THE LONG, DRY SUMMER

Bob painted out most of the color in kitchen/-family room.

The garage had many treasures.

After the estate sale.

When we returned to Portland in April, we arranged to start moving into a small one-bedroom apartment in a nearby retirement center.  The rest of the summer was spent downsizing, a large estate sale, putting the house on the market and it sold in 5 days.

The back patio had lots of bargains.

Norm and Jerri checking out our new digs.

Bob put together IKEA'S base cabinet and corian-type counter=
top. Now we have a place for eating and food prep.

"The home" is located in our Sellwood area, so we can walk to familiar places. The place is full of old people in various states of decrepitude and we're not very far from being their ourselves. 

Our living room.