Around the house

We're getting on the plane today, but I thought we should do one more "house" post before we go.

One night, at about 1:45 a.m., we were wakened by a big crashing sound outside. A huge limb of our neighbor's tree cracked and fell into the wall separating our yards.

Thankfully, no one was outside so no one got hurt, and the wall wasn't damaged. I had the clothesline out, unfortunately, and the line and its housing were ripped off the wall.

The neighbor had a tree trimmer out to handle it, and that guy came over to our house to clean up the mess in our yard, too. We later had our friend Rigo come out with his guys to further trim the part of the tree that overhangs our yard.

The worst part about the limb coming down is that we now get a lot of (HOT) morning sun in our playroom. We will need curtains for that room for sure now!

Speaking of curtains, we put up some thermal energy-saving drapes in our living room.

And, we printed and put up some gorgeous photos in our dining room. These were taken by two friends (Jen and Jaimie) in recent months, plus one of Cora at three months taken by my dad and the one taken by a hospital photographer.

Lastly, Stace and Cora are proud to present their onion and parsnip harvest! Not bad for a first year! Stace spent a long evening chopping onions, and we made a lovely curried parsnip soup with half the parsnips. Next year, I think we'll be more careful to space out the planting so the harvesting takes place over a longer period of time.