On Saturday night, there was heavy rain. I heard a crack and then a boom and thought this cannot be good. Jeff went out to investigate and t...

After 3 years of looking at the bright gold knobs in our black and silver kitchen, we had enough. Thank goodness for Home Depot contractor p...

My Mother has a portrait of our family that was taken somewhere in 1970's. My Brother, Father and myself are proudly wearing our leisur...

I think that we may have one of the tallest butterfly bushes in Wilton! Jeff trimmed the bush to about 2 ft in the spring. Since then, it ha...

Every now and then, you find a deal so good that you just can't pass it up. The Great Sears Heist of 2007 was one of those great deal...

Scenes from our yard

The rhododendrons are back in bloom. I think the long snowy winter reduced the number of flowers. Also, this was the first year that the dee...

Last Christmas we received a Purple Martin House as a gift. Last weekend I finally got caught up with all the other projects on my list and...

When we were at Lowes, I spotted pots full of extremely tall (3-4 ft) iris. These were not the typical bearded iris that are often grown in ...

I planted all of the bulbs at the same time, but the yellow lilies flowered much earlier than the pink ones.

About this many plus a vice.

When I got home from work, I noticed that there was a tree down in the back yard. Looking at the stump, I can see that the tree had rotted....

The blind and valance have been installed in the upstairs bathroom. The granite installer came to the house and created a template for the v...

I spotted the first hummingbird at our feeder. Another unofficial sign that summer is here. Photo from Birds & Blooms Magazine

When the Country Curtains catalog arrived in the mail, I knew it was the perfect time to pick the bathroom blind and valance. We packed up t...

The molding around the window has been installed. We are hoping that the sheetrock will be completed this week, so we can paint.

As a Project Manager, one of the most important things to avoid is scope creep. This is when you state that a project will contain item A an...

The tile in the shower and on the floor has been completed. The grout can be installed on both of these tomorrow. It has taken a long time f...

These are the Bertch Hudson cabinets which we ordered for the bathroom. Our cabinet is in a different wood and color. We chose cherry wood ...

These are the Jado Illume faucets and shower fixtures for the bathroom. They are in polished nickel.