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Edging Around the Corner and Adrian

April 15, 2023 at 8:37 am by Claudia

Well, the heat has left us, thank goodness. 90 degrees in mid-April is too much! We are due for rain for the next 3 days, and much cooler temperatures. Only in the fifties on Tuesday.

We stayed indoors yesterday and it did make a difference. We’re edging around the corner with this ‘crud’ but both of us still cough off and on and I’m still congested – though that may be due to allergies, it’s hard to tell.

Good news about Adrian: he took a walk yesterday, many of the tubes (one in his stomach, one in his nose) have been removed. He passed the ‘swallow test’ yesterday so he can start eating food, and he’s more alert and talkative. What a great news bulletin that was! It’s been less than a week since the heart transplant. We’re overjoyed!

The trees are budding, little green leaves are appearing. I’m sure the heat sped up that process. Birds are singing like crazy – the joys of spring. Now, if I can just get out there and do something soon. There is much cleanup ahead and I haven’t bought one flower for my pots. I feel way behind, but working and being very sick have slowed me up.

A new outfit arrived in the mail the other day and I realized that I had always envisioned Maeve as the perfect girl to model it.

I can’t get over how cute this is! It’s by La Petite Pamplemousse on Etsy/Wir’s Mom. I have a couple of her dresses and she makes the most beautiful clothes. And, she lives in California. She made the beret, too. Best of all, her clothes are very reasonably priced.

Love the flowery pants (I’ve had a pair or two like that) and the wonderful jacket. It also came with a little knitted scarf. I love Maeve in hats of any kind. That fiery red bob works well with a hat.

(I’m running out of shoes. With so many girls, I’m going to have to order some more.)

Finished Underland  yesterday. Read a chapter of War and Peace.

Tonight, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  is back!

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

 

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Where are the Fabric Eggs?

April 11, 2023 at 9:32 am by Claudia

A day off today and I really, really need it. Still not feeling well, with the added gift of allergies gone haywire. It’s all very frustrating and that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Adrian: Because of his complications during the transplant, he was under anesthesia for over 7 hours and it took a long, long time for him to come out of it. I can’t imagine how worried Margaret must have been. He is no longer intubated, but he is in incredible pain. So the next few days will be very hard. Margaret sounds exhausted. I can’t imagine she’s slept much at all. But the heart is working, thank God.

The very first thing Don and I prayed for was the family of the donor. That’s the difficult thing about this; getting a new heart means there has been a tragic loss of life.

So we wait and try not to pester Margaret. Just one update a day. Don waited until I got home last night to text her. And we pray for our friend.

I am so ready to end these commutes into the city. I’m sure that my feelings about that are impacted by my being sick, but I am SICK OF THE COMMUTE. Half the time, I have to kill an hour or two in the Times Square area because I am there early because of the bus schedule. Or I have to kill time before I can go home for the same reason. And then there’s the bus ride itself. Anyway, commuting into NYC lost its appeal years ago.

One more day. That means I won’t post tomorrow as I have to get up at 5 am in order to get into the city in time for a 10:30 am run-through. Next week, probably on Monday, I’ll drive to the theater in New Jersey for a dress/tech run-through and hopefully, that will be IT. I will say that everyone who works for the Paper Mill Playhouse has been generous and kind and extremely helpful. What a wonderful organization!

You’re probably wondering where the fabric Easter eggs were this year.

Here you go:

Zoe always looks slightly worried.

I’ll probably leave the eggs there for a few more days.

Sorry that I am unable to reply to comments on some days. It will all get back to normal soon. Thanks for understanding.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

 

Filed Under: Blythe dolls, coaching, Easter 16 Comments

The End of the Tour

April 5, 2023 at 9:21 am by Claudia

Okay. This is the last egg cup post. I haven’t included every cup on this tour, but that’s only because a few of them are very basic and not really worth noting.

Three of my larger double egg cups:

• On the left, a Hankscraft egg cup, made by Redwing Pottery in Wisconsin. Vintage. This is solid and heavy and I love the vertical lines that evoke a bit of Art Deco to me. Made in the 1940s.

• This cup was a local find. It’s made of glass and has distinctive orange markings. I have no idea who made it, it could any one of a number of glass companies. I fell in love with that milk glass/orange combination.

• I’m not sure of the maker on this one, either, though I suspect it’s Johnson Bros. It’s a lovely transferware pattern and I had to have it.

Three new egg cups:

I bought all three of these on our trip to Paris and London.

• An egg cup designed by Emma Bridgewater, bought in her shop in Marylebone/London. I’m a big fan of Emma Bridgewater and have several of her pieces. Had to have this one!

• Of course, we visited Abbey Road on that trip, as well as Abbey Road Studios. I discovered this pair in the gift shop. IMMEDIATELY bought them! I mean, they couldn’t be more charming or more perfect for two Beatles loving people. That’s not a crack on the base. It’s some wax, which I use to secure the cups in the cubby. Same stuff I use for my miniatures.

And there you have it.

I’m not actively searching for any more cups, but if I run across one that I can’t resist, I’ll add it to the collection.  I haven’t added one for a while.

Experimenting with the right colors for Ella:

By the way, she has two little teeth. Impossible for you to see, but I can!

I am going to have to go into the city tomorrow, though I still feel sick. But the remaining time in the rehearsal studio is waning, so I have to be there. I’ll have to go in on Friday or Saturday, as well.

The thought of this is exhausting, of course. Sigh.

So I won’t post tomorrow.

So happy when I see a lifelong criminal arrested.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

 

Filed Under: Blythe dolls, egg cups, Ella 26 Comments

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