Stair Thee Well

Greetings loyal readers. I hope you are all warming up wherever you live. Just when I thought spring was up and rolling, Oxford has managed to have a few chilly days, but if my allergies tell me anything it's that the bees in the trees are gearing up for my favorite season. Spring Break is just around the corner, the Easter Bunny is working overtime to have all his eggs decorated in time, and my sweet tooth is ready. (I gave up sweets for Lent this year and it's proving to be much more difficult than I had anticipated....) Come April 8, bring on the Cadbury Eggs.

Of course, springtime not only brings April Showers and May Flowers, it also brings a big blue house on Second Street. So, without further ado, here are the pictures of the day.

The stairs. There have never been stairs in the Cassady house. Unless you count the pull-down variety that folded up into the attic. I'm diggin' the cubbyholes under the stairs. Reminds me of Harry Potter's "Cupboard under the Stairs" on Privet Drive.

The kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is the coolest thing about the whole downstairs in my opinion. The "pressed tin" panels harken back to the old downtown shopping days of yore. When we still bought our shoes at Gryder's Buster Brown and our clothes at Salloum's instead of horrid places like Shoe Carnival and Cato. Around Oxford lots of the shops still have these kinds of ceilings. All the cabinets have doors and hardware now.

Lastly there is Molly, the Official Adopted Cat of the Post-Katrina Era. She sits on a newly recovered chair that belonged to my grandparents. Lookin' sharp Molly! Show me love!