Curious George 2nd birthday party
It’s monkey business. I told you I would share all the past birthday parties we’ve had for the kids, so up this week is a flashback to the year 2008 when my oldest son turned two! To celebrate we took inspiration from his favorite book by...
Photography week 5
Week 5 of our photography class was the location photo shoot. Unfortunately it was a very rainy day so our original plan to head to Sarah Duke Gardens was out. So we all headed just down the street to the Nasher Museum of Art on the Duke campus. We had several...
Hallway closet
A little organization goes a long way. See this mess in my Hallway closet? Games stacked two or three high, grocery bags stacked on top of old cell phone boxes etc. Every time I opened the hallway closet these grocery bags fell on my head. IT was a problem that...
Sites around Durham
On a casual drive home from school one day I decided to pull out my camera which happened to be in the car and take some snap shots around Durham. There is some fun architecture in this city and lots of old brick buildings and older homes. So let’s pretend...
Week 4 of photography
Week 4’s assignment for Photography was this: Take 2 almost identical pictures of a row of subjects (ex. cars in parking lot). Set camera to 80mm. Focus on the closest subject about 5-10 feet away. Go to Aperture Priority and set the aperture to the widest...
Buh Bye Bifolds
We’ve been having a problem here at Peahen Pad ever since we installed our new floors. Since the floors became a different height it threw off our bifold doors in our washing machine area. They literally have not been able to shut correctly and were...
1st birthday at Park
A birthday party for a One year old is a big event, but also can be stress-free and simple to put together. For my oldest son’s 1st birthday we celebrated with some great friends at a park just across the street. We were living in La Jolla at the time in...
Week 3 of photography
This week’s photography assignment: Auto vs. Night Time Portrait: Your subject should be no more than 10 feet away from you. Take a photo of an interesting lit background. Make sure the background is at LEAST 20 yards away from your subject and not...
Quick porch updates
Before things get ugly and creapy around here with October shortly upon us, I thought I would have some cheery and fun things to spruce up our entry way beforehand. We’ve been enjoying these little updates since the beginning of September when I knew my...
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Follow two DIYers as we decorate, redecorate, design, beautify, demo, install, fix, and remodel the interior and exterior of our second home. We've learned a lot from remodeling our first home and now we are applying this know-how to our second home. Hope you enjoy our site!
xo, Cathy
