to a river at Hawley Pennsylvania.

An old farm in New York

My grand daughter and the family dog

Doug meets me at Burbank airport