Projects at Caitlin's House

Well, we have the tubs of geraniums planted and the hanging basket watered. It's looking up in Caitlin's front yard.

Caitlin had transplanted one tub of geraniums before I arrived and then the second one sat for lack of time. The plants were from Costco in square containers with three plants in each~they could have stayed in their original containers but she had these nice barrels from last year. Of course the dirt was super hard and dry so it took lots of watering and chipping away before they were ready. The front hose wasn't operational since the watering company kept putting her off, so the kitchen sink (which has low pressure) was the fill up zone.

My next project was to weed the future site of the patio. These are before and after shots...three black bags and one garbage can later it was looking better!

I finished three quarters of the job one afternoon and then procrastinated...Today I finished the job with a major allergy attack!

 

Odds and Ends

Heading home from Colleen and Wally's house, I spotted a nest that had fallen onto palm leaves...it was light and fluffy. I thought the contrast of elements in this setting was unusual.

We had the master bathroom tiled. John snapped this photo of the grout being applied. Luckily I was in Cashmere while all the disruption took place so I only had to help with the final steps.

We had carpet in the closet and shower area that was pulled out. Our painters didn't paint the entire baseboard so we had some touching up to do. John was delegated to the closet and I had the bathroom. It took 3 coats to match the yellow top coat.

Actually I was satisfied with 3 coats...John came along the next day and added a fourth!

I felt strongly about tiling the entryway and John went along with my wishes. It has improved the front of the house.