Archive for the ‘Improvements’ Category

We just wanted to give you aquick update on some Tunis work we have been doing. The first is of Kelley’s Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is what we call the second bedroom upstairs. Kelley is using this room as a little indoor retreat where she can meditate, do some Yoga and ponder those difficult questions in life. In order to get it ready for any spiritual dabblings, we needed remove a hideous wallpaper border and paint it a soothing white (Natural White). After that work was complete it looks great! Click on this thumbnail to view a larger version.

The second big news is that of our work on the “Island” project. We have done remarkable work getting the garden portion under control – check out the projects page to view some before and after pictures.

Another little job I have been attacking is that of getting the garage organized. There was a rickety old work bench that was too deep to reach anything in the back, so I have completely ripped it out, shortened it by about a foot and am in the process of fixing a lot of the shelving more securely fastened. This should increase the garage’s userfriendliness exponetially. I’ll get a phot of it when all is complete.

Finally, we have a serious apple problem, and that is that we have Way Too Many! Our orchard has kicked it into its top gear and the apples are getting larger. They are also changing colors; a typical red. We do not know what type of apples these are, but here is a photo. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version.

After a two week holiday in Greece, we return to 2061 Tunis relaxed and energized. We got right to work this weekend and focused mainly on a new project I will call “The Island” (nothing to do with the movie). The Island is what I am calling the garden area adjacent to the flagstone patio in the back yard. Since this garden had not been tended to for perhaps years, there was a lot of work to be done. Kelley had already begun the intense deweeding of this area when we first moved in which allowed us to see the extent to which the flagstone covered (the patio was docked almost 5 feet in some areas by overgrowth). This weekend we continued to work here by removing several rouge cottenwood trees (pain in the butt) and by trimming some super low limbs from the the big cottonwood and the aspen. There is still a ton of work to be done, including the removal and resetting of the entire flagstone patio which sufferes from severe upheaval in certain areas. Check out the Projects page for more information.

I also climbed up onto the roof and cleaned out the gutters, another chore that had been neglected for several years judging by the baby cottonwoods sprouting in the rich gutter muck.