This post is probably going to be in the “too much information” category for most of you…but I HAVE to do it. It does, however, explain why it has been so quiet from these parts for awhile. We’ve been hunkering down while this very old house has been thoroughly gone over, repaired and painted in […]
Category: Court Street
Tyko Groves: 1953-2014
We’re very sad today thinking about our friend Tyko who died in an accident last weekend. Tyko was a carpenter, an entrepreneur, a friend, an artist. He remodeled a garage into an office/studio for us at the beach, and in 1995 put an addition on our (1849) Court Street house that changed the way we […]
Hydrangea House
Once we thought of calling our house “Hydrangea House” but we gave it up, though we didn’t give up hydrangeas. This morning early I made the rounds to see how everybody was doing, noting that early morning light is harsher on the plants, photographically speaking, than later on…but still, they look good…big blue and little […]
Gardens and Quilts
Aislinn and Tommy’s garden is beautiful this year. She got rid of the grass a few years ago and filled the yard with natives, nurse logs, stones…and slowly filling it up and out until this year it is really gorgeous… Down at our house the “hosta hospital” (R’s special project a few years ago to […]
Black Friday….
Well, definitely gray Friday, anyway. Snow and chill predicted to be on the way… The other day a white pick-up pulled up in front of our house and two young persons jumped out, raked up all the leaves in front in the street, and drove away. ?????Composters? Neighborhood helpers? A new eau de vie? The […]
Tuesday Luncheon
Luncheon today was at our house…a reunion of sorts. Friend and former student Kent Lew came for a catch up visit while in Portland at a conference…far from his current home in the Berkshires. Kent graduated in 1985 and we’ve only seen him once since then. He was a talented artist, a good student, and […]
Catching Up…
Summer. Got to try to live in the moment, so the narrative suffers. Here’s a digested version of what’s been happening in the far west: The beach. A week. So hot in the valley most all the beach views are misty and cool… and the sunsets were, well, muted, let’s just say… There was outside […]
The Bathroom is DONE!
I suspect the subject of our bathroom is a bit boring to you readers by now, but just to complete the thought…here is the process (a very short, digested version I might add…). It fascinates me to watch a room be ripped apart (so naturally I think it fascinates YOU…?) and then come together so […]
The Week in Review …
(leaving out all politics…). After a stormy beach weekend we returned Monday to the chaos of home renovation…the week brought a new floor, paint, and the shower tile going in…here are the visuals: Friday I took a break and headed over to pick up Jon and Irene and head out for lunch to the MIG […]
Avoiding Chaos/Beach Weekend…
The bathroom construction at Court Street began heating up as the week drew to a close. After the first coat of concrete in the construction of the “pan” on the shower floor, came a rubber liner, with a bucket of water in it. This had to sit for 24 hours and then be inspected…all of […]
On The Way 