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Harper’s Easter Greeting and More Egg Cups

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Harper wishes you a Happy Easter.

She wasn’t happy. I heard the words “Oh, go suck an egg.”

So there you have it.

I did some work outside yesterday and it amazes me how quickly I get tired out at this age. My first attempt at clearing a small garden bed, potting the pansies, pruning some bushes, and I end up coming in the house with a very sore back, crying and frustrated that I can’t do what I used to do. Thank God for comforting Don, who rubs my back and understands.

I know. The solution is to not take on as much as I used to and/or find a way to do it in smaller doses. And I’m trying, really.

Today, it’s supposed to reach 85 degrees. It’s one of those freakish spring days when the temperature soars and everyone is uncomfortable. It will be about 20 degrees cooler tomorrow. I’m going to run by the nursery this morning to see if there are more plants available. Maybe with the holiday weekend and people coming north for the weekend they’ve set out more stock. Doesn’t hurt to try!

Two morning glory egg cups from the flea market in Paris and two egg cups from Abbey Road in London.

Humpty Dumpty (from England) and two very kitschy egg cups that have salt and pepper eggs.

A bunny carrying an orange egg cup, a scottie dog egg cup, two bunnies holding up an egg cup (another of my favorites) and. a bunny with a pipe leaning against his egg cup cottage.

The first egg cup was made in California, two chicks on a teeter totter (I may have shown this one before in this series) and a beautiful goose pulling an egg cup.

I have a few more to show you and I’ll do that on Monday. I may not get to all of them, but I’ll do the best I can.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday and Happy Easter.

 

 

Monday Morning Catch Up

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A slightly cluttered corner of the den.

We finally went above freezing yesterday and I could hear the drip, drip, drip of snow on the roof all day long. The same goes for the next few days. So our lovely white snow will be melting. I’ll miss the sunlight bouncing off the white snow. The light streaming through our windows has been wonderful. There’s still snow on the ground today. I hope it sticks around a bit longer.

Don is sick and is feeling pretty miserable. He played that gig on Friday night and he was playing near the door to the street, which kept opening and closing while he was standing there – the temps were below zero at that point. The next morning, he felt miserable. It seems he caught a chill which blossomed into a big old cold. Bless his heart, he really doesn’t feel well at all.

The puzzle arrived. It’s a newish Laurence King puzzle – The World of Oscar Wilde. Wilde wrote what I consider the perfect play, and it’s one of my favorites: The Importance of Being Earnest. It looks like it will be fun. King’s puzzles are always beautifully designed.

Okay. I did another video tour – I had to take advantage of the winter light flowing into the the corner of the den where the girls live. It’s often a little dark there, which makes photography problematic. But the light that day was perfectl. It’s up on my YouTube channel, but you can watch it here.

Visit YouTube – my account: claudiathechroniccollector

My Blythe Doll Collection

I also named my channel. (Don’t worry, it will be a modest little channel.) The name? Claudia the Chronic Collector. Might as well get these collections on video while I still have them!

Hope you enjoy it.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

A Bit of Ennui and Some Music

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I haven’t been taking any pictures lately, though I did take this one the other day for my Blythe IG account. I’m always taken by Pru’s expression. Boredom? Ennui?

Yes, the tree is still up and we’re hoping to keep it up until at least Wednesday.

A member of the Blythe community who lives in Altadena, CA lost her beautiful old Craftsman home in the fires. Corinne, a student from my days at Boston University, also lost her home in the same community. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. I can only read about the fires in bits and pieces because it’s just too much to take in. I pray the Santa Anas depart as soon as possible.

We’re due for more frigid weather, apparently, with high winds (again!) on Tuesday through Thursday. But I will not complain. We have heating oil and we’ll be fine.

Don has been doing some recording lately. He deleted his YouTube channel content, but he is posting new recordings on his Bandcamp account. He recently recorded some songs with acoustic guitar accompaniment resulting in a new album titled That’s All I Know.

You can download the songs for free. He’d love it if you gave it a listen.

Here’s the link.

He’s real proud ot it.

Thank goodness, All Creatures Great and Small  has a new season airing on PBS. We watched the first episode last night. Boy, do we need it!

Alright my friends. I’m going to sip my coffee.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday,

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