Our long and cold winter has finally turned to spring! Flowers are blooming and we are loving being outside enjoying the warmer weather. David has been busy planting our vegetable garden and cleaning our backyard up from the winter.
We installed two new bee hives early spring, but only a few days after they arrived, we had a visit from another local visitor: a bear! He destroyed one hive completely and damaged the second. You can see his nose impressions in the comb frames. We were able to salvage one hive which has now requeened itself and is doing well. We also have a new electric fence!
Our neighbor shared the following photo with us of our house from earlier this century. It was taken from the parking lot of the gas station next to our house. Our house had a porch on the front and no addition for the bathroom which currently exists.
We have been busy preparing for a new arrival - we are expecting our second child next week. He will be sharing our room for the first few months so we decided a minor make over was in order. If you remember from the photos of the house from when we first moved in - our room has bright teal trim and maritime murals on all the walls.
Since we are limited on time and had to live in the room - we decided on a cosmetic make over for now. My dad painted the walls a crisp, light grey and the trim a dark grey. We added bright yellow curtains, a new rug and artwork to the walls. The corner makes a welcoming home for the bassinet and baby items.
Left (view from french doors seen in before photo)
Right (Window with mirror is window you see in before photo)
We have also started a major renovation project upstairs. We are converting the second room above the kitchen into a craft studio. You can see in the before photo that the room had old wood paneling and low ceilings.
The first step is demolition. All the paneling has been removed and the ceiling. When removing the dry wall ceiling, we discovered a second ceiling several feet higher. It was interesting to see the different wall papers that were revealed underneath.
Left Photo (almost the same angle as before photo)
Right Photo (window on the right is the window seen in previous photo)
More photos has the project continues. This room will be a great test for how the work on the rest of the second floor will go in the future.
