Fall! The scenery is gorgeous right now, and we enjoyed it on a leisurely drive through Cornwall-on-Hudson/Storm King/West Point following Route 218. It was so hard to motivate ourselves to work on the house, but we finally did.
First, we scraped a paint sample from the side of the house, and matched it at Home Depot. Then we set to work covering the graffiti on the three sides of the house.
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After:
The last square:
Then we decided to plant some shrubs in the front yard. We planted two limelight hydrangeas, two asters, and two...shrubs.
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Mid-way:
After:
Admittedly, I didn't do much since gardening is backbreaking work! ...and the whole congenital toxoplasmosis thing. Sometime soon, we'll get a grinder and remove the iron fence. We'd love to save it, but it's too far gone.
And finally, Halloween! We didn't get ANY trick-or-treaters, so the only person Eddie could scare was me.
I love the iron fence, but I understand! You guys must have done this work Sat or Sun. I passed by on Friday and I didn't see any of this. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteWhat a difference, you guys!! Were your neighbors asking what you were doing the whole time? I bet you had some little visitors who were interested...
ReplyDeleteSorry we kind of flaked this weekend. We wound up not even being up for more than a couple of hours (on Sunday...we were unexpectedly city-bound on Saturday), and the neighborhood walk didn't turn out to be what I thought it was. Oh well.
"South Side Goonies and the Skull Gang" would be a great band name!!