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The Emergence of STUCCOMAN!
Other priorities caused a short hiatus in our garden garage fix but with the insulating complete, we are ready to move on to stuccoing.
Back by Popular Demand – the Benedicts!
I honestly canNOT describe my utter and thrilling delight when I realized the “Benedict reservation” was none other than OUR Benedict family . . .
And the beat goes on . . .
Our next step in repairing the garden garage was to replace the front above the doors as well as fabricate new cornices – we call them ‘curlieques’ - as all but one of the originals was demolished by the carpenter bees.
We’re Perfect in our IMperfection!
As we trudge smartly on our way through the little garden garage repair, housekeeping is of the utmost so we enlisted Brian and his son to get rid of our debris so we can continue.
Moving Right Along
Continuing to work on our garden garage and its 104-year-old doors.
Two Doors Down – One Door Done
Our garden garage repair project continued this week with the reconstruction of one of the doors.
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
This grand old 104-year-old seems always to have something up her sleeve and imagine our surprise to discover [...]
Born again garage and its about time!
That devious cadre of elves that leave your garage in a god-awful mess about every 6-9 months outdid [...]
Bring on the generosity!
Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, our food bank frig/freeze had begun to sing, shout and finally scream at us, clearly indicating [...]
Mother Nature does NOT waste time, right?
I am over-the-moon excited at how the Earth Mother is validating our raised veggie beds by showing us [...]
Resurrection Complete!
Blessed are we with the infusion of fresh new energy from Master Gardener Tomas in tackling the [...]
We’re fixin’ to Fill the Beds
Labor Day and September find us moving forward smartly with our roof-top raised bed veggie garden, and now [...]
Veggie garden progress report
Once we got our construction groove for our raised beds, Joshua shot through them like greased lightening! He [...]
Projects Galore
We must be feeling super ambitious as right now we are double dipping in the projects department of [...]
Born-Again Porcelain
Here in late July 2021, we find ourselves having embarked on another ‘I’ll only do this once’ project [...]
Busy hands are happy hands!
I’m not certain what lit a fire under TSH crew today but we are just AWASH in a [...]
Revisiting Miss Reba
Miss Reba Reece and her late husband Al have been a part of our home and heart for [...]
Neither RAIN, nor HAIL, nor SLEET keeps us from our appointed rounds!
Jerome has the privilege of being the smallest Humane Society ever to receive a grant from the Bob [...]
Still slinging some hash!
Just so you know we continue to scramble with and for the Food Bank, last week we tackled [...]
One for me and One for Posterity
Most of you know that we made a commitment on my home’s 100th birthday to the next yet-to-be-determined steward [...]
A ROYAL Birthday Proclamation!
Recent long-term guests, Roabie and Jerry Johnson, were visiting the Verde Valley to honor Jerry’s mother, Anna Johnson’s [...]
This Little Piggie NO MORE
The end of March saw us enduring yet another assault by the javelina resulting in the devastation of [...]
Pencilmania Honored
Nearly anyone who has visited The Surgeon’s House knows that the current owner is absolutely over-the-moon gaga for all things [...]
What the Hector Happened Here?????
You know we make diligent attempts to live in harmony with our wild furry critters but they recently [...]
Food Bank Bonanza!
Every week our arrival at the food bank is filled with anticipation and surprise as we never know [...]