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Potpourri on Sunday

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• One other thing about that Norman Rockwell print I shared with you the other day – A big part of the reason we fell in love with it is because it’s centered on ‘show people’ and it points out a truth about any performer, actor, dancer, or singer; offstage they’re just people like everyone else. It’s only under the spotlight that they seem larger than life.

• We got about 4 inches of snow yesterday and last night. Don has already been out to shovel, bless him. I didn’t have to do anything! A nice accumulation, but not overwhelming. And everything out there looks clean again.

• I had two dreams right before I got up. In one, I was staring at some books on top of some tall bookshelves. As I stared at them, they moved and disappeared and I realized I could move things with my mind. In the other, I was staying in a house with several people but I was there alone. I realized the toilet was overflowing with, how do we say it, crap. And I was cleaning it all up with my bare hands. It was undoubtedly influenced by an episode of Will and Grace that we’d seen earlier in the evening. But it was a jarring way to wake up!

• Wanted you to see just how high the ceilings are in the Lake House.

Please excuse the shoddy and temporary wallpaper job. It was done as an experiment and it’s still up!

This is a hard one to photograph because of the dark walls. I always have to lighten things up a bit, plus the light from the big picture window in the den is flooding the room. But see? The ceilings are very high. In contrast, the ceilings in the newest vintage dollhouse are very low. The rooms are 3/4 size, not quite the 1:12 size for most dollhouses. They’ll be a challenge.

I didn’t end up doing any work on the dumpster dollhouse yesterday (also known as the English Cottage.) But I will today.

I hope you’re all tucked in, safe and warm. Some of you are also enjoying a long weekend and isn’t that lovely?

Happy Sunday.

Miniature Gifts

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Just got back from getting some last minute groceries before the snow comes, so I’m running a wee bit late this morning.

I received a package from Barbara the other day, filled with miniature goodies. I finally got a chance to take some photos of them yesterday.

I took this in the vintage dollhouse. I put a piece of cardstock with a wallpaper-like pattern against the wall – just for fun.

Here we have a lovely wooden trunk with 1776 on the front, some china, some coffee, and a tart.

A beautiful bookcase. Isn’t it lovely?

A mini-quilt.

Some beautiful books. I’m pretty sure Barbara made these.

And some pewter: a plate and candlesticks.

Isn’t it lovely? I’m not sure where I’m going to use everything yet, but that’s the fun of adding to your stash.

I have, however, added the books to the built-in shelves in the Lake House.

Nothing has been styled, as of yet. I’m just playing. I love this little house.

Thank you, Barbara! You are too generous and I love everything. (Barbara also included a lovely journal.)

Today I have to tape some lines in a Yorkshire dialect for one of the actresses in Jane Eyre. And I’m going to start back in on the stonework for the English Cottage/Dumpster Dollhouse. I finished the Maigret mystery and I’ve started The Night Fire  by Michael Connelly.

And we’ll watch the snow fall.

Happy Saturday.

Still Life

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This was my view as Don and I sat on the sofa for our second cup of coffee. A still life of our favorite things. Don is playing that guitar as I write this.

I read the script for Jane Eyre  yesterday and I’ll be speaking with Elizabeth, the director, either today or tomorrow to firm up what she needs and wants from me for this production. Looks like I’ll be spending a couple of days in Hartford next week. The first rehearsal is Tuesday and I’ll work with the actors a bit on Wednesday. I may go in on Monday evening so I don’t have to stress about trying to get there in the morning with the usual traffic jams on the Interstate. We’ll see.

Today I’ll be doing research on the dialects required for this production. That’s always fun!

I’m nearing the end of Jane Eyre  (the novel.) It’s a beautifully written and powerful story. Even though I knew the story going in, I have been enriched by the pleasure of reading Brontë’s prose. I suspect I started to read it when I was young but never finished it. So here I am, all these years later, finally  reading it! It was worth the wait.

Last night, we watched the first episode of the final season of Schitt’s Creek.  I love that show and will be so sorry to see it end. It’s simply wonderful. It’s on POP TV here in the States and on the CBC in Canada. Eventually, once this airing of the final season has ended, it will move to Netflix. The actors are brilliant and actor/producer/writer Dan Levy (son of Eugene Levy) is a force to be reckoned with.

I’m off to have some breakfast and then do some work.

Happy Wednesday.

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