Sea Star Cottage is almost done. The remodel took longer than anticipated but then remodels almost always do. Once you get into things there is always the – “While we are at it we might as well do this” – situations. The white vinyl Milgard cottage windows went in a while ago and they look great! They are now all framed out and the trim is painted a nice fresh white. This picture doesn’t show the trim finished but it is…
Lots of little projects at Shell Cottage were finished up during the end of June and early July. I headed to the coast right after school got out in June to oversee the Sea Star project and ended up staying into July. Longer than I thought I would be there but I did get a lot done at Shell Cottage as well! I am finally finished with the bulk of the painting. All the walls are done – Yay! The little hall was…
A Fourth of July post….only a few weeks after Fourth of July… I guess I am still on “Beach Time.” I finally finished a couple of small July 4th quilts I started a few years ago out of several patriotic fabrics in my stash. Some fabrics I had bought, some were given to me by my sister-in-law Mary many years ago, and some were just the right colors left over from other projects. I think they turned out pretty well! I…
A few weekends ago, we – Susan and Natalie (my sister and my niece)and myself, ventured up to Astoria for the Fifth Annual Vintage Flea Market on the waterfront River Walk and to check out this year’s Sunday Market which runs every Sunday during the summer in downtown Astoria. What a fun day! First stop was the Vintage Flea Market which started in front of Astoria Vintage Hardware and extended on down the wharf. I wrote about this great store awhile back – we got our “Toilet”…
I started this post last week and have been so busy I didn’t get it finished and posted but here it is…. Just a week late and it’s now July… oh well! (…guess I am on beach time…like everybody else here 🙂 …) The garden is blooming with all kinds of things now in the middle of June. The butterfly bushes are so pretty – lots of color! The shrubs and roses are all blooming and the window boxes are…