Yearning

 The light hits so nicely in the afternoon, although I'm yearning for MORE daylight hours.  I need to get the chimney flues placed, I probably shouldn't plant in them until March just to be on the safe side.  Although it's been so mild, I likely would be fine.

I feel like I've been in a frantic state of cleaning indoors and out.  The carpet measurer gentleman is here now.  It seems there is more to it than my tape measure methods, haha. Below is a 42" stock tank leftover from the duck days.  I've decided to move it, maybe use it for a cutting bed - haven't fully decided. 

I removed the Banksia from the stock tank and put it into this empty spot.  Some partial shade in the summer, in my garden the Banksia's like that. 

As I got closer to the bottom of the tank, I was reminded I had filled it with a few plastic water bottles to eat up some of the space.

All done, well not really.  Here are some longer shots, this pathway goes along the bottom of the slope.

In a protected shaded afternoon spot, I added Mahonia eurybracteata 'Cistus Silvers' 

From Cistus Nursery website photo.  

The rest is tbd.  

From the greenhouse, I noticed one of Ivan's curiosities (I don't know what it is) has a tiny yellow bloom.

As did the cute little snowball-y Mammillaria gracilis cv oruga

And onto the inside.  BEFORES

After 15 years, family of 5 - every SINGLE room has some sort of stain on the carpet from one of us.  This one is mine, bleach.

Kitchen, doesn't look so bad in the pictures.  However, some drawers don't close all the way - fronts are on the brink of falling off.  Wobbly everything.  Microwave is burning up as it's over the cooktop.  Why do they do that?  This is our 3rd microwave! Ikea table will be given away, plan is to make the island longer - bonus will add storage.  

Basically, an open galley style kitchen is the closest way I can describe it.  These photos are really disguising the wear and tear on the cabinets especially.  There is also a crack in the granite behind the sink.  Hi Vincent!

I'll repaint the walls as well.  I like the green, but am ready for a change.  A change of green, that is.

I have to include a more typical picture -wine bottle on the counter, blankets everywhere and fruit covering the table.  *The tv cabinet in the family room on the right will get the heave ho.  

And, I really need to do better in this area.  Right inside the back door is my catch all.  Pruners, scissors, garden gloves, seed packets, cat treats - blah blah blah.  I like to think I'm fairly neat, but this is the first area to get cluttered. 

On we go, I've been through bathroom remodels before and I know the timeline is rarely nailed.  Fingers crossed!