The chronicle of the trials, tribulations, and joys of attempting to update a 1930's-era home, affectionately termed "the rat hole" because of its state of disrepair, in Kenmore, Washington.
We planted some of the violets from my wife's childhood home in our lawn back when we installed the lawn. We thought we'd lost them to the slugs after the first year because they never really thrived or flowered. Well... this year they flowered!
