It’s supposed to reach 90 here today, but by week’s end, the highs should be closer to 70. (which is more to my liking, especially by the end of September) In anticipation, we are trying to finish up the yard work for the season. A couple of plants were transplanted to allow them to fill out better, the wisteria vines are getting tied off on the pergola, and after lots and lots of rain in August, it’s been a dry September, so we watered the beds.Yesterday, the visitor above was at our front door, which was a nice break from the spider invasion we have going on. Our very own “Charlotte” is spinning her web from the hydrangeas to the house. She then waits, dead center, for “visitors”. I’ve tried to photograph the web, but my efforts were not so good, so you’ll have to trust me on this one. Kind of a natural Halloween theme going on.
During my weekend magazine catch-up, I fell in love with the Cottage Living 2007 Idea Home. Love that it’s a reasonable size, love the double-galley porch, and love the kitchen (especially the repurposed bank safe door) and the entry “library”, although my sister pointed out that it looked so good because all of the books had white spines, and that my attempt to replicate it would not look quite the same without a lot of re-jacketing. Anyway. Looking at houses is one of my favorite things, and if you’d like to see the house, pick up the October issue, or click here for the online coverage. (Interesting fact: The house was built off site, from the outside in, and then delivered and assembled.)
More Nola news: Today’s NYTimes has an excellent article about the challenges facing the school system, and new superintendent Paul Vallas’ efforts to turn things around …. I really hope he is successful.