A Great Week at the Church

Sometimes it's the small victories that are the sweetest. Here's what happened at the Church this week. I was lucky enough to get a quick response from LB Tree Service. Lloyd and Greg came over on Sunday morning to take out the large spruce tree on the front lawn. A lot of my neighbors on Ely Street came out to enjoy the process. Here it is in pictures. Lloyd is the climber and Greg stays below placing the tree limbs in the chipper.

So now we've done everything we can do in preparation for the foundation work. The large machinery will enter up on the south side of the property to do the necessary digging and gentle grading that will allow me to have an edible front yard on the south side. With the spruce gone, that corner gets a lot of sun. 

The other thing that happened which really made my day was David took the covering off the tie rods and I think they are beautiful. You can scroll back a few posts and see them with their pine box. Here they are now. 

And here's the said bad case of poison ivy captured in all its glory by the glorious Deb Parker.

And speaking of Deb, I have the distinct pleasure of running around with her to various flea markets and yard sales to start stockpiling stuff for the church. It's early days for that but it's too much fun to pass up looking for treasure with Deb.

There were two of these wrought iron pieces. Deb stands next to it for scale. Could these be of use somewhere? I do love the iron work.

There was a crate of 80-90 various glass bricks and tile. Could that find a home in the church?

Here are 4 stools for under $100 that could suffice for the breakfast bar until I make bank for the good stuff.

And here's Deb with what every girl wants: A Mink Poncho!

And here's the plans. For now and maybe one day in the future.