during our first two weeks in the new house...

trees were planted...

seven norway spruce, lookin' good, along our back property line.

parquet was re-finished...

lovely husband jeff, a figure of some repute at our local home depot!

shelves were painted...

yep, i had pink (and white!) paint leftover from the closet

or lined...

dear dollarama, i♥u!

or neatly filled with possessions...

(and sometimes, all three!) 

in the apt, all of these "overflow" kitchen items lived in the (easily accessible, but still a flight of stairs away) walk-up attic; so this seemingly humble cupboard is a pretty big deal!!!

furniture was purchased...

a few miscellaneous items from my favorite "overstock" store

or cleaned up... 

this rocker was purchased for my teenage bedroom;
does that make it an antique?

or shifted from room to room...

(and, in the case of the kitchen-- site of the aforementioned parquet-- shifted back again, later!)

having all one's appliances IN ONE ROOM turns out to be a really great idea!

in addition,

and perhaps most excitingly,

 lots more stuff 

♥BLOOMED!♥

little white hyacinths

big pink hyacinths

riotous yellow forsythia

and rhododendrons, which, in 24 rainy hours, LITERALLY went from hardly having buds, to full-on flowering!

to sum up: life has been very good, and very VERY busy!!!

hope you are having a great weekend, darlings!

♥♥♥