Rental Garden Improvements

I’m still looking at everything that I’m setting up in the temporary yard as a staging ground for my home when I finally get back, but it feels good to make a space that is good for hosting and helps me imagine how things will be when I move this back.

Shea and I recently brought back several pieces that I’m going to try to clean or repurpose artistically, including some plants that needed some TLC. We might even be able to get one of the fountains to work again when we get a new motor installed. Several items need to be de-rusted. I also assembled this white rocking chair which had been lingering in the rental backyard under plastic for many months, but I don’t remember who gave it to me or where it came from.

Glen Cove is Officially a Firewise Community

Board members of GCCA are with me (I’m the current president) and our councilperson, Vice-Mayor Mina Loera-Diaz.

Taken from my phone, the Firewise team helped Livestream this event at our local school where GCCA, our volunteer neighborhood association was gifted the Firewise designation (only the third in Solano County).

Update on September 10, 2024, Vice-Mayor Loera-Diaz mentioned this event at City Council:

Staging and Beautifying Rental for Now

The temporary home I’m in is where I’m storing the things that I want for my real home under renovation. While this house has a little charm, such as a nice view when we wake up in the mornings with trees and hillsides, I still long for my corner lot and my unique backyard layout. I miss the spots in that backyard I could go to any time of day to bask in the sunlight with strategically placed seating and lots of nap areas, not to mention the hot tub I miss so much. I’m still deciding what furniture I’m going to bring or donate or “stage” for donation in the garage, not to mention repurchasing some of the same items I loved to make me feel like I never lost them. A Turkish lamp, three Tiffany-style lamps, and even the Barbra Streisand barbie-doll I was gifted are examples of things I try to convince myself were the same ones in pictures from before the fire. There’s something to be said about mass production when it comes to nostalgia. This brown glider chair is another example. It looks so much like the one I previously had, and gliders are so much safer when you have dogs with tails, but especially BLIND dogs with tails. Not only did I get this brown glider for inside, but the blue outdoor couch I just put together is also a glider itself, so tail and blind dog safe!

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