When I walked into the living room this morning with fresh eyes the room looked better, more airy. Progress!

I still have a cluster of furniture in one corner -- the couch sits in front of a long coffee table and those are adjacent to the rocky fireplace hearth where the television sits. There is also a cabinet with the various devices (receiver, DVD/bluray, CD player, turntable, etc.) to the side. Since I have my DVD and television set to go through the receiver for my own version of surround sound, it all needs to be in this same general area, and I like the lower position for the television on the hearth - I sit on the sofa and look straight at it instead of looking up if it were on a cabinet top.

Out in the garden the broccoli is finally growing and this weekend I'll make more progress in the new beds. I saw a plan for a movable PVC pipe and plastic cover that might be good in a couple of parts of the garden as a test. (Thanks, Michelle, I think it was a Pinterest link you posted on facebook.) The wheels are always turning on ways to make the garden work better, it is just a matter of finding a) the time and b) the money to put some of them into place. :)

SRS