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Unknown Warner Pics

Bottom of this picture reads Sedro Woolley, WA.

Additional Pics

The homestead at Warner's Prairie. Left to right, William Bishop, Minnie Warner Bishop, and Captain John Warner.

Minnie Warner's baby picture, circa 1865.

New Toy

And it's called a CanoScan LiDE 600F with cool photo enhancing software. Click on the thumbnails for a larger image.

This photo was taken around 1918 in Vallejo, CA. In the back row, left to right, is William Bishop, Minnie Warner Bishop, George Bishop. Next row, left to right, Charles "Mac" McGinnis (Lottie Warner McGinnis' husband), Ellen Bishop. Next row, left to right, Nellie Bishop, Bertha Bishop, Jack Bishop. Front row, Lottie Bishop and Frank Bishop (my grandfather).

Bishop family portrait, taken around 1918 in Vallejo, CA. Back row left to right, Bertha Bishop, Ellen Bishop, Nellie Bishop, Jack Bishop. Front row, left to right, Minnie Warner Bishop, Frank Bishop (my grandfather), George Bishop, Lottie Bishop, and William Bishop.

My grandfather, the violinist, circa 1914.

Three of my grandfather's siblings taken around the same time period. Left to right, Jack Bishop, Nellie Bishop, and George Bishop.

This photo was taken around 1880. Lady on the left is my great great grandmother Ellen Thompson Warner, girl in the middle is their oldest daughter Minnie May Warner (my great grandmother), and the man on the right is my great great grandfather Captain John Warner.

Anybody Still There?

Seems like we've taken a long hiatus from updating our blog with pictures. Our contractors finished about what seems like six years ago and we've been slowly moving our furniture downstairs and out onto the deck. During that time, I couldn't quite find the time to take the last set of pictures and update the blog with them until now so I apologize. In my defense, however, we also had the exterior of our house painted and the painters just finished that up a few days ago. So we weren't able to move all of our stuff out onto the decks until that finished up. But I've run out of excuses now so I figured I'd better get with it. So without further ado here are the last pics without any additional commentary.

Before and After

As a side improvement project we decided to have our living room paint switched from the overpowering maroon colors that were on the walls and ceilings to a lighter more neutral tone. Unfortunately, the greenish tone does not show up in the new paint color in any photos I've attempted to take so you'll have to take my word for it that the new paint color has some neutral green tones in it.

One Week To Go...

And we're finished with the downstairs part of project Phase 1. We're already begun to move our belongings downstairs and we got to install all of our window coverings as well.

As you can see we are nearing maximum capacity in our new storage room...

This is one of the new window coverings displayed on our office door.

We were playing around with different configurations for Bob's desk the other day and this was just one of them.

The ceiling of our deck is now completely done with the last task for covering the big beam across the middle being finished.

New shades for the office windows.

Carpeting is now in everywhere. This is a shot of the hall closet.

Carpeting on the stairs complete with a curious cat head at the top.

Picture of the bathroom vanity with the new knobs installed.

Picture of the new cabinet above the toilet.

Picture of the guest bedroom with the new carpeting and new light fixture.

New shades for the guest bedroom windows.

Let There Be Light

That and paint. Here is our nifty blue office with the heavy cream ceilings and the recessed lighting.

Next is a shot of our (lighted) closet. As you can see the, the closet goes way back.

Still in the closet but now in the way back and turning the corner...

And now the very end of the closet way under the stairs.

Our square light fixture was installed in the guest bedroom yesterday.

And so was some flourescent lighting in the big guest bedroom closet.

There was a dingo that wanted to be in the shot of the downstairs hallway. I figured it wasn't doing any harm so I let it stay in the shot. Plus I didn't want to make it mad.

Shot of the (lighted and painted) hallway stairs.

Shot of our storage room. Sorry, no paint in here. But there are lights!

Kind of a dim shot of the bathroom but it was the first time we were able to see the linoleum, the quartz countertop and the wall paint all together. Will have to post a better shot of the granite later.