Azalea

Since moving into the new abode we've had two parties, home grown apple juice, plenty of wine (woohoo),  4 boquets (2 delivered!) and a pair of potted Azalea plants.

I hadn't done much but water them and let them wilt until today (the first day of snow in our yard!).
I repotted them in one big pot together, the bottom filled with squished plastic water bottles. We'll see how it goes.

After a bit of internet research I'm kind of in love with Azaleas! Check it out...

 

 

 

 

 

 I like them because you can prune them into a tree, and they have some major flower impact!

 

 

 

 These are mine where they sit in the kitchen. Far from pretty at the moment, first priority is just to get them through the winter.

 

 

Allegedly, there are over 10,000 species or hybrids of this plant. They are considered a high maintenance indoor plant (oh great) and are supposed to be a spring bloomer. They can be planted in early spring or late fall and pine needles are their preferred fertilizer (Got lots of those!). They don't like their roots too wet (oops) and are partial to partial shade. 

You can find a cool Azalea for dummies here, which is where all of the trivia above came from.

 

 I am tempted to plant mine outside, as it is currently late fall but because they are flowering-ish they think it's spring. I'm thinking it would mean certain death if I kicked them outside in this condition. I'll have to figure out how to hurry this process along and get them through summer fall and winter so they are ready for spring in T - 4 or 5 months! The garage is my new best friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short lived shower

So I was trying to enjoy a longer than 5 minute shower (we haven't had the luxury of that much hot water in 2 years!) and was rudely interrupted by a husband yelling "whatever you're doing stop doing it right now". Allegedly water was pouring into the basement bathtub, I've included photographic evidence for you below. 

There is a hole under that peeled up linoleum

And this is where Quincy ripped the flooring out to make the hole larger and more obvious.

And this is the hole. Little more caulking on that corner of the shower maybe?

My thoughts on the matter were "What's a first home in our marriage without a hole in the floor?" Q smiled but I'm not sure if it was real or he was just showing me his teeth. 

Brilliant. I need one.

http://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/10/paper-app-moleskine.html

We bought a house!!

And we have (mostly) moved in!!!

Stephen Hawking's big ideas... made simple - animation

This is awesome

Meet my newest find. He came into my life in the stunning little town of Okanagan falls at a flea market for $25.00. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me!

I went to Home Depot the other day and bought him some high gloss white paint. I considered navy blue (which I still think would be stunning) but in the end the white will be a bit more friendly to a variety of spaces. When I saw this photo I was sold! 

http://pinterest.com/pin/129337820521775496/

The hardware on my baby is brass, and with a bit of polishing should be looking pretty good! 

Monty memoir

I had the day off yesterday and had big plans to ride Mr. Monty for a good long time. I woke up to a torrential downpour. It rained pretty hard early on, and a bit more before lunch. I didn't get to the barn until almost 6! Bit when I did it was beautiful. Monty was clean and his fur was so soft. I tired him out within about a half an hour, we've been doing more trail riding than arena training this summer. He has also been enjoying a lot of free time this summer and has a round belly to prove it. 

I want to take some lessons with him this fall just to push myself to focus, and develop more skills. This will come in handy if Quincy and I return to Honduras this winter and I do some riding there!