Daydreaming...

I'm taking a break from cleaning the house. I've done so much laundry today. Doing laundry is a great way to prevent yourself from ever wanting to buy more clothes. Yuck.

So, for my break, Pintrest and I did a little day dreaming. Of course, these days all my day dreaming involves the house. :)

Quick update...the inspection went well. There are a couple little things we are negotiating, but I don't see any of them becoming major set backs. Let's hope I'm right. Right now, we're trying to get the ball rolling with the financial stuff. If everything continues to go smoothly, we're looking at a closing date of March 15th. Which means we'll get the keys and be moving on St. Patty's Day. May the luck of the Irish be with us.

The house has dark brown wood for all the cabinets, and a light brownish-tan color on the walls with white baseboards. The carpet is brown. I love the colors, but I think when we decorate we need to add some splashes of color, just to liven things up a bit. I really like warm colors and earth tones. I'd like to do accent colors that matched that table runner (and all the other things) in the picture above. In my mind, those colors would give our home the feel of a bright, warm, happy place.

Of course, the decorating is going to have to come a little at a time, likely over a long stretch of time. But day dreaming is fun.

The yard will have to come first. I want to get my fruit trees in as soon as possible, so that they can start producing as soon as possible (in 2-4 years, depending on the tree). I did a little bit of research today, just to make sure I was happy with the types of fruit trees I'd selected. I think I am.

Black Tartarian Cherry

Attributes:
Excellent for the home orchard, the Black Tartarian cherry tree produces fruit with a sweet, rich, full bodied flavor. Begins bearing fruit 3-4 years after planting and will bear long into old age. The best pollinator for dark sweet cherries.
Fruit Description:
Heart shaped about 1" in diameter and usually purplish black, but occasionally red depending upon the site. Flesh is dark red, thick, tender, juicy and sweet with a smooth stone that separates easily.

Bing Cherry

Attributes:
Sweet Bing is America's favorite cherry tree. Its large, sweet fruit is produced abundantly and generally ripens uniformly on the tree in mid-June to mid-summer depending upon location. The delightfully fragrant white flowers bring spring beauty to the landscape.
Fruit Description:
Very large, about 1" in diameter, heart-shaped, skin is bright red when immature becoming dark red or deep maroon. The flesh is purple-red, sweet, juicy, and firm with a stone that is easily removed.

Belle of Georgia Peach

Attributes:
Combines good yields, hardiness and disease resistance. Sets rosy freestone peaches with super-sweet, juicy white flesh. Ripens in Aug. Self-pollinating.







Methley Plum

Attributes:
A handsome, vigorous plum tree that does well in most soils. Sweetly fragrant, delicate white flowers bloom in profusion in early spring. The juicy reddish purple fruit has a sweet distinctive flavor good for eating fresh or in preserves.
Fruit Description:
Medium to large, round to conical drupe, purple red skin, juicy red flesh with a sweet, mild flavor, clingstone.

2-1 Double Delicious Apple

 Attributes:
Through the miracle of grafting, this revolutionary tree produces two different, yet equally delicious, apple varieties. Medium- to large-size Liberty apples ripen for harvest in early October, and delicious porcelain-skinned Sundance ripens slightly later near the middle to end of October. Perfect for fresh eating, baking, drying, juice and sauce, these varieties pollinate each other and are disease resistant.



Honeysweet Pear

Attributes:
Super-sweet “sugar-type” pear with a rich, spicy flavor and exceptional quality. One of the few that is self-pollinating—does not need another variety for good fruiting. Keeps well in storage; ripens late August.



Also on my day dream list, are nut trees and asparagus. I don't think I have room in my yard for a nut tree. They just take up so much room, but I'd love to have one. And, asparagus, we will plant that, and soon, because it takes it 2 or 3 years before you can harvest it. But I think we are going to give asparagus it's own personal garden bed, somewhere in the back yard. I just have to figure out where.

Well, this day dream must come to and end. I can hear all three children up and raring to be let out of their rooms. *sigh* nap time is never long enough, is it?