Day 135 - Another old house

Another "old" house in my 'neighborhood' (which is definitely in the country).

This is back off the road quite a ways and still lived in - by someone even older than me.

Day 128 - Wedding House

I took this photo before the leaves started turning and just found it (didn't go out today, so had to revert to something saved). This house sits on a corner in Guntersville and is the house my parents got married in on November 27, 1937. They didn't make 50 years either, my Dad died in 1983.

They had friends who lived there and it was just them, my parents and the minister. It was during the depression and both families lived way out in the country and no one had any money, so they kept it a secret from their families for a several weeks.

Day 120 - Spanish House

At least that's what we always called it. This house is older than I am (and that's pretty old). It's an Antique Shop now instead of a house - but open by appointment so I've never been inside. It always fascinated me though.

Day 115 - Blue house

I didn't realize we had so many different 'colored' houses in town until I started this project. This was a photo a made before the leaves started turning.

Day 58 - Yellow house

I love yellow - but this is a "jump out and grab you" yellow - AND, the house is for rent :)

Day 56 - Not quite as pink

Well, I guess I'm on a pink kick - but actually, this house was right next door to the one I posted yesterday. What initially caught my eye as I came down the hill was the mailbox with the lovely pink flowers. Stopped to take a picture of this one and was kinda startled to see the other one.

Day 51 - My Kitchen

Well, I'm not planning to go out anywhere today - way too much I need to do inside. So, thought I'd post my fairly recently, sort of, redone kitchen. Not that I actually cook enough to make a difference, but I am in and out of it all day, so visually I think I needed a "pick-me-up".

My trash can of 20+ years finally died and I went to buy a new one (this was in early February). I've never particularly been a "red" person, but I was just drawn to this shiny red trash can - bought it! Then, it matched nothing in my kitchen, so I bought a new red drain rack (to replace my 30+ year old one). THEN, I decided I need a different color kitchen (had off white wallpaper with pale blue & mauve flowers that I'd ceased to like right after we got the house). I decided on a fairly bright green.

Lots of offers to help and I was still undergoing my breast cancer treatments, but wanted to do it by myself. I guess it was something I needed to prove to myself that I could do. Can't say it was necessarily fun - but "I" did it!!! I'd forgotten that the prep work is really much more intense than the actual painting, and it drove me nuts to have my kitchen torn up for about 2 weeks. I had to wash (scrub) the walls, two coats of primer and two coats of paint. :(

Have added a few more red accessories - friends suddenly decided I needed something else red, etc. Anyway, it's brightened up considerably and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I still plan to redo the laundry room (which adjoins the kitchen), but just haven't gotten around to it.

AND, the infamous trash can!