Winter Dreams of a Summer Garden

In winter, I dream about the garden.  Don't you?  

On Mother's Day Weekend, the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners, a group of wise and experienced local gardeners pull perennial plants from their own gardens to sell as part of their Annual Perennial Plant Sale.  The event is always advertised as occurring from 9am - 12pm but the honest truth is that whole thing happens in twenty feverish minutes between 9am and 9:20am when you had better have your game on and know what you're looking for....the Plain Dirt Gardener Sale has provided this garden with phlox, Karl Forester grasses, Russian Sage, purple catmint, chocolate Joe Pye Weed, vinca minor, lamb's ear, and a lot of sage advice from the ladies in straw garden hats who run the event. 

To see more of the garden at 519 First Street, click here.  

...and to All a Goodnight!

Great Neighbors

Our neighbors made us this fabulous book. Its a compilation of photos of Christmas parties, birthday parties and around the neighborhood shots all in a hardcover book.

More interior photos....this is the front hall where we have old horse tackle hooks to hang our coats and bags and baskets for keys. This little room works well in the winter --- you can hang a lot of coats and snowpants on these hooks.

The photo of the leather chair in the far living room gives you a good picture of the robin's egg blue on the walls in there.

Once Upon a Time....

....519 First Street looked just like it does today....

Isn't this awesome? It's a photo of the house from...well, a long, long time ago....

See the two trees out front? They are the two enormous trees that keep the house so cool in the summer. Talk about thinking green.

The picture of the baby in the pram was taken just after we moved in.

Of course, now the baby is almost seven years old and the inset of the house windows are now red instead of cream.

The 24-pane window is also now trimmed in red paint (it's the window just to the left of the front door). Since we had the house repainted last fall, we also repainted all the window screens to match the new red window trim color. It was a labor of love...but they look really good, if I say so myself.

Open House

Come for a glass of lemonade and see the

House and Gardens for yourself....

next Sunday, August 15th

12pm-2pm