light at the end

So tomorrow I am out of here until—October? Doing touchup at Hannah's, with one more bed to make in the morning—mine. The iris bed never did get weeded and the driveway is one big puddle, but everything else is looking pretty spiff, thanks to all the help from my family. Now I leave it all up to my wonderful cleaners and hope for weather that will make everybody stay outside as much as possible! The sign in the sky last evening said all was well, and the deluge was over.

Check out the Wall Street Journal's  House of the Day, today featuring Hannah's grandparents' property.