Painting the baby's room

100 days of happy, you are easy today :) having the best sunshiney sunday... husband and I painted the baby's room. Once it has time to settle I will be putting up some tree decals. I love how it turned out.

The whole time I was painting it smelled like redwoods and summer,  from the trees in the backyard.  Someone nearby was barbecuing,  too.

Good day, and it's not even four pm yet.

nighttime noises

It's been a strange few days -- the weather is warming up, so there are far more people in the park. That also means we have had more visitors to our door -- yesterday one at 5am asking if our house was a "safe" house ??  I have just started to get used to the creaking of this house, the new night noises. We had a lizard in the kitchen a few days ago. Sometimes the noises are just noises... other times I am fairly certain there are animals in the walls.

Embroidery floss

This is a pile of sorted embroidery floss, ready to be made into crocheted earrings. This plus the tv show Parks and Recreation for the 458475th time sounds like a perfect,  low key night.

passion berry

A friend of mine in San Diego sent me a beautiful package - and it's a gift that keeps on giving, because it included a variety of tea bags. So I am here, enjoying my evening, working on my marathon crochet flowers, drinking passion berry tea, out of a ceramic mug I made. Feeling sweet and thoughtful and loved.

curtains part three

The curtain project is slowly, slowly coming along....

circuit training

Despite having the whole park open to me.. I've been weirdly staying inside all day and then at night realizing I haven't exercised yet. So... I made this awesome circuit inside the house. I used a tabata timer app, so I switch activities every 30 seconds.. and I just go around and around for an hour! Making my wooden floors creak - but hey. A workout is a workout! 

granny square curtains the sequel

Well. I have a few more of the squares made. This is going to take a long time.

curtains and a new project

In our house I am lucky enough to have a whole room for my art supplies. I can't wait to turn it into a beautiful place for me to sit and work on things... it's got two windows that look out onto our backyard, and I want to make curtains for them. I saw these - and decided to make some granny square curtains. But being who I am... I picked out the tiniest cotton yarn and a tiny hook and I think I have to make about 400 squares to cover the windows! So here goes...

7 Wonders

Playing with mom, sister, and sister's boyfriend. We played awesome newly discovered table-top game "Seven Wonders." My new favorite. I love my house. We got some new furniture, some dark wood - and I love how it goes with our hardwood floors. Good game-playing house I think!

morning latte

Pleasant morning -- dog enjoying the light coming in from the window, and I took a little walk up to the Trails Cafe for a soy chai tea latte. 

The Trails is a cute little coffee/sandwich/pastry place up the street. It's got vegan food, fun tea combinations... they put soy bacon bits in their avocado sandwich. What's not to love? Huell Howser did an interview with the owner in the Fern Dell episode of his show.

ladders and light

A work in progress -- just hung our wedding photos in the living room. Love our big front windows. This house lets so much light in!

This house is painted in three colors -- the same three colors as the rest of the city of los angeles parks and recreation department... one of the colors is even named "parks and rec brown." Hah.

comfy evening

A cozy evening in our new house, curled up next to the fire. I haven't lived in a house with a fireplace since my parent's house -- looking forward to many an evening being cozy here!