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in spite of another rainy grey drizzle, it feels like things are happening in the backyard. 
the baby spinach is ready for harvesting.
the scallions are running amok.
brussel sprouts are doing what they are supposed to (i guess – i’ve never grown these puppies before).
my fabulous father-in-law built doors for our little wood shed (which has now been upgraded to “the tool shed”, by virtue of its lockability).
i painted the other side of the trellis (less than a year after the first side was painted!) – you can see my 1-year-old rhubarb flourishing on the other side.
and finally, beautiful tulip. it has survived many attempts on its short little life to give us this bloom.
i don’t know if it works this way for everyone but when i have a new project, i fixate on it until i feel like i’ve worked through most of the kinks. we’ve been talking about doing a reno since we moved in (almost 3 years ago – ack!). Now that it has moved to the top of the priority list, i have been in the throes of reno obsession for the last few weeks, and have left a trail of battered home magazines in my wake.
After much measuring, we have produced this drawing of our basement (please excuse the coffee splotches). The sticky-out bit at the top is the living room on the main floor and the bottom right corner is an outside set of stairs to the basement door.
Clutching this and my numerous sketches and photos, i trundled off to the city planning department to meet with a lovely guy to discuss all sorts of nasty things like “by-laws” and “building codes” and “restrictions”.
