Happy Halloween!

Steve has named our new friend "Wilson" in honor the volleyball Tom Hanks played with in Cast Away. (We can't take credit if for its cuteness, Linda and Rick brought it up from CT during their stay this weekend.) The reverse side of the pumpkin says "Happy Thanksgiving" too!

Finally -

We have hung a few pictures up. This one is the first in a long line (literally, they are lined up in the attic!).

Even more impressive plants!

Not sure why, but the photos are overexposed or something, the color was more brilliant than it appears....

Walden Pond

The bushes finally escaped from their pots...

First attempts!

We planted our bulbs and also the (tiny) hydrangea. We'll find out next summer how acidic/alkaline our soil is. (The flowers will either be pink or blue).

We also bought some shrubs for the front yard. The are really tiny now but hopefuly in a few years (or 10) they will look to scale. There are 2 dwarf blue spruces and a rhododendron. Both types are found in abundance in our neighborhood, so they musn't be too hard to keep alive!

coming together...

Our new coffee and end table were picked up yesterday....They came from a furniture store/theme park we have here called Jordan's. The store where we bought these had a trapeze where you could practice/take lessons (yes, really a trapeze). It also had "liquid fireworks" which was a cross between a lite brite and the Bellagio fountains, an ice cream stand and an IMAX theater (yes, that plays real movies).

Despite the silly antics, we can't compalin as the people from jordan's were nice enough to send us a $100 gift certificate as new home owners. Obviously, this did incite us to spend some (though not much) money there!

2 new things

New rug for our front hall...



















New Lamp for our living room - a lovely anniversary gift (in advance) from Linda and Rick - will get a real picture eventually.. The pic doesn't do it justice.