Our Piano

 

This piano has been in our family for 55 years. My mother bought it from our landlord when we lived in England. The lady had been a concert pianist living in India. When the British occupation suddenly ended, the only thing rescued was this piano. It ended up in our cottage on Valley Road.

It moved all over the world with us. I was lucky enough to have custody of it for 12 years. Yesterday it moved back to Mom and Dad's place. It will remain there until Kate has a permanent home.

Allan and I will now have space for a wall mounted television in our living room. We have not had a TV in this home since moving here. We plan on spending a few weeks looking at and researching all the popular sets and features. We hope to have it installed before Christmas.

This is currently were we plan on hanging the new set.

 

My Thanksgiving table display

 The sofa is now where the piano was. McGee likes lying in the sunshine.

Our new living space!

Allan's Birthday

Allan got the surprise of his life on Thursday night - his birthday. After shooting pictures all night at The Bronze Lady boutique at John's Pass, Bill called us inside and surprised Allan with a beautiful dark chocolate cake with everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to him!

Now it was his turn to be on the other side of the camera! He secretly loved it, I'm sure. Even though he seemed a little embarrassed and blushed bright red! The cake was delicious, by the way, and the left over is in the fridge!

Family Wall

Want to freshen up this small family portrait gallery with a new gallery wrap taken this summer at our family reunion. Will be replacing the large picture over the lamp with the family group photo that Caroline took on the beach. Love looking at my family while I'm sitting in my room!

Election Day 2012

Today is Election Day! Everyone needs to go out and vote! Calling all Democrats, Republicans, Independents, etc. Your vote counts! Some races are that close! Tomorrow is too late. VOTE!

New Garden

What started as an attempt to control a big mess of weeds and remove an old wood fence, has ended in the discovery of a new little garden on the side of our house. Weeds had over run the area and a desperate phone call to our yard guys resulted in them pulling up most of them. Next, a friend and I knocked down the old wooden fence and laid 12 bags of pine bark chips as ground cover. I scrubbed the old bench and placed it in the center of the garden. I also planted three free crotons.

I can't wait to see what it transitions into next. I'm happy with this new little nature space!

5000 Miles

On Saturday, right where 275 and I-4 meet, my Nissan Rouge turned 5000 miles old! We were on our way to Orlando to celebrate a birthday. We met up with Rabon and Claire (the birthday girl) at her family's lake house. We toasted Claire and feasted on barbeque with about sixty invited guests and family members. It was a beautiful clear evening!

2013 Patio Furniture Arrivals

All the staff at the Bronze Lady came together this past Monday for an early store meeting and quick photo shoot. Some new items purchased at the Chicago Patio show have started to arrive. We all love the size of this new breakaway daybed and can't wait for all the new items to arrive! The 2013 patio season has begun!