Glass Half Full

   After reading a few of these posts, I feel I may be complaining too much.  
   Yes - we are a few doors short of a full house; and we were left with only three sources of light: a circa 1950's fluorescent kitchen torture model, a rusted medieval number in the hall, and finally an Ikea fixture that was clearly too much trouble to remove...but the list of what was left for us is much much longer.

   First and clearly the heaviest, an early 1900's gas stove left in the cellar-

More colorful and probably more missed, countless matchbox cars and trucks-

A most thrilling find - a Pawley's Island hammock and a place to hang it-

An old vent cover-

A chest full of screws and nails-

   Hanging brass monkeys-

   A pig key holder-

The base of a bird bath as well as a bird house where a nuthatch family resides-

A potting table and a plethora of pots-

Rustic stonework-

   And finally a great, great deal of very difficult, awe-inspiring and clearly loving work on the house which we are working very hard to live up to.