Garden and Gun

A fun new Southern magazine keeps arriving at our doorstep every time Wife's parents arrive for a visit. It's called Garden and Gun. Check out their website. While you're there, take a look at the article about great Southern towns. Be sure to check out the runner-up for the Best Equestrian Town.

Jeeps

About a week and a half ago, we arrived home to find a couple of college-age fellows working on a couple of forties era jeeps in the parking area across from the B & B. It turns out they restored these jeeps that were in very poor condition and they are now on a trip driving cross-country to California. One of the jeeps happened to break down here and they stayed overnight to repair it. Check out their blog, Dueling Flatfenders, at http://willystrip.wordpress.com/

Peppers and Estate Sales

We have five different types of pepper plants in our garden. Since many of the peppers are ripe, there is some homemade salsa in our future.


We stumbled upon an estate sale in another old Victorian house today as we were walking the pups. We found this rocker for $45. It is similar in style to our dining room chairs. A lucky find.

The Serpent

Look closely at the edge of the stone foundation. Yes, that is a snake. We think is it a rat snake, but we're not sure. It seems that the snake made its home under the front porch and decided to slither out and view the world after Wife did a little gardening next to the porch. Ick.

Yard cats

These are a couple of the cats that hang around in our yard and the adjoining yards. They were lounging together in our backyard this morning.

Painting Prep Work

It's been a while since we've had any renovation pictures to post on the blog. We've finally gotten around to finishing the painting in the living room. All of the trim has been scraped, sanded, caulked, and primed. Several coats of finish paint is all that's left to do. The front door trim and small stained glass window trim have also been prepped for painting.

Here are some pictures of the living room and some from the front porch.