After all the work we’ve been doing and my last 2 posts reflecting that AND Shawn busting his ass finishing up the hillside, THIS anonymous note appeared in our mailbox:
Month: March 2013
The Downslope – Before and After Photos
I just love before and after photos of homes, don’t you? Glad I took so many before photos now – even going back to before we bought the place. Almost two years later (yes, two!) it is amazing to look at the difference!
The Upside of the Downslope
Spring has sprung here in the Napa Valley and it couldn’t be more beautiful. Mustard seed is everwhere: Taken on bikeride in the Coombsville AVA All of our plants are budding and the insectory we planted is buzzing with bees and butterflies! A swallowtail enjoying the bees bliss we planted And just when I thought […]
“I have a graduate degree in Mid Century Kitsch”
Anyone who owns or is renovating a mid-century home should see the Simpsons Episode – ‘The Day the Earth Stood Cool’. I just watched it last night and died laughing. It’s a tongue in cheek on Portlandia, hipsters and ‘urban nomads’. http://curbed.com/archives/2012/12/10/watch-the-simpsons-tackle-dwell-neutra-architecture.php “Last night on The Simpsons, hipsters swarmed Springfield, taking over Moe’s Tavern, […]