front yard



front yard - west

 This is our front yard. (west side) Previous owner is an Asian. That is why they loved to use the big/small rock/stone for the garden.

I think this place would be part-shade or full shade. In the summer time, the tree will full of leaves to make the shade .

I purchased these plants for the front yard.

hosta, astilbe and bleeding heart

These are for the part shade and full shade garden plants.

My mom in Japan loves to take care of the plants. She has all of these plants and they looks so lovely.
I remembered  the Astilbe  bloomed beautifully in her garden last spring.

Can you see the big rock the left side of the picture?

A front of the big rock, I planted the 2  hostasand 2 astilbes. Also I planted the bleeding heart behind of the medium size of the rock. (center of the picture).
Probably it is hard to see the bleeding heart from the front.
It is secret plant for enjoying to see inside of the house. (Guest room&my sewing room) :)

I'd like to enjoy the gardening as much as the sewing.
It is new for me, however I already know I will addict it.

This is my little helper. :)

Guest

My husband's friend visited last Sunday. And my son had good time with little girl.

I told you earlier, we did not have any sofa and TV yet. However we had great time together.

My son and little girl( she is 2 ) enjoyed sliding the steps... lol

I told him not to slide the steps everyday, but it didn't work at all. Because they were so much fun.

I cooked macaroni gratin, fried chicken with Japanese sauce, rice and green salad.

I served black tea which I got from my Japanese friend. The flavor is blue berry.

The tea taste so good! Riah(husband's friend wife) loves it!

I hope next time they stay over the night. Now I am more enjoying the invite the guests.

By the way, this is the gift from another friend.

Lovely white orchid flower

This is small succulent pot which I made.

My old succulents grow big, so I cut some of them and just put them on the soil.

I hope they will survive.

good bye and hello

good bye

My old apartment.
I enjoyed living this apartment especially the summer time. ( there is a big swimming pool)
Six years ago, I moved to USA and started to live with my husband in this apartment.

First year, I welcomed a little kitty named Mimi. Second year, I had another kitty named Lucy.
Third year, I had a beautiful my boy.

We had more and more stuff in this small rooms every year. Addition, my boy became 3 years old and now it is time to think about his future. We decided to move to more better place to live, like good school district.

new kitchen

Here is my new kitchen. The pictures were taken at day 1. Just moved in!
A lot of mess. :)

One week later. (better?)

I still have to figure out how to organize the kitchen stuff.
I'll try to keep the counter simple.

We gave the old TV and sofa to my husband's friend. So we do not have any TV and sofa yet.
It is very quiet at the night without TV.

Living room Day 1

:)

Previous owner left all blinds and curtain. There are nothing wrong. So I kept them for a while until I have new idea to change my tastes.

Here is my husband.

Sometimes I don't understand man's brain. The second day, he started to trim the big tree with his friend ALL DAY!!

ALL DAY!! (from morning to evening.)

crazy boys

key

Finally I received the key of our new home. :)
We bought the house in last month. This is our first home. Very special for me.

Our house is not brand new, it is about 20 years old. However the previous owner kept the home really really clean. We could not find any major problem after the home inspection.

When I met this home in the first time, the house is more than I expected.
Very clean and bright. I felt the positive energy from the home.
Of course, there are some part which I want to fix in the future.( like the wall color in the kid room) But it is not problem for me.

When I received the key, I also got the "house book" from my argent.
My argent said the owner left the book for us.
There are a lot of information about this home, like painting company, tile company, tree service etc..
It will help us to find out who took care about it in the past.

My agent  was really surprised how the previous owner kept these information clean and neat.
She said that she never met that kind of seller in the past.

I feel we are really lucky to be able to purchase the house from such a nice seller.

Addition, the seller cleaned up the home after they moved out.
There are no water spot in the mirror and nob. Really really shinny and clean.
I don't need to hustle to clean the home.
I am so exciting now. Finally I can decorate my own home!
I will try to post my work.

My etsy shop will close when the day we move and probably for a while after moving.
Let's keep in touch in this blog!

Thank you so much!

Yes!

happy valentine

My son made this "Heart" from origami paper at school, and there is heart chocolate on the center.

This is for mommy.

How sweet he is!!  This is truly my first valentine gift from my son!!

BUT!

He said that chocolate is his. He doesn't want to share the chocolate and ate it soon. :)

He didn't make anything for daddy. Yes! I won! :)  I write his age "3" on the back of the heart to keep remember.

spring?

Today is sunny and very warm here in central valley.

The tree begins to bloom!  I don't know the name of this tree. Do you know what it is?

It is always first to be blooming in spring.

It looks like cherry blossom, but it is not.

I will move to the new house by end of the Feb. So I am bit busy to prepare packing.
I saw we have two big this tree in our new back yard, I hope it will keep bloom until we move in there.

He doesn't have pre-school today. So we play with bubble after lunch.

And we both took a long nap in the afternoon. :)

New azuma bukuro bag

I have just added my new auzma bukuro bag in my shop!

It was made from beautiful Amy Butler's new collection.(soul blossom)
Her design is always modern and elegant. I love her pattern so much!

Here is another pattern.

Both of them are size large. If you want me make it medium, feel free to convo me.
I love the custom order.

This is another way to tie the bag. Cute shape!

I made the azuma bukuro bag for my father for long time ago, he loves to tie the bag just like that photo.

OH! I choose the blue simple pattern for him. not a floral pattern. :)

Thank you for visiting!