I've spent the last 3 days hand-weeding my vege and seed starting garden and covering deeply with straw/hay (has food and perennial flower seeds right now) - so that was a lot of work. The pictures of my garden showed the property quite well so I thought I'd share with ya all. Then some other shots on the way back into the house, "as-always!" Dax Abies veitchii 'Glauca' Azalea 'Mandarin Lights' Pinus strobus 'Keokuk Koner' Picea abies 'Hildburghausen' Picea abies 'Pusch' Picea abies 'Pusch' If anyone is interested to know the benefits of gardening with hay, I'll pass along this video passed along to me. Besides, you'd just enjoy the video for the narrative of the 'in her ways' elderly lady from the Rocky Mountains. Ruth Stout is her name. Some of you may already know her, she's that baddddddd! Here is a link that might be useful: Ruth Stout's Garden 1 of 2

On the left end - the last two flying geese on the top and bottom rows are a little bit smaller. I thought about appliquing another flying geese over the mistakes, but I was too lazy. Git 'r done. Carolyn

I know you guys have tried to help me before, & hopefully this will be the last time for awhile. It's just that when it comes to this stuff, I am still learning, & I know you guys are the pros!!! We've done a little clean-up w/ the landscaping around the house (we will have to save up to buy the plants, though), & now we are ready to paint. A few months ago, several of you suggested nice ideas for changing the approach to my house, but for right now, none of the options are feasible for us (although I thought they were great ideas!). I *think* the colors I have chosen are Behr: Lost Summit for the body, Light Sandstone for the trim, & Cherry Bark for the accent (shutters). Our shingles are a medium gray color. I know it's hard to tell that from my pic, but do you think these colors will work ok w/ the roof? The other choice for the body is Rocky Ridge which is a little lighter. Also, being the amatuers that we are, we don't know if we are supposed to paint the underside of the eaves w/ the accent color or the body color. Also, wondering what it would look like to do the trim around the windows w/ the Sandstone, but the trim along the eaves of the house w/ the Cherry Bark (would that be weird?). Oh, & what about the garage doors - do we paint them the same color as the body or leave them alone??? Like I say, I really don't know what I'm doing here! Please help! If anyone would be willing to do me a mock up, I'd be FOREVER grateful!!!! I bought the Behr paint program that you can download onto your computer, but the colors are funky on it, & it doesn't seem to work right. Here's my home sweet home:

I have visited the resort of my friend and I was amazed how cute the small nipa hut built inside their resort. If you will look at a glance you would not notice that it is a small house. because the style is so modern but when you see it inside it was an old fashioned house like what I have seen photos. It is mainly one of the cutest attraction in that place. Its so small and yet very comfortable place to stay.