An orange car

We are still in the month of Orange here at Mary's own Project Spectrum. Many things have changed and I am in Vancouver again. 

We have moved in to our new condo (where we are not living permanently just yet; it's like our summer cabin) which is lovely and very close to the beach for sunsets, but we have no furniture! We got a table off a Buy Nothing group and have two hardware store patio chairs. We have ordered a bed frame and will get a mattress next week (we hope, as we are sleeping on airbeds now and that is not great). We looked at dish sets and everything is white and boring, so we went to the Sally Ann and got a few nice blue dishes. A free table was on offer in Victoria, but we were hesitant to rent a car and pay to take it on the ferry to pick it up, but now our brother-in-law is coming over to the big city and will bring it with him! Yay! So, next week things should be looking up. Then some carpets, for sure. Painting will wait till our next trip here, I imagine. 

Meanwhile, we saw an orange car, a 1938 Ford, as the guy told us. He had parked outside the groovy coffee shop so could sit there and watch us looky-loos admire his fancy car.  

In other news, I have started a blog of old family photos, so if you would like to see my parents in the 1940s and other delights, head here. 

Orange roses

Amongst all the peonies and red roses these days, I finally found some orange roses for June. 

We are running around in a bit of a flurry because Stephen and I are off to BC again tomorrow. Next post: our Vancouver view! 

June plans

Ah, June. The month of ORANGE. I'll be on the lookout. So far I have seen a few orange things:

The big plan for this month is that we will go back to Vancouver to our *new* condo. We are not going to move into it full-time for a year or so, but we are looking on it as our cottage, our bolt-hole, our pied-à-terre. So, pretty exciting. I have wish-lists online and when we get there I will press "checkout" and get some essentials delivered. A kettle, a bed. 

Meanwhile, I shall make my last sleeve and turtleneck for the sweater. I hope to get that done before we go. 

I think I will be in the mood for something small and simple when I am done that. I might get some orange cotton and make us a dishcloth or two for the new kitchen. I might finish a fancy winter glove. I might make another crazy big sweater. 

Okay, not planning...