Spider Lilies

I sat down on the front porch for a moment and saw something in the lawn..... I thought could it be ...... already................... YES !!! it was the first spider lily.... I am so glad we did not cut the grass this weekend. The home had a good many of these lilies on the property, and I planted probably about 100 more over the winter/spring last year that I dug up from the old (former)house. I grabbed the camera and laid down on the ground to get this angle. It took several shots not to get the traffic in the background. But finally a great shot. Flowers make me happy!!!

Research-brackets

So, this morning, I did some online research on Craftsman Style Homes. I found some pics showing homes with brackets and since I just posted our home's brackets, I thought I would share.

I also found this pic of a home exterior showing the tone of green I have in mind for the exterior. I do want to use darker accent colors as well to show off the architectural details. Probablly in darker shades of a similar green and an accent color, probablly an orangy red, brickish in color. These columns are very similar to ours and I really like the way the porch railing fits in so nicely. What a difference that makes! I just want to take down that nasty metal rail on our porch right now, but it kinda keeps the dog in, so for now it stays, but just as soon as the exterior is a priority..........also look.......no shutters........but the mullions on this pic of a house need to be another color! Good door..

Yesterday, something strange fell from the sky...........
Was it???? YES!!! it was RAIN....
There hasn't been much of that around here this whole year. Thanks to the hurricane that hit TX, we had rain!!!!



But the best part was, the trim got wet. I had left it out and a wonderful surprise, the paint was falling off!!! Who would have thought by just letting the trim get wet. The at least 7 layers of paint just was falling off with a little help from my favorite tool as shown in the pic. ( I think it is called a 5 in one or something like that. ) As you can see, mine is well worn.

Basement

This pic shows a number of mechanical updates.

New HVAC Ducts, new wiring, and new plumbing.

Architectural Details

Detail at top of Columns
I really like this detail, and believe it is original.
Great Brackets.

I have to be thinking about some creative painting details for these elements.
I am thinking about a sage green tone for the base color of the house.

Pear

We have a pear.... Well a couple of pears on our tree. There was a heavy late frost this spring when the pear tree was in full bloom, so there are not many pears this season. But I thought I would share this pear with the beautiful September sky behind it. No, Gran.... there is not enough pears for preserves. I wish there were.

Porch Fixtures

The ceiling fans and light for the porch.

Puppy

Puppy waiting at the front door.

Ol' Coal

I haven't posted in a while, not much new to share, except piles of boxes.
I was walking the dog to the back yard and thought these old coal thingies would be neat to share.
The house has two. One larger one labeled Majestic down the side ally and a smaller one at the opposite side of the house near what appears to be an old chimney for a coal burning furnice. I am not really sure what to call these openings. Hatches maybe? I tried googling with no luck. So if you know, let me know. Thanks

Ol' Coal

I haven't posted in a while, not much new to share, except piles of boxes. I was walking the dog to the back yard and thought these old coal thingies would be neat to share. The house has two. One larger one labeled Majestic down the side ally and a smaller one at the opposite side of the house near what appears to be an old chimney for a coal burning furnice. I am not really sure what to call these openings. Hatches maybe? I tried googling with no luck. So if you know, let me know. Thanks