We live approximately 10-15 minutes from San Bruno where Tony works.
To orientate yourself, look at this map of the Bay Area.
I think I have drawn it upside down - normally the front yard is at the bottom of the page, not the top. I have deleted the slide so I am not going to re-do it!
Just on the right is a holly bush. Mum has a holly bush but the berries only appear in Winter. So, in Australia, to decorate the Xmas pudding we make artificial berries or find substitutes such as cherries. I can decorate my pudding with real holly and real berries this year!
(Note the attractive white cardboard wedged between the door and the flywire. This is the only way we can stop the cat from clawing the wire. The things we do ... - Tony)
"Halt! Who goes there? What's the password?"
- Straight ahead to the laundry
- Left into the dining room
The walls are painted a pale pink and then "ragged" with white. On the ceiling there is a stencilled border in similar pink shades.
Dogs are important members of the family in America. This was the cheapest basket I could buy. Mitzi demonstrates how soft the fur-lined edge feels under her chin and how warm and snug the polar-fleece pet blanket is.
It's a large, rambling, "English-country-like" garden. The pets love it!
Wonder what it would be like to sit under that apple tree on a summer's day?
One of Astra's spots is in the flower bed behind the white gridding, under the tree. It just catches the sun in the mornings and no-one can see her.
On sunny days Tony and I like to eat outside and watch the squirrels. Unfortunately squirrels are very hard to photograph, especially when a certain dog and cat like to chase them.
Before our furniture arrived we had most of our meals out here.
Think this might be catnip - or is it catnap?
We have an open fireplace so guess how we are planning to spend Christmas? Mulled wine and hot pudding in front of an open fire. Maybe we'll toast some marshmallows as well?
If it was too cold to eat on the patio we were stuck with the lounge room floor.
When we picked Mitzi and Astra up from the airport it was hard to believe that they had just had a 14-hour flight from Melbourne. Mitzi was running in circles ready to go for a walk and Astra meowed all the way home, just like she always does when she travels in the car.
The bathroom is quite narrow - it can be hard to move around.
I've taken a picture to show the art-deco (I think) design across the top of the walls.
Unfortunately I do not have a "before" shot. We were sleeping on an air mattress and had packaging boxes for nightstands.
With so much space this room is perfect for my meditation and yoga.
When you leave, make sure you don't hit the tree.
Can't say we know too many places with a tree in the middle of the driveway.
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