When one is living in the third month of renovating an 1956 home flowers become important. The beauty they bring to the space brings hope. Hope that this home will once again bloom with beauty and joy. Les and I are perhaps among the weakest gardeners in the area, but we are hopeful. As the…
The Progress
This weekend marks the third month we’ve owned #TheTackyBrownHouse. I spent the fall in Arkansas with my father, he was dying and I wished to attend him as I did my mother eight years ago. The weeks had grown long and I was so very tired, and sad for losing my Dad. My father died…
Engaging the Joy
When one is in a full out home renovation engaging the joy is a choice. Our little brown house began in February with a washroom with full access to the outside dirt floor, a kitchen that didn’t work, and multiple walls with holes to the outside so squirrels came and went at leisure. Fast forward…