So my teeth have been giving me some trouble this spring. First I had to have 3 root canals in April just after we got home from Arizona. Two of the teeth already had ancient root canals that the dentist said failed, the third just happened to be hanging out with a bad tooth and got bad too. The process wasn't all that rough except we had to drive to Kennewick each time. That's a long drive! After all that work - on Tuesday I bit into a sandwich and the whole crown of my new root canal tooth and the filling next door fell out of my mouth. I called the dentist and we drove down to Yakima. The dentist fixed the one tooth that the filling fell out of and now I have to go in this week and have the recently repaired root canal tooth pulled. Grrrr, after years of nothing but cleanings I am sure using my insurance benefits this spring. While we were in Yakima we did some shopping and sightseeing. The first picture I took was of this beautiful tree. Okay, so that is a weird sign I agree.... but, the Petunia Tree is so super beautiful I had to snap a picture while we waited for the light to change. The tree is made up of individual flower pots. I can't imagine trying to water all these pots and not missing one and the tree would have a giant bare spot. The sign was actually one of those flip around, sideways, upside down get your attention signs.
Lunch was at the Black Angus in Yakima - I had the chicken grilled salad. It was amazing, I will try and duplicate this salad if it is ever summer in Ellensburg. The wind has howled for the past two weeks.
Use your imagination for this shot. About halfway down on the right side of the tree is a dark spot - in that dark spot was a Bald Eagle nest. When we drove by we could see the two baby eaglets hopping around and the Momma and Daddy hanging out near by. It was so cool I just had to share the story.
Bruce finally finished carving his first cowboy boot that he started in Apache Junction.
I absolutely love it! It looks so authentic. Great job carving Bruce!
On Friday Bruce took a trip to the gold claim. He came back with an empty gold pan but found this really cool elk antler. For some reason the horn smells really bad - not sure why. We'll give it a few weeks in the garage before adding it to our decor.
While Bruce was gold panning I started to clean. When I say clean I mean really clean. I started with the upstairs library/sewing/craft/junk/guest/catch-all room. I cleaned and sorted and cleaned some more. It's been years! This display is on top of the roll top desk - Native American basket handmade by Hazel Pete of Chehalis. I have the original sale tag, her business card and obituary in the basket. We bought this from her in Toppenish at an Native American art show. The brown rock is a Native American fishing weight, you can see the indent around the middle that was tied to the net. The glass ball is a Japanese fishing float. The elk teeth and the grinding stone add to the display. The old stagecoach and truck are things found along the tracks. And the wooden bowl in the background was Bruce's high school shop project!
Bruce has been collecting books for years. The books drive me crazy! I spent hours sorting the books and trying to categorize them. I found quite a few duplicates so the space isn't as crowded. Bruce is really happy to finally see some order for his library.
This is a selfie....yep that's me in the reflection of the TV. I changed out the old TV stand into a blanket cupboard for upstairs sleeping. I sort of like the idea of having the blankets tucked into the cupboard. All of the books on these shelves are for kids. Some old Roy Rodgers and some classics.
This is my fabric stash. I have all the fabrics sorted and folded. My on-going projects are in the tubs.
My sewing corner. I tried to re-arrange this area several different ways without success. Sometimes the original way is the best.
Bruce's suggestion for the room is some kind of a bulletin board for the wall above my serger. Good idea! For now the pictures are hung with painters tape.
I bought more cubby boxes for my cubby shelves.
I cleaned out each container and labeled it. One of the boxes had paper in it from Kimmie's high school graduation. Yes, it was time to throw some stuff out. Or at least get it into some kind of order so we can find it! I couldn't find my hole punch to hang the labels so I used the sewing machine.
I even sorted the button box! I still have lots of drawers so I may just sort them down more.
Bruce has his Native American artifacts and a book collection and I have my sewing thread collection. This box is from an old trundle sewing machine cabinet and I filled it with wooden spools of thread.
This is a view of the upstairs room from the doorway. Lots of work but so rewarding.
