Gutters

On the weekend Craig cleaned out our gutters and adjusted the eaves so that they will flow properly.  Previously they were angled away from the drain spout!  So we now have nice clean non-level gutters.  

Large clump of grass that was growing up there.

Craig carefully minding the sunflowers while adjusting the eaves.

Wall tiles

We have finally gotten around to fixing the bathroom wall.  Many months ago when we had to remove the sink to replace the faucet we accidentally tore some paint off the wall.  After long deliberations we finally decided that wall tiles are the best solution to this problem.

Before:

After:

 

And just for fun here is the step by step!

Mixing up the mortar... wish they would have had the pre-mixed in stock.  

This was definitely the hardest part.

Getting ready to put the adhesive on the wall.

I only made a little bit of a mess during this stage.

It is actually only two "tiles" but each is made of of the smaller ones.  

Made this project super easy.

Applying the grout.  I definitely made a mess during this step!  

Sealing the grout.  You have to paint it on and not let it dry on the tiles.

At this stage I was still being super careful and patient... 

eventually I just started slopping it on and wiping off the tiles.

It may not be perfect, but I am quite proud of myself. 

Garden Update

We are going to have so many squash!

The sunflowers are now taller than the window!

Some sweet peas that I planted in May have magically appeared out of the weeds in the front flower beds!  

We need a fence

When looking down our back alley we are the only house on the block that doesn't have a fence around our yard.  This didn't really bother me before.  However, it has become apparent that random/shady people are walking through our yard on a regular basis.  Unfortunately some one stole our time lapse camera from the back yard last week!  I am very disappointed because it has been capturing the garden growing for months now and I was looking forward to making the video for the blog.  Just a few days later a particularly shady fellow happened to be walking by right when I was opening the office window.  We had a very awkward chat and then he ran away!

We were planning on getting a fence in the future, but these recent events have made it our next priority with the house.

On a related note I have been quite jumpy recently about activity in the backyard.  This morning I was quite startled when I saw some movement from the kitchen out of the corner of my eye...

... but it was just a sneaky bunny.

Lol!

I think it might be time to clean the eaves on the garage... several things growing up there!

Holy Sunflowers!!!

The sunflowers are getting very big.  

They now block half of the guest room window.

Here is a Karen for scale.