I guess we’ve been pretty busy, so here’s a catch-up post.

E has been hard at work reconstructing and reinforcing the former deck.  In between heavy rains, I planted the rest of the pines and plants from my son’s out in the “grassland prairie”.  Yesterday we explored new (to us) antique/vintage stores in search of home items, and E created a new wood curtain rod and hung new drapes for our laundry room sliding door.

Slowly but surely our little oasis is coming together.  Having very limited funds causes us to be more creative, thrifty, and resourceful, using found/repurposed materials.  “Not-our-kitty” has pretty much made herself at home here.