New Kitchen

This week has been exciting around our house! After living without a kitchen since June 2009, we are amidst the stages of getting our new finished. After totally demolishing the whole side of the house, my h has carefully and methodically put together a new kitchen, breakfast area, pantry, small bedroom and cellarway. The painting is almost done, the cupboards are partially in, the flooring is picked and will be installed next week and the countertop person is coming today to give us an estimate. The big window looks down on Lake Wobegone (the biggest of our ponds). It is wonderful to gaze out at the pair of nesting Canadian geese, see the mallards and occasional visitng ducks who swoop down to spend a few hours swimming around. On sunny days, we see a multitude of "shiny" rocks which actually are the painted turtles coming up for some rays. The colors in the fall will be breathtaking not to be outdone but the delicate greens of spring. The most beautiful sight, to me anyways, is the dark night when the moon is coming up over the horizon light the landscape with its glow - reflecting the trees and the stars in the pond. It is as if God has painted his own landscape right on our picture window!



I will be thrilled to have cupboard space, a dishwasher and counter galore! The last time I had an adequate and modern kitchen was in the early eighties. The Mennonites did a meticulous and beautiful job of puting the quarter sawn oak cabinets together.



I could not resist putting a bowl of fruit on the table even though, the room is not finished. I will tempt you, bit by bit with images, to give you a hint of what it will all look like when it is completed.



As Julia would say, Grande Appetif!