Breakfast with Willa

This is our family gathering weekend. What would the weekend be without pictures of Willa???

Earlier this week, Willa started to feed herself with a spoon. That was this morning's entertainment.

She doesn't always get something in the spoon...

And sometimes it is just easier to use the hand...

Sometimes Mom has to help turn the spoon, or fill the spoon...

Sometimes she uses the right hand...

And sometimes the left hand...

Bathroom Update

Continuing with the home updates, I will share bathroom pictures on this post.

This is a before picture of the bathroom.

Everything in the bathroom has been off white for quite a few years. The walls have been off white since the bathroom was remodeled in the late 1980s. I liked the 'shades of white' decorating concept, but no one else in the family appreciated the lack of color.

The bathroom today...

 

This is a different view and better photo showing the color.

 

Gone are the shades of white! I really like the 'avocado' green, especially with the white woodwork. I am pleased with the work we did on this itty-bitty room.

Home Updates

As of this morning, the last door went back on...the home updates for this summer are DONE!

I will start with the hallway.
I do not have a picture of what the hallway looked like before we started Phase 2 this summer.

 We had removed the blue & gray thin stripes on a white background wall paper above the waitscot. All the woodwork was about the same color as the wainscot. Also notice the old light fixture.

This is the after pictures:

This photo gives a good representation of the painted walls. Notice the new light fixture.

This photo gives a good view of the white painted trim and doors. I am not sure how many family photos will go back on the walls. They look very plain right now.

Bathroom tomorrow...

The Garden

The tomatoes are ripening, so today I spent some time in the garden.

The peppers have been very slow, but with the two I picked today, 

the count is now up to 5! But there are quite a few others growing.

The cucumber plants are looking really sad, but there are lots

of blossoms and many little cukes growing.

This is a fun time of gardening, but also a pain, as now that the stuff

is ripe, something needs to be done with it and as usual, I have other

things on my plate this week. Maybe it will all wait 'til next week?

Isn't the color gorgeous?

This is for my friend Marge, who ALWAYS displays her
crafts and cooking in a 'Martha Stewart' manner.

Memorial Day 1959

I FOUND IT!

In a group of pictures I recently scanned while visiting my Mom, I found a picture taken at the Petrified Wood Park in Lemmon SD on Memorial Day, May 1959.

 At first I thought the photo was taken at the base of the largest pillar of this little museum. (photo below) But now I don't think so. I don't have a picture of just a large single pillar from my recent visit. I guess the point is, the park has changed and grown since 1959.

Love the hairdo & outfit! Hey, I was 9 years old; what can I say?

Maybe the large pillar is behind this little museum? I might have to hunt for more pictures, because I thought there were others.