....cord coming down in the corner...there was a pre-drilled hole in the little shelf holding the ivy. 

Unfortunately, I haven't come up with a good way to hide this yet. This shot is looking down upon the rat's nest of cables. They all come from different things at different levels of the shelves. It's OK because you can't see it from the front....but it bothers me. 

The orchid and the eucalyptus. Yes, I move them when I light a fire.... 

This is what Kathman does to my toilet paper.  

This is the wallpaper I'm thinking of redoing the bathroom(s) in. It's kind of a grecian grotto mosaic look, which won't be a problem for wall seams and corners that may not be perfectly met at 90 degrees.....a little more forgiving than the vertical striped floral vomit or bat cave patterns in there now. 

This is the other wallpaper I'm thinking of. I don't like it so much. 

Kathman doing a shower inspection. 

The bedroom.  

Shot from the foot of hte bed looking out. 

This is a walnut chest of drawers I picked up here in Findlay along with the little jewelry box on top. Each drawer locks, and I found the original skeleton key taped to the underside of a drawer.  

The entryway to the half-bath.... 

This is probably the only house in all of Findlay in which a cat has his own private bathroom. With this wallpaper, what human would want to use it!!??. Notice how he hasn't touched the toilet paper roll in his room. Since I don't use this room maybe I should remove that... 

Kathman enjoying a sit in the sink.... 

The guest bed.  

Corner entertainment area. Really I just didn't have any wall spaces left for bookcases downstairs.  

This is the duvet over a chair in the guest room...this one is for the trundle bed underneath the daybed. 

This is the window of the guest room. The drop leaf has been refinished, thanks to the carelessness of the packers last year who secured it with tape all around.  

East wall of the Camping Room. This holds the tents, some photos I probably won't hang, paperwork, etc. 

Camping room, extra storage... 

This is the west wall of the camping room. It's got all the camping gear minus the tents.  

Kathman is watching for bird activity. Check out that tail... 

Parting shot from Kathman from his fave post. 

In Bowling Green, we stopped for a bite to eat at the Canyon Cafe. I highly recommend the Key Lime Martinis......complete with graham craker crust coated glass rims. Rather than having plain old plywood over closed store windows, BG does them up right, ala Hopper.

My friend Patricia came to visit for the weekend - my first visitor to the new place in Ohio!! We had a great time - even if it was not quite what we were expecting. We started off with a quick trip to Canada, a Detroit Detour, dinner and drinks in Bowling Green, and a few more drinks in Findlay. We explored all the Main Street shops in Findlay - yes, every single one - caught a movie, had more drinks, and hit Toledo on Sunday en route back to DTW in Detroit. Here's Patricia at the homestead.

This was the most interesting shot I could muster in Findlay over the weekend. It's an interesting staircase that must hve been a beast to weld.