I had another post ready for today, but I'm so excited about our beautiful little home ---that I just HAD to share this with you... IF you are on Facebook, you saw my surprise yesterday--but that was only one photo. Today I'll share several!!!!!
Our home is being painted... Maybe I should have waited until they finish, but I am just too excited to wait! I'm always apprehensive when choosing a paint color... What if we don't like it? What if it is too dark --or too light???? YIPES---what a decision!!!
I will show more pictures when they totally finish. The painters haven't started the white trim yet --so that will take awhile.. BUT--other than touch-ups, they have finished the green.... I love-love-love this green... It seems to be perfect for us and blends so well with our yard and the surrounding trees.. Hope you enjoy seeing the pictures today!!!! Be sure to click on them for enlargements.
The green has a 'sheen' to it when the sun hits it. It looks darker in the shadows... This is the front left side near the garage. I love the way the ROSES are smiling ---just like I am.
Walking on around the house to the left, I took this picture of the 'upper' side of the house, near the upper flowerbed and the rock sidewalk. The large window in the distance is George's little office area---across from the laundry room. The smaller window is our kitchen. The big sliding door goes into our 'Great' Room (combo living/dining room).
You've seen the new deck (at the back of the house) in other blog posts recently... If you missed the main post showing the new deck, click
HERE. Both doors (on either side of the chimney) go into our Great Room... George and I read our devotions together every morning on the swing (weather permitting)... The 'Bird Kitchen' is on the far end... Beyond the deck on the far end (out of sight) is one of our bedroom windows. (The new deck will be stained in the spring.)
I don't think I have ever shown this side of our home. This is the lower side of the house where we have a half basement. The two windows go into our bedroom... Since our bedroom is next to the Bird Kitchen (and since we put our bird feeders up at night)--the Northern Cardinals (and their loud chips) wake us up about 6:30 each morning begging for their breakfast... There are 2 bathrooms in the middle (one off of our bedroom and one off of the hall). The area to the left is the 2nd bedroom --which we use as our computer room...
Now I am back around to the front of the house... This is the right side (from the front)--and inside the window is where we live most of the time---our Computer Room!!!!! ha ha ..... There is one bird feeder next to this window---so that I can see some of the little birdies when I'm not close to the Bird Kitchen!!!!!
I'll close with one more photo of the front of the house. Hope you enjoyed seeing the entire outside of our precious little home. We love it --and it's perfect for a couple of retirees... Sometime--I'll have to show you the inside --which is not nearly as pretty!!!!!! Don't you just love our home and her new clothes? George and I do----and I guess that is what matters...
Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday. Tomorrow is George's Dad's 100th birthday party... SO--like most weekends, I'll be out-of-pocket. His actual birthday is next Wednesday... We will be with him on that day also. Amazing man!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
