a new hue

Don't you love when you pick a colour for your porch that matches your window frames but just doesn't work for the house and you leave it for three years until it bothers you enough that you break down and buy another can of stain? Yeah, that's the story here.

Would you believe that the aggressive trumpeter vine we wrestled to the ground five summers ago is still turning up around the porch this year? I thought for sure I had won that battle last year! Hardy thing. Now if we could just get that ivy growing on the right side of the house like that. That's three years of growth, my friend... three years!

In spite of how it might sound, I'm extremely thankful for this house. I feel blessed to live in it.