Unpacking and setting up

I processed all these photos yesterday, so I might as well post them. I took them 22 years ago this month when we quit camping in our new house and started putting furniture in place. Our container had arrived. Little did we know back then we'd still be here all these years later. Neither one of us had ever lived in one apartment or house for so many years.

 
Three pictures of our living room in 2003. We sanded and re-painted the walls in 2005,
and it is still in remarkably good shape. That was a big job and I hope we never have to do it again.

We got some good news yesterday. The landscaping contractor submitted his bid on all the yard and garden work we need to have done this year, and it was much lower than we expected. He and his crew have been working with us for a dozen years now and they have always done a good job. This is work that will be done between this October and next spring. All the rain we had between the spring of 2024 and the spring of 2025, plus my cataract operations last year and the bad cold that both of us had from January to April this year made it impossible for us to keep things under control outdoors.