Things Are Coming Together

I have been living here in Fowler, California for almost three months now!  It is so hard to believe and yet it is getting more real to me every day.  Our house is starting to feel like home as I continue to unpack boxes and hang pictures and decorations on the walls.  I love to look at and read "Cottages and Bungalows" magazine and I love the images of clean fresh rooms that are presented.  I think that I'd like to have something uncluttered and simple then bam, I visit my parents in Angels Camp at their log home and realize that their home is what I want mine to feel like.  My parents have a mixture of furniture styles and periods all in the same room and let me tell you, it works.  I love the look and feel of it all.  I feel so comfortable there and I hope that when people come to visit our home they feel that same comfort. Yesterday a friend came over and put the insulation in my "scraptuary"  Now I need to get the electrical put in then we will sheetrock the walls.  I am going to put up wallpaper to give it a cottage sort of feel.  Then I can actually start creating in it. 

Cathie

This morning I checked on my mystery vegetation on the north side of the house again.  It is growing!  Here is this mornings picture...

The yard is starting to come alive now.  Dormant plants are growing.  I took a new picture of one of the Hydrangea plants in the front yard...

And I can't forget my cute little flamingo...

Well, I think it is time to venture back into the garage and tackle some more boxes and try to figure out what to do with it all.