Wouldn't this room look better if...

the panels were only the height of wainscoting? And we have our next (concurrent) house project. While Greg was away I removed the crown molding to the office and now less than a week later, we are looking at bare studs. The external stone wall has no insulation, but we were relieved to find blown-in insulation in the sided exterior wall sided. Greg is now planning to use this situtation to his advantage to rewire some of the rooms in the house. "Two weeks"....

Walk of Fame

This morning we were fortunate to take a few somewhat decent photos of this red fox. He frequently travels through our yard to get back to the den after a long night of hunting. He looks to be a full and happy predator. He's the reason the kittens are not permitted in the yard early in the morning.

Big Candy Bars!

In an effort to entice the neighborhood kiddies to walk to the end of our street, Greg constructed a large 3' by 4' lighted sign to sit on a sawhorse and direct the kids down the street. "Big candy bars" it proclaimed. The kids were convinced! One said, "We saw your billboard." This year we saw 25 kids, up from the 4 that wandered down last year. The rain really started to pour around 8 pm, so that didn't help our endeavor. Next year we're shooting for 50.