Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2010
We still have finish work to do on our sun room, but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying the space. None of the sanding on the walls or ceiling has been done, and we have nail holes to fill with putty before we do any sanding. Yesterday we finished the grout for the floor, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2010
The Summer Solstice was not very summer-like yesterday. We had thunderstorms and cool temperatures. The sun did decide to join us in the form of this flower. It is another of the plants in the flower bed by the front door which has never bloomed for us, until this year. Happy Summer Solstice!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2010
The Serviceberry bush by our living room windows has been busy this morning. There is a hummingbird feeder hanging next to the front door, and near this bush; it is a popular place to rest and preen inbetween sips.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2010
The flooring levels between the existing living room floor and the new sun room are different. In the under five feet opening for the doorway, from left to right, the change in floor level in the living room is over an inch. The sun room floor is level. Normal means of fixing this problem […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2010
Our work last year on the front flower bed has resulted in blooms. Lots more blooms are waiting to open, one a day will be just lovely if we can arrange it. This particular flower looked very pretty for a short period of time. We got a downpour today from a thunderstorm and it drenched […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2010
Yesterday we went up into the mountains to look and listen for birds calling at the higher elevations. It was a beautiful day to get out and about, and we needed the change in scenery. Before we headed to the mountains, we stopped by a very large Aspen grove near a swamp to listen for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2010
Water, a square dish pan of warm water, some paper towels, and time. All these combined to clean the thinset concrete haze off the floor in the sun room. Still lots of things to do to finish this room, but none of them will affect the usefulness now that we can walk around out there […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2010
No, you say. Well I didn’t think so either until they spread it around and smoothed it out a bit. A little judicious sweeping and the sidwalk is looking like it belongs here. Maybe I’ll plant some flowers between the sidwalks and the flowerbed wall. I have a lot of weeds to remove first. See, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2010
Dan noticed a new flower blooming in the rocks down the hill from our house. This plant was first collected on the Lewis & Clark expedition, and they tried to eat it. I think they tried to eat everything they came across, actually. They said it was too bitter, and called it Bitterroot. When the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010
The walls, ceiling, window sills and trim around the outside of the windows and doors – it’s all done. We need to do some cleaning, a bit of sanding and then more cleaning, before varnishing. That’s our plan for the weekend. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we’ll go to town and get the paint supplies […]