Summer trends (link)

14 summer trends from HGTV.com.  So, brass is back. I'm not crazy about some of the other trends either, but maybe you want a pool in your urban back yard?   Whimsical and playful statement sculptures? Check these trends out. Maybe they'll work in your home:  Explore the best warm-weather trends

Shower curtain suggestions (link)

I knew people used them for inexpensive regular curtains, but here are more ideas: So many ideas and shower curtain materials

Choosing bathroom countertops (link)

Choose wisely! Check out your choices from HGTV. com: Countertop options

Another Open House

We have another open house this Saturday, and we'll have to take the dog and the new kitten to a friend's home. I think we've had about three open houses now. At the first one, we took two dogs to our friend's house; at the next one our oldest dog, little Bryn, the Corgi, had been put to sleep so we had only one dog who enjoyed the back yard again; and and now at this one we have our new kitten, which we got from the SPCA about a month ago. (I don't think she's going to be happy in the crate.)  Oh, yes. I wonder about the future...

Tropical Storm Colin

TS Colin was predicted to cross over us (central Florida), but I see it's shifted way north (over the Panhandle), and we won't be getting as much rain as predicted earlier. 

(Thanks for the advisory, Lloyd.)

Update (6-7-16): Colin's gone, and we got at least three inches of rain as it passed by.