scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects
A few weeks ago we saw signs that some bulbs planted by a previous owner were pushing through the dirt to the surface. Now we’re seeing more and more of them and they are growing like weeds. Hooray! I like to think they’re paralleling the changes that we are making to the house. It was […]
Itchy & scratchy is exactly how I felt today after insulating the bathroom wall with fiberglass. I wore a long-sleeved shirt well buttoned up and still those nasty fibers sneaked in under my coverings. This photo shows the beginning of the bathroom demolition I started last week. “That stupid man”, as we call the unknown […]
I see it’s been more than a month since I’ve posted. Had I known how tired i would be I would not have attempted a blog on this project. Good thing we can’t see the future!Here’s the kitchen before we bought the house. It looks okay but what you can’t see is the dishwasher doesn’t […]
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