Another trip up to the farm house

The dogs and I traveled up to the farm again this past weekend and found that finally, weeks and weeks later than in Albany, the trees were in leaf and the flowers had begun to bloom. The photo above shows the old fashioned lilac in front of the house. I saw an unidentified thrush there on the last trip, a bird which does not match any in my Peterson's field guide. Maybe if I get to hear it sing some day..................
I spent hours mowing the tall grass and throwing the rocks, some as big as grapefruits, out of the grass where the snow plows had pushed them.
Rick had left me a note on the kitchen table telling me that the ceiling fans in the livingroom (shown above) and the master bedroom were gifts from him and his partner. I was very touched.
Looking out the window of the downstairs bathroom I saw a flowering crab. Now, doesn't that make you want to move to the country?
This is the master bedroom, formerly known jokingly as the purple room. Those are apples and pear trees seen outside the window.
The northwest bedroom is not really as orange as it appears here.
OK, let's begin with what the bathtub looked like before Rick began (above). That's him working in the hall, by the way. I wish I had more and better "before" pictures but I think I only wanted to show the good things.
And now the new tub and shower area, all tiled, clean and and lovely. Of course at the time I took this picture it still needed faucets and handles, but that's now taken care of.
Looking out the bathroom windows across the county road to Ben and Bridgette's barn. The sunsets are visible over there as are their mare and calves as they gather for their nightly hay.
Across the bathroom from the tub is now all sheetrocked and painted.