So! Thank-you for welcoming me back. Though I didn't miss the Internet a whole lot, I did miss Blogland. I kept all these running dialogues to you going in my head.  :)

Well, I know you want to see pictures of Hobbit Cottage so far, so in my header (I'm working on the size) you'll see one of my favorite things--part of our dining room. How cozy (and a tad romantic) to sit at that pretty window and stare at all the green from our hedge and a ton of huge trees (someday I'll show you the lovely bark from the gigantic sycamores). Lots of old houses and green, green trees--we love our views from this corner lot, though the tall hedge on two sides gives us privacy, too. At our last suburb house our dining room windows looked out to a brick wall (bleh) so the view from our table here is amazingly better.

We have just two bedrooms, but also a bonus room--an office at the base of the stairs. The office will have a western, old-timey theme and will be Tom's. It's in a state of high disarray right now.

But climb the stairs and there's a tiny room which I've already made into my library:

(Lighting issues again...sigh.)

My own library room! Bliss.

So there are a few peeks for you today. And though I'd love to tell you about the neighbors we've met and more about our moving adventures, I need to return to the basement and all our many boxes there. Stay tuned!

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In case you missed my official 'I'm back!' post, see below.

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