Aha!

So that's where all the birdseed is going!

Bathroom "Before & After"

When we bought our house last month, here's what the downstairs bathroom looked like:

Left side of the room...

...and right side of the room.

Lovely wallpaper, eh? We pulled all the wallpaper down one evening, only to discover that the drywall behind it had...issues.

Exhibit A: Mold along the tile at the top of the shower

Exhibit B: Weird patchy plaster and red wallpaper glue residue.
(Maybe...I'm not sure what that red stuff is.)

So we hired a painting company to come in and kill the mold, prep the drywall, texture the walls, prime, and paint.

Then we bought new accessories: curved shower curtain rod, new extra-long shower curtain, rugs, towels, etc.

Here's how it looks now!

:)

Neighbors

So, now that we've been in our house for a month, we've gotten to know a few of our neighbors a little better:

These two neighborhood cats were hanging out under one of our trees this evening. The grey one on the left is very shy and hyper-alert. When he realized he'd been spotted, he quickly made his exit. It's a shame, because he's so pretty!

The black and white one hangs around a lot. Although he won't let us get closer than 5 feet from him, he has been known to sit in our driveway and meow at us when we get home. He even helped me paint the kitchen cabinets! :)

(Poor quality photo taken with my cellphone)

He didn't mind me taking his picture through the screened-in porch screen.

And then I tried out my new camera's zoom, and even through the screen, the picture turned out pretty nice!

(Psst! Hey, cat - let me pet you!)