I've Got to Button Up My Lip!

Do any of you have my bad habit...blathering without looking around to see who might hear? At 4:00 AM the other morning, I was standing on my front porch in my nightgown, waiting for my puppy Scooter to take care of business. "Don't you want to pee-pee for Mommy?" I pleaded. There was a sudden scurry on the public sidewalk next to my picket fence. I realized Scooter was not my only listener. A young man had thought I had a proposition for him, so he quickened his step to make his escape.

Madeleines

Madeleines made with fresh lemons and white Mexican vanilla are Tall Husband's favorite sweet. What's yours?

A Stolen Magnolia

An early morning walk with Tall Husband and our puppy always begins my day. This morning, we encountered this softly fragrant magnolia, hanging low over a path. As such a beautiful flower was too tempting to leave and no one was looking, it now sweetens the rest of our day!

Puppy and Pine

A seven-month-old maltipoo and ninety-one-year-old pine floors at The Bunny Bungalow. Don't you just love the contrast?

Posies in Her Purse

Orange Cosmos Cosmic, stuffed into a tiny moss purse.

Chair in the Back Garden.

Front Porch

Back Porch

This tiny purse covered in moss, lined in metal and plastic,was a weekend find at a nursery in our Houston Heights neighborhood. Now if I could just decide where she should perch!

A Wolf in the Kitchen!

Alright, I'm bragging, gloating, name dropping: in my remodeled kitchen is the object of years of longing...a dual fuel Wolf range. What was the first thing I cooked? I boiled water for tea! A Wolf range is an extravagance but I rationalize by pointing out that I drive an old car. This kitchen is my new sports car and I cannot wait to drive her around the block, blow out her pipes, toot her horn...after we get through with the unpacking (are the boxes out in the garage multiplying?) So, for tonight I shame the Wolf with Kraft Macaroni and Cheese again.

The Bungalow Dining Room During Home Tour

View of the bungalow dining room from the living room, just before the doors opened for the home tour. Note the new jute rug which replaced a patterned rug.

In the afterglow of the Houston Heights Association Spring Home and Garden Tour, we are now unpacking boxes for the move back into the bungalow. The new garage/studio has been completed for sometime...that's where Tall Husband and I have been living since last year. The Bunny Bungalow renovation is complete (almost) and we are loving it!

More photos later but it is back to putting in shelf liner and unpacking kitchen items now.