Rose Bush, an Added Plus

With a little fertilizer, trimming and water I have returned the three rose bushes in front of the house to their glory.  Hope I can keep it up, they were all yellow and yucky when I arrived.

 

Tanner and Marissa

Taking time off from work and schooling in Iowa!

 

Rancho Bernardo House

The living room couch table became a lovely place for me to keep my cds and portable cd player.  If I played it enough, I would get daily danciing done.  It also turned out to be a great place to display Brian's picture  of Salt Lake Temple and wedding pix of grandparents Larson and Mom and Dad!

The third piece of the three piece shelving has become the China Cabinet and that works fine!

With the doll gifts from Meagan and Quinnie dancing whenever the cooling or heat fan is on, it is in a perfect place.  When we had these top two reversed it just did not look right and Linda said quickly, trade places, and that worked so great!

The furniture couldn't fit better in here if we had planned.  I had to leave one of the rockers behind but there is no room for it anyway.  We went with the yellow because of all the sunflowers I have, and it is perfect for spring and summer.  

They even sell fresh sunflowers at the grocery store and they are usually in Vida's pot on the coffee table.  That is another picture of Brian's which I asked him to paint my Dad in the stream fishing and he did.  I like the Family Sign that Camber gave us on the fireplace, too.

I did bring my bird bath with me and all the rocks I had gathered when living at the beach two summers ago.  The Massey children wondered where I had gotten all the clear rocks, at the beach, of course.

Since I did not bring the dining table with me, I bought a new one from Amazon.  Meagan came over and helped put it together.  I extends to seating for six..  Paid to much for it but it will be perfect if I need to move to a smaller place.

I also did not bring Richard's big desk with me.  So I bought this one from Ikea and Meagan helped put it together.  The nice thing is that it comes apart and if I am living in a smaller place the drawers can go in a closet and readapt.  I use it every day, love it.

Another plus to this house is the lovely covered patio I have.  It is so large and just perfect if anyone drops by.  There is nothing growing on the hill and since I have been paying for the water I am very glad about that.  

I did bring my alligator and Linda had stuck her cement blocks in just before they closed the truck and then could not find a place for them at her house so they are in the raised garden which will probably not have anything in it growing.  I left the little corn stock to grow, the birds love it, so that is fun to watch.

I also watched a hawk kill and eat a little grey bird.  He peeled all the feathers off all the way holding it down on that wood wall.  So gross to watch.