Spring is in the...Ground?

 Spring is in the....Ground?

So here we are in January and my daffodils are confused! The warm weather has freaked out my bulbs into sprouting and blooming. Which is pretty cool, because when you buy a house, you have no idea what is in the ground until it starts popping up and blooming. Even more cool is the fact that I did zero work to get them to pop up in the first place!

On other planting adventures, I decided to use the used oyster shells from my friend  Ashley's New Year's Oyster Roast and use them in lieu of landscape rocks to force some Amaryllis bulbs I got for a steal at $2.50 a piece. 

 I thought I might as well show you the rest of the house, since you've been asking. We'll start with the striped guest room which is a small interior guest room that has wood paneling painted in red, yellow and blue. It will be the first room we repaint...as soon as I can figure out what color to repaint it. :)

 The view above is looking in from the hallway and into the next doorway which goes to the bathroom. The room is just big enough for a Queen bed and 1 dresser. (Ikea score from Craigslist!) The quirky thing is that the stairs to the second floor are located inside this guest bedroom. Hmmm. Not exactly the best location!

 

I do have to point out something funny, though. We won a commissioned painting of our dog at a Halloween Dog Costume Party and the painter portrayed Mojo in a red, yellow and blue tie...which ironically matches the striped room color palette to a tee! How bizarre!! (BTW, What a handsome devil he his!)

So lets go up the steps to the 2nd floor addition. 1 Room with (wait for it!) Built-in Bed and an amazing view of Turkey Creek! I've plopped my desk at the window and now have a home office with an amazing view of the marsh! Note the 2nd claw foot tub to the right of my desk which will serve as a handy dandy picture and diploma caddy until I can figure out how to cap that line and sell of the tub! (We also have a pink claw foot tub in the Master Bedroom in case you missed that earlier post!)

And behold............This is the fog of the marsh in winter from my desk. 

***Heavy Sigh***

 Its getting close to Mardi Gras, and after being a 5 year native of NOLA, I admit I severely miss that tradition soaked locale. So I cling to my memories by eating terrible SC renditions of King Cake and then making my own King Cake wreath. Which is not my best work by far! But it will have to do since my Masters in Engineering classes are much harder than I anticipated this semester!! 

(Not to mention that I spent time posting this instead of studying...oops!)