sheppard girls

Magnets

Earlier this week this big one asked "did you know that the new frig is NOT magnetic?!"  I did.  This was not a very popular discovery.  I had some plans in mind anyway, so got to work.  I moved the magnet board from the playroom and replaced it with this.

 

I wasn't super happy with the stark wooden side of the new island, so I put the magnet board at the end.

And used the adhesive chalkboard stuff I bought a while ago at Dick Blick on the frig.  (Thanks for the idea Ashley Ann.)

Birdbaths

We were on a garden tour Sunday.  The hawks prohibited us from accomplishing nearly as much as we had hoped.  In early May before they arrived, I was spending 2-3 hours each morning in the yard and remember thinking, 'no problem, if I can keep this up, our yard will be amazing'.  Ah, sweet innocent me.  Now I can't get the paper without being clawed.

About couple of weeks ago the girls and I went looking for a birdbath.  They kept pointing out fountains.  Our yard is not fancy and there is no electricity at the back of the yard.  I wanted a birdbath.  We didn't have much luck at the local garden centers.  My favorite vintage store sold the one I had seen earlier in the summer.  Lucky for me everyone else seems to be thinking about them too.  Apartment Therapy did a roundup of fountains, and Design Sponge featured these handmade birdbaths.  So after a quick trip to Ikea and Home Depot, and the big one holding the golf umbrella over my head while installed it, we have one of our own. 

Just another Tuesday

 
Contractor and I unpacked the new light fixtures for over the island.  One of the weights leaked teeny ball bearings all over in the inside of the box and there are no installation instructions.  The company is trying to locate some.  Why am I not surprised.

Poppy

 
  
Poppy is not a book to be read aloud when you are still being daily attacked by hawks.

I am pretty sure that if Money Magazine knew, they would not have named my suburb the best place to live.