I realize I owe you all a lot more than a brief note, but I wanted to post some photos of our newest money-pit. We are all moved in now, and have painted rooms, so it doesn't look like this anymore, exactly. But at least you can get the idea. I'll try to catch up soon on the other news. These snaps were taken on our very first trip, the day we fell in love. Our furniture looks much better than theirs did, of course! : ) And we like our paint better, too, though many would likely not agree, considering my little office is purple and orange. Yowza! Will provide evidence soon . . . These don't show you the size of the back yard, either, which is truly immense. And for those of you with small children (or who like to swing) the former owners DID leave one of their swing-sets and we have a wonderful sand pit. So be sure to bring your pails when you come.
This gorgeous tomato plant sustained some major wind and hail damage, and lost about 1/5 of its foliage and some of its fruit several days after I took this picture. Boohoo. It was very sad. But everything else survived, and even this big one is doing pretty good. We do have seven other tomato plants, all of which now have some blooms on them, so I imagine we will have more than we know what to do with come August. We are already drowing in cilantro, savory and dill.
