I've been reading other's gardening blogs and those from warmer areas are proclaiming the arrival of spring. Grrrrr. Here in Calgary we have at least 2 more months before anything can really be done outside. I console myself with the reminder that I LIKE winter. If it wasn't for winter, I wouldn't get anything done around the house (which is what happens for the 6 months of gardening season every year.)
So, winter is a time for other pursuits. I like to make some Christmas decorations and presents for my daughters and niece and nephews every year. I also catch up on my photo albums.
Above you can see my most recent, and last, project of this winter. Some good friends gave us some hand-me-down girl's furniture a year and a half ago, and I promised my husband I would finally paint it up and get it out of the garage before spring. Hence, I have been painting up a storm. Thanks to the fact that I used so many colours, and that our laundry room is only big enough to contain one piece of furniture at a time, this project took a month to finish. But it's done! Hallelujah!
The girls like their new bulletin board w/ shelf, dresser & hutch and night tables (my oldest daughter had already been using the desk and insists she wants it to be white - no problem, I'm tired of painting anyway), and now I can get the laundry room back in order and start pulling my weight around the house again, before my husband kills me. That is, for a few weeks and then I will be starting seeds...
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