July 2012

Another House-iversary Has Come and Gone

July 26, 2012
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I missed the 5th anniversary of owning this fine house by a month! Ah well, we’re not going anywhere, so there will be plenty more. Today is a little overcast and we got some much-needed rain last night, so I snapped a few quick photos to chronicle the changes year-by-year. June 2007 Here is how [...]

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Yard Progress

July 15, 2012
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The photo below shows that while we’ve finished some things in our yard makeover, we still have quite a ways to go on other things. What is done: the brick paver sidewalk, the pea gravel patio, the bluestone path from the front of the house to the flagstone patio and the bluestone walkway to the [...]

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The Latest Bungalow Happenings

July 14, 2012
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Making good on my goals for 2012, we’re in the middle of a couple of big projects (and they’ll likely be the last for a while as finances are tight tight tight). It didn’t help that we just returned from a nice little trip to Germany where I scored on this pristine vintage coffee tin [...]

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