My Room!!

Happy me, home from work getting my room set up.
It was 12am!

Window & Door Casing plus Baseboard
will be coming soon.

This ladder has been so useful!

Isn't that bench beautiful?! My sister a friend made it for me.
I love it. Redwood chainsaw cut from a friends own tree.

My little dresser. (Gift from Mom.)

Bookshelves need some order -
and they'll get it.

An enormous thanks for Sandi Stovall who helped me with the final mile of 

getting the floor in and walls textured/painted. 

It looks so nice now. 

I can't wait to finish a few details - 

but it seriously feels like it's "mine" now. 

It's cozy and warm and happy too. 

The Children of Men

***From the Past***

I just finished reading it. And my mind is still swirling around - slowly settling.

 I loved the book. 

The words, the images used - beautiful. 

I remember thinking that the book was a little overly 

emotional and introspective in the first chapters.

Wikipedia has more to say about it than I...

Bees Part 3

Well, the bees ended up leaving during the winter. They probably died or something like that. I thought about bees still - but my deep desire to have them wasn't as strong as it had been.
Until... one day I was talking to my friend. Her son had just started catching bee swarms and was really getting into the whole beekeeping thing. My heart leaped! How amazingly fantastic. I was just a little bit jealous.
A few weeks later I saw the same son at a concert. Fernando Ortega. The concert was really good too. During the conversation I had with the son (who is a friend) my passion for bees returned. I knew - knew - knew I wanted to have some at my home.
And so he brought over a swarm and I fed them. And loved them. And then it was over. We found out later that we had over-fed those stinkers. Lesson learned.
Next time I get a swarm. I'll be ready.

Gypsy Child

It has been so cold lately that I've started 
wrapping a scarf around my head. You would not believe how warm it keeps me... 
and it also prevents frizz in the morning! In addition to the practical goodness of scarf wrapping, 
it also makes me feel majorly connected to my gypsy roots. Do I hear someone saying I don't have any? 
Please - just look at that scarf!

Adorable Keziah
sitting on my couch!!

Jumbly Thoughts

My thoughts have all been in a jumble.

It's difficult to pin-point the reasons why...

 But I think my space being in a jumble just might be the reason.

I'm getting a lot of work done on my room. 

Here are a few pictures.

My messy bedroom with everything out of order! 

One wall taped! Texture to come soon.

Christmas gift... and more taping!

My closet and desk and bookshelf...