Bluefin Bay. Day 2.

Hiking at Cascade River.

 Yes, that is open water behind Doug.  Yikes!

 Beautiful day.  Perfect for a nice walk up along the river.

 Hiking on the frozen river.

Exploring Grand Marais shoreline.

 All bundled up for the wintry day.

A beautiful sun-reflected piece of ice.

 Grand Marais Pier covered solid with ice.

 Cozy lunch spot at Chez Jude, Grand Marais.

Bluefin Bay Weekend. Day 1.

Doug's boss gifted us with a weekend and meals to Bluefin Bay in appreciation for Doug's twenty-five years of service.

 Stillwater Lift Bridge.

 There was a snowstorm the day we left.

Driving through Stillwater.

Heading north.

The drive was a little tense.

 Stopped in Duluth for lunch.

 Our wonderful accommodations.

 Bluefin Bay.

The ice was pretty neat.

Sewing Cabinet.

Time to clean-out and organize my sewing cabinet.

I didn't think about taking pictures until I had emptied the whole thing out.  So no before photos, just empty photos.

 I found this bounty of thread at Goodwill and it was the impetus for cleaning-out the cabinet. I needed to find space to put all those gorgeous spools of thread.

 Everything sorted out, now to put away.

 All organized by color.  This will make it so much easier to locate what I need.

 Ahhh...that's so much better.

Doug made this cabinet for me for our tenth wedding anniversary and left this sweet love note.

Bedroom Redo. The Finishing Touches.

New curtains from Ikea go well with the bed comforter and the color scheme.  They add lightness to the room.

I like the happy pattern.

While dropping off items at Smith Sales we wandered around and found this beauty.  The portrait is HUGE with a very ornate frame.  We anxiously awaited the auction day, which was a couple weeks away, and furiously bid away.  We won the auction (yeah!) and brought her home.

I think the colors will go very well with our new look.  The painting definitely is out of our normal decorating choices, but we thought it would be the finishing touch to the decor.

So, I held my breath as the boys hung her up...

and we think it looks fabulous!!  What a fun and unique find.

A view looking towards the screen porch.  I would still like to figure out a curtain for that door.

Scooties is really enjoying the new blanket :)

Looking toward the bathroom and hallway.

Doug's dresser and t.v.  During the summer we hope to work on the dressers, either clean them up or refinish them.

Still need to mount t.v. on the wall.  Just haven't figured out where on the wall and if we will be able to see the backside of the t.v.  We don't like to see that when we enter the room.

Last project for the room was to move Henri out of our room.  I tried several weeks ago for about a week.  She did not approve, and cried every morning from the living room, sure that I had forgotten about her.  Much to Doug's disappointment, she is back living in our bedroom.  She is such a baby!

But I do love her :)

Bedroom Redo. Ceiling Fan.

We decided that our ceiling fan needed a transformation too.

Doug spray painted the hardware the same color as the door hardware and the blades a clean white.

Ben helped with the re-assembly.

And hanging the fan.

Done!

It looks so much cleaner and less-bulky-like now.

I like it much better now.