I don’t remember choosing purple morning glory seeds, but here we are! I’ve only had a few blooms so far. I love morning glories, no matter what color, so welcome! It’s been very hard to train them to grow on the fence this year. For some reason, the seeds I carefully planted in a furrow right next to the fence have emerged further away from the fence and they’re curling around everything but the chicken wire. Also, in one section of the chicken wire fence garden, nothing came up – no zinnias, no morning glories – which leads me to believe that the birds got all the seeds. Ah well. It’s always a bit of a crap shoot, isn’t it?

I cleaned like a madwoman yesterday, yet another spurt where I ended up doing too much. But the dreaded bathrooms are sparkly clean, the house has been vacuumed, the towels have been washed, and the houseplants have been watered. This morning I will water all the porch plants and some of the garden, as it’s been hot and humid here lately.

I wrote a post on Instagram yesterday about the Beacon Hill dollhouse. You might remember that I bought the kit last December. Needless to say, I haven’t started it yet, partly because I want to finish Dove Cottage before I take on something new, but also because of real qualms about having enough space in which to build it. It’s huge. It has a lot of parts. It needs sanding. And the only space I have is our shared office/studio that not only has my things, but also has all of Don’s guitars and other musical instruments. The more I think about it, the more I realize that it’s just not practical for me to attempt to build it in this small cottage. Also: no habitable basement, no attic, no garage.

So, I’ve been thinking about trying to find one already built that I could rehab. You know I love doing that sort of thing to a dollhouse. In fact, except for Don’s mini studio, which I built, every house has been a rehab. I’ve been checking Facebook Marketplace and Craig’s List in my general area, but the only one that came up was one that a guy was asking $1200 for! My IG post asked everyone to keep an eye out for a finished Beacon Hill within sane driving distance from the Hudson Valley. If  you could do that, too, I’d so appreciate it. One reader shared a listing from West Chester, PA and the house looks pretty good. West Chester is near Philadelphia, my old stomping grounds, but it’s about a 3 hour drive from here, which begs the question: do I want to drive that far and/or can I talk Don into driving that far? Because we’d need his car. I’ve had no experience with FB Marketplace. Have any of you? What are your thoughts? I’m itching for a new project as I’m about to wind down work on Dove Cottage. I’d then sell my kit at a discount.

After a year’s drought of any bunnies, we’ve seen this one twice lately:

It’s blurry because he was taking off, but hurrah! We’ve really missed bunnies around here. Don hasn’t done any heavy duty work on the trails this year, so maybe they feel safer here now. Last year, he was constantly up in the woods, hoeing, shoveling, carving out spaces, and probably scaring bunnies off.

Okay.

Happy Sunday.

Stay safe.