Hope it’s a sweet one!
Goodbye Summer, I will miss you.
I have been busy playing tour guide to the many house guests we’ve had over the past few weeks. Showing them around where I live, and all of the surrounding towns.
It has been fun rediscovering some of the things I love about where I live. As well as going to places I had never been to before.
The Hudson River Valley is truly beautiful.
It has been a crazy week of baking! Lots of wedding cupcakes. I made 16 dozen in one day. Now I must sleep.
It’s so sad that it takes house guests to get me motivated to do the little jobs around the house — the ones I can put off for years — the ones I can look at every single day and think, “I really need to fix that, maybe next year I’ll get to it.” For example, I have been staring at a peeling radiator for years. It’s on my side of the bed, and is the first thing that I see every morning. I always say that I will paint it once summer comes. Well you know the rest of the story…
I also painted the peeling bed while I was at it. It may not look like much, but trust me it’s so much better!
Uptown Kingston New York, also known as the Stockade Historic District, is about one and a half hours north of NYC. It is nestled in the lovely Hudson river valley.
It’s home to the Kingston NY farmers market, every Saturday, May through November from 9am to 2pm.
Kingston was settled in the 17th century by the Dutch. Even though Kingston was burned by the British in 1777, plenty of examples of 18th Century Dutch architecture remain today.
It’s a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon exploring.
I’ve been enjoying a nice hot summer!
Just picked cucumbers. I will be making a hummus, cucumber, and cheddar sandwich for lunch. Yum!
Lilies in the front yard.
After removing many layers of rotten flooring.
Layers of wallpaper.
Repairing and leveling.
Repairing the plaster.
Putting in a new floor.
Although it is not my “dream kitchen” it is definitely better than before! The sink is the only thing we kept. The stove we bought will be replaced someday for the one we really want. A 30 inch white and stainless Viking. Sigh.
As far as cabinets go, I’m am still undecided about what I want. So in the mean time everything is free standing, and can be easily moved. We built shelves in the armoire which holds a lot.
At least there no longer is a tree root growing up through the floor!
