February Recap ~ New Roof, Pet Covers, Accomplishing Goals

February just flew by. It was a month of lots of repairs. Most notably, was the installation of our new roof. It is forest green and we love it. We are so thankful to have a good roof on the house. Our old one was upwards of 40 years old and lost shingles with every storm. 

I decided that I really wanted some pet covers for the sofas in the library. However, they are ridiculously expensive and not that pretty. Then I found this old quilt at the thrift store. It had plenty of material and was cheaper than buying fabric. I am not a seamstress...at all! I barely know how to use a sewing machine and rely heavily on my husband to help whenever I pull it out ( he can sew a million times better than me). I measured, cut and with dear husbands help, sewed bias tape around all the cut edges. It worked out much better than I hoped and I even have material left over if I ever need to make a repair.  Now, I can wash them whenever necessary and the sofas are safe from cat craziness. 

Dear husband found a new set of trails behind his workplace. It is the former land of the sprawling military hospital that only a tiny fraction of the land holds the current Veterans Hospital. The rest of the buildings from the World War I military hospital have been allowed to decay to ruins. Our city was a mecca for tuberculosis sanitariums in the late 19th century so there were many small and spread out buildings throughout the forest  at one time. We had a lovely walk sticking to the abandoned road, but didn't see any foundations from all of the former buildings. We will have to try some of the trails that go off into the woods next time. They are supposed to be visible building ruins on some of the trails. 

Old water tower from more recent times

An old labyrinth in the forest. Not sure if it original or not. I don't think the mental health benefits of walking a labyrinth were known until recently. 

My windshield was cracked in a freak accident recently. Someone who wishes not to be named tossed a small piece of  plastic to someone else who didn't catch it and it hit the windshield (while the car was parked). Unfortunately, the first new windshield that we had installed had a ripple in it right in my line of vision. There had to come back and replace it again with another windshield. I am happy to have it all peacefully resolved. 

I decorated the front porch for spring today. It has been so warm. I just couldn't wait any longer...lol. I bought the rug at an estate sale and it was much dirtier than I realized. Even after steam cleaning it, I didn't feel that it was really clean enough for our bedroom which is where I had wanted to put it. I was going to pass it on to Goodwill when my mom suggested putting it on the covered front porch. I figured I didn't have anything to lose. So, I added it to my spring look. I am pleased with how it looks. We will see how it holds up. Yes, I took the picture at night. Real life folks. 

We had a lovely Valentine's day at home. We shared this yummy cookie with the whole family. 

My little charge and I are having lots of fun playing with all his new toys. He got so many fun things between his birthday and Christmas. We didn't do any BFIAR this month. We were having to much fun with blocks, trains, solar system books and puzzles and counting games. We will get back to it in March. 

Loving his Valentine cookie I gave him.

We also made a quick trip to Louisville, Kentucky. You can read about it here if you missed it. 

March has so much excitement right around the corner. See you all then. 

Blessings, Dawn