Painting again

My 88-year old aunt wanted her kitchen painted yellow. So I'm working on it. No pale yellow for us....says she might like to have her living room pink/rose. I'm liking this!

No rest for the wicked. . . .

While in Aurora I went to the Home Depot for bug spray since one of the trees is covered with bag worms (that tall blue spruce with the visible brown spot in the photo below)...while there I found this 5 gallon bucket of deck/siding stain marked OOPS - regularly over $130 marked down to only $15. I've been wanting to stain the deck and gazebo down there so I bought it. I also got some deck cleaner and after spending Friday cleaning these areas I was afraid to leave it too long before staining. Would have been OK for a couple days but I remembered I've got my aunts kitchen half done and need to spend this week finishing it. What started out one wall has expanded to the cabinets and everything! So, I decided to stay Sat and finish my work so I could get back to the kitchen and my yard which is ready to be mowed again. Also, I didn't do the benches inside the gazebo but it will go quickly next time.

New lawn ornament. . .

Well, this morning my view is different through the kitchen door. It's a new lawn ornament.

Vine ball. . . .

I had some leftover vines out by the barn. Last year I made a few yard ornaments with them. I didn't want to throw the leftovers away so I have started a giant-sized vine ball. It's about 30" right now. I hope to make it even bigger and shape it up in the process.

Pretty little things. . . .

Last year I got a dragonfly for my window with points earned at the local casino. Well, I had more points this year and used them to purchase a butterfly.

Round 3 with the bird. . . .

Okay. Think I got him this time. First time I knocked down the nest, he came back. Second time, I knocked down the nest, screwed all the loose boards tight, put a cool whip lid over the circular hole left corner. He just treated it like a flap and rebuilt the nest up there. This time, Round 3, I put that big sign up there......don't think he can budge it and the hole is covered. Hope any potential buyers don't look up.

More photos here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=176512&id=619312953&l=788015ff2e It's Listing 269207 with ReMax in Aurora, In. I love the house. Just can't be in two places, too much work, etc.

Friends from waaaaay back.

An impromptu get-together with some of my old high school buddies....loved seeing them.