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Today’s egg cup theme: Geese.

I can’t remember where I got the first goose, who is pulling an egg cup – I think I found it online. The second goose was a find in a local antique shop. In perfect condition, it’s a vintage cup from France.

The weather has been warm here – temp is reaching 74 today! That’s only for a day, and it will drop back down to normal temps tomorrow. It’s foggy and rainy.

We had a lovely time with Rick and Doug and Sam. Great conversation, lots of play with Sam, and great french toast to boot.

I have yet to answer your comments from yesterday! It ended up being a fairly busy day and I was going on very little sleep, so I just sort of collapsed when I got home. But I will, as soon as I hit publish.

There’s not much else new…sometimes I wonder if I should take the occasional day off because I don’t want to bore you. I know you’ve all said that’s just fine by you, but I have a hard time doing that. Partly because I like the discipline of writing every day, partly because I know you look for my  posts, and even though it’s okay, I know you’ll wonder if all is okay with me. Tricky. But after 11 years of blogging, sometimes I just don’t have anything to say! And we’re not in an exciting time here at the cottage; we’re basically just hanging out here. Neither of us is working. No big, potentially exciting things are scheduled. It’s just Don and me, hanging out, running errands, reading, listening to music, making dinner, washing dishes, cleaning, and watching an old movie or two.

Soon, I’ll begin to work outside and that will change things up a bit.

Anyway, I’m rambling. It’s simply something I think about from time to time, but then I start writing about whether I should take a day off, gradually adding more and more thoughts, and then suddenly, I have a post.

Sigh.

Happy Monday.

 

Little Free Library & Egg Cups

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We took a walk on the rail trail yesterday. Beautiful day, lovely weather – and I’m seeing buds on some trees. Huzzah! On the way back, we had to walk a bit further than usual and noticed this at the other entrance to the trail:

An adorable Little Free Library made in the shape of a railroad car. This is the rail trail and there used to be a railroad station in our little town – right on this site – as well as a big hotel for travelers. Hard for those of us who are newish to this area to imagine, but I’ve heard lots of stories about it from those who were born and raised here.

I have a few books that I was going to donate to the library, but I just may drop them off here.

Today is going to be warmer. Still too early to do any work outside, but we may sit on the glider for a spell. We’re going to Rick and Doug’s for brunch first.

Today’s egg cup theme: Dog egg cups.

Enjoy your day – I hope the weather is getting warmer wherever you live and that signs of spring are finally appearing. It was a long, long winter.

Happy Sunday.

Stuff

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This little corner of the office is jam-packed with stuff. I frequently think I should come up with a different solution but, since our wall space is limited due to our attic-like space, there are only so many places you can hang something. The corner is sort of hidden away, anyway. I’m really the only person that can see it and that’s only when I’m sitting at my desk.

My mini pottery (I’ve run out of shelf space!) lanyards for various shows I’ve worked on and the Paul McCartney concert a few years back, a program from the Broadway production of Claudia  way back when, embroidery by Shanna of our Scout. A bulletin board crammed with ticket stubs, boarding passes, pictures of Little Z and my parents, Don and I at the beach, the cast of Our Town, Jim Parsons and I in my classroom, thank you notes from various cast members, notes given to me on opening night of Anastasia. Don and I marching in NYC right after That Man was elected.

On the floor beneath that space are dollhouse supplies; wood, cardboard, foam board, large rulers, a quilting pressing board – that kind of thing.

When you have a tiny space for your office/creative space, every inch needs to be used!

The weather yesterday was insane. Snow, then sleet, then snow again, then rain. And today it’s going to be 64 degrees! What????

In my head, I’m very motivated – I want to tackle all sorts of chores. In my body, not so much. The weather hasn’t helped! It’s still too wet out there to do anything today, but perhaps I can finally get going tomorrow. I’ve been reading and trying to get into the Ian Rankin book. I like it, but I’m not crazy about it. That could be because I’ve been sporadic about my actual reading time lately, and maybe I just need to carve out a couple of hours and concentrate on the book, so I get a sense of the flow of the story.

More egg cups; this time with a chicks, roosters, chicken, and ducks theme:

Quick question: Janet ( a reader ) has mentioned that she is not getting my replies to her comments lately. Is this happening to anyone else? If it is, I’ll have to find another plugin. Please let me know!

Happy Saturday.

 

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