We drove up the Poudre River looking for the changing aspens. We were a little late but there were still pockets of color that looked like fire glowing against the dark green pines.
Leaf Peeping
•October 15, 2015 • Leave a CommentSuddenly it’s Fall
•October 5, 2015 • 2 Comments…from the sunshine and humidity to the misty grey skies of fall, cool and quiet. I have been walking taking in the fall colors and enjoying wonderful coffee. Harbingers coffee – harbinger is something that announces the approach of something… so I like to think this delicious coffee is announcing the beginning of my new journey….
Finally
•September 27, 2015 • 1 CommentSo I have finally finished and I am moving on. This has been an introspective experience and not at all what I expected. I have made some wonderful friends and in many ways it will be sad to leave, at the same time it is time for me to get some new momentum going. I know that in the end I created what has sometimes felt like my sanctuary and I am entrusting it to a new owner who I am confident will find it to be a new beginning.
I am back
•February 24, 2015 • Leave a CommentNot that I have really been anywhere, I am back in Seattle for a visit. The weather is wonderful as only a crisp Seattle spring can be, amazing light, frost, blossom and daffodils everywhere. It’s time to get the camera out again. I know it’s been a while, camera broke and through the wonderful generosity of my adopted Fort Collins family I have it back all shiny and ready to be inspired again. The last six months have been contemplative and lonely in Florida and although I will go back I am not sure if I will stay, only the photos will tell. I am on a new journey now, a spiritual journey and I am allowing it to just unfold and be what it is, I know there are some adventures to come and I am ready for change. So with trepidation and excitement I await what’s next.
Seattle summer
•August 9, 2014 • Leave a CommentBack for a quick visit, too quick too see everyone and too quick really enjoy the fabulous summer. Seattle summer showcases the true beauty of the north west and just keeps reminding me why I love it,
Crazy colors
•July 22, 2014 • Leave a CommentWell….I know it’s been a while and you are expecting progress. All I can say is that the Rubix cube is throwing off some pretty weird color combinations. The water was turned off but somehow the hose bib still managed to leak – apparently I could only turn the water off at the mobile not from the street and the hose bib was plumbed after the shutoff – have you ever tried to replace a fitting with the water shooting out full stream? So lucky it was a 90F day and the neighbor whose home was being soaked was away. Then with the new toilets in I made an executive decision to turn the water back on. Fortunately all was well. Now I have to track down the kitchen cabinets that I thought I had found but seemed to have slipped away on me.
And yes I have been distracted, very distracted .. I have discovered some new healing techniques that I am working on and it is so engrossing I can hardly think of anything else. I have had the chance to test some of them on my clients and the results are incredible, I am so so excited. I feel like I have tapped into a source of incredible knowledge and I am compelled to capture it all as fast as I can. My project is slowed down for now while I take this detour, this amazing incredible life detour -wish me luck, I am changing my world.
Rubix cube
•July 10, 2014 • Leave a CommentHave you ever thought that a renovation project is like a rubix cube – you know how it’s supposed to look when it’s done and you kinda know what you are supposed to do to get there, but as soon as you make the first move, in what is obviously the correct way, suddenly all the other sides go to hell and everything is all over the place – and – gasp – for a moment you think you have totally screwed up and you should never have even started in the first place – well I am sure no one else has ever had this feeling – but I confess I have….several times lately, when the whole wall came off in the bathroom, when they told me the laminate for the kitchen was discontinued and the new stuff not only doesn’t match, it doesn’t even fit with the old laminate. When the new lock on the door won’t work and I had to slide thru a 5inch space to get back in, when I bought a new vanity online and it has two sinks that won’t fit the plumbing – I won’t go on- but you get the feeling. Where is that supportive shoulder when you really need it? My Rubix cube has mixed up colours – yes colours has a u for you Americans 🙂
I am consoling myself with my score on tile – 26cents and 35cents a sq ft – my bathrooms will be tiled and my problem with the laminate solved – I hope. Pictures to come when it is all laid – feeling pretty pleased with myself – I still can’t believer luck finding these close out lots on a July 4th special 75% off wow – it’s nice tile- feeling pretty happy with my scavenging skills.
It has been suggested I need a few more photos of me – I hope you notice a few more means one – I am not good at selfies and I never allow anyone to take my photo so…. Well maybe I might find one when I am not melting in 90+F heat …. Watch this space
Kitchen First
•July 3, 2014 • 1 CommentNot yet before and after – more like before and step one. The kitchen has been cleared, cleaned and demolished. The girls helped me remove the sink and blast through the walls, but I was proud of how far I got by myself. you will note form the before photos there was some creative use of garage hangers and shelves.
I am waiting to hear if the cupboards I want will be available next week, I have the countertop laying against the wall and the flooring is ready to go down. My wonderful kitchen design involves finding out what the job lot of cabinets look like and installing them to fit the countertop – it will be an interesting puzzle but my budget doesn’t allow for actually buying what I want, more of a scavenger hunt.
I thought while I am waiting I would replace the vanity in one of the bathrooms and happily removed the old one this morning, unfortunately half of the rotted wall came with it and what I had thought would be a quick job has turned into a major undertaking. I will replace the thin plywood wall with drywall/gib board and find a nice cool morning to recaulk all the windows on that side of the mobile. I found a well priced small vanity but realized when I took out the old one that how the the pipes come out of the wall means it will be 6inches short of the side wall, not a problem except the wall behind is 1980s wallpaper and not in great condition. I don’t want to replace that whole wall as well and it is the same thin plywood, so I am going to build little box shelves down the side – a design feature 🙂 Some how I  am getting the impression there may be a few design features before we are done.
Union Station
•June 21, 2014 • Leave a CommentThis is an old photo from April when I came through Union Station in LA – I thought I would play with it.
