New bed hangings, looking forward to warm spring days , and new 'his and her' 18thc. ensembles~

I finished sewing the new bed curtains for our 1686 bed. I think they look lovely, and quite 17thc.-appropriate. Here is just a 'sneak peek' of the fabric, but I won't put up pictures of the room and the whole bed because we plan to put up all new photos of the interior of our 18thc. home on the TOUR page of our website this June. We have made many changes, and plan to debut them then.

The fabric I used for the hangings on our 1686 bed~
UPDATE, OCT. 2012~You can see the finished bed and take a tour of our period home and gardens HERE~

Yesterday when Adam got home we worked a little more on the new stone wall out front. It'll take awhile; it will be over 40 feet long. It's a real job. I am waiting for my heirloom seeds to arrive, and then plan to plant them. This Saturday the local nursery opens, and we plan to go over and check out stone slabs for possible use in constructing our bee boles soon...

Adam has plans to meet his friend and 18thc. tailor, Chris halfway between us, in Nashua NH at a Dunkin' Donuts on Sunday to give Chris the silk fabric for his 1740 suit, and to have Chris take his measurements.  He is justafyably excited about at long last getting a 'fancy' period suit of clothes.
My new 18thc. sacque back gown is also in the works. The fabric should be at the designer's next week, and she will then prepare the muslin for fitting and send it to me.
Our 5th wedding anniversary is in late spring, and as always, we plan an 18thc. picnic somewhere nice and plan to schedule it after we both have our new outfits, and can wear them for the first time, for our special celebration outing.

The fabric for Adam's c. 1750 suit and waistcoat~

The fabric for my new 18thc. gown.

 Our 5th anniversary is a big deal to us, and we had hoped to have an 18thc. vow renewal ceremony at a reenactment this summer. I don't know what reenactments we'll be able to attend due to the current financial constraints, but at the very least we'll plan to go on a fancy, period-dress, 18thc. picnic for our anniversary at a nice park in New Hampshire or Maine for an afternoon, as we always do. These special new outfits are very much appreciated and anticipated, with Adam having sold other 18thc. gear and clothing he had to be able to finance a nice anniversary present for each of us...

These photos were taken on our anniversary picnic last year~

The sun is out today, but it's still cool and the grass is still not green. The daffodils are up, but not in bloom yet. I have just heard that this weekend is supposed to be sunny and in the 60's and 70's, and I couldn't be more thrilled. I think we'll finally see some of spring's green start to pop out!
I am doing more lawn raking today---it's a big job. I put some grass seed down in front, in places where we dug up and transplanted some plants in favor of plain grass, and will seed some spots out back after the raking is finished.
The birds are singing today, and I just filled the feeder with seed.

Our yard in early summer~

UPDATE, JULY 30, 2012~
SEE OUR NEW 18THC. ENSEMBLES~ CLICK ON PHOTOS~