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Tulips and Jadeite

March 27, 2019 at 10:41 am by Claudia

Tulips are so darned beautiful. I’m enjoying watching the flowers scattered around our house slowly open and reveal themselves. I’m one who thinks flowers are beautiful in all their stages, even when they’re withering and drying out. This little show they’re putting on for us is standing ovation worthy.

Still battling insomnia. I can’t keep my eyes open when I’m sitting downstairs on the sofa with Don. Then I get in bed and am wide awake for hours. It’s very frustrating. But I did sleep and I feel fairly good this morning. I am pulling away from all news (I can’t help thinking that is a major contributor to my erratic sleep) and I’m going to concentrate on all that’s beautiful and good and positive. I have to.

I stopped at another Michaels on my way home from TJs and found something miniature. I’d seen a few pictures on IG, but hadn’t been able find them at my local Michaels.

Miniature jadeite.

They’re hanging in the fairy garden section, and as are all things fairy garden, they’re not quite to scale. The plate and bowls are pretty close to scale but the glasses are huge – big, big, big gulp size. They’re made of lightweight plastic, so picture my frustration as I tried to get them to stand up in this cabinet without being knocked down again as I tried to maneuver another plate into position. Many swear words were heard in the office. I finally resorted to the tacky wax I use for other items in my dollhouses and that did the trick.

I love jadeite, though for some reason I don’t own any. The manufacturer did a great job with the color.

Anyway, if you’re interested, go to Michaels and make sure you visit the section where they have the fairy garden stuff.

Have I told you how much I love this hutch? One of my best miniature investments.

And have I told you how much I appreciate you? I do. Thank you for your support and the wonderful community we have created here.

Happy Wednesday.

Small Things

March 13, 2019 at 10:45 am by Claudia

My little row of butter pats. I think I have about 14 or 15 now, most of them ironstone. Most of them, in fact, are from the same dealer where I found the egg cup cubby. I love small things.

Another Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs egg cup came up for auction. Unfortunately, it was Doc. Doc frequently comes up for auction, much more than any other egg cup in that collection. I’ll keep hoping for Sleepy.

This morning there was such lovely bird song! Tiny little birds were in the tree outside the den window. I tried to identify them but I’m not sure; sparrows? chickadees? I couldn’t get a good look at them. Several of them were in the tree and they kept flitting from branch to branch. Now that I look at my bird book, I’m thinking they were sparrows. Hearing their song was such a nice way to start the day.

The sun is shining and the snow is melting. That’s all I need today.

I ordered this book, originally published in Great Britain. It just came out this week here in the States. I reviewed one of Garfield’s other books, Just My Type, several years ago. In Miniature is all about our fascination with small things. Guilty as charged. Of course, I had to get it.

Today I have to sort through our many W2s – you have no idea – and send them off to our accountant in Los Angeles, so that we can file an extension. Since we have to wait for all of the W2s to arrive here, we almost never file our taxes by April 15th. And often, though not this year, one of us is away working. Then I’m going to clean the pew with some Murphy’s Oil Soap. And read, of course. I’m currently reading a book I’m going to review on Monday – all about birds! Stay tuned.

Happy Wednesday.

Back At It

March 3, 2019 at 8:04 am by Claudia

The snow heading our way later today may be less than predicted. Originally the forecast was for 5 – 8 inches, then it was downgraded to 3- 5, and the weather app says the amount may be less than 3-5 inches.

Good news!

I didn’t sleep well last night. It took me a while to get to sleep, Don was snoring off and on, and I was coughing. Still. I don’t cough all the time, but I do still have some remnants of chest congestion. Sigh.

We’re headed over to Rick and Doug’s this morning for a brief visit. Doug’s daughters and baby granddaughter have been visiting over the past month. We were sick for so long that we couldn’t see them. Two of his daughters are preparing to head home, so we going to see them and the baby this morning.

I actually worked on the rescued dollhouse for a bit yesterday. Much of the work can’t be documented with a pretty picture as I was scraping excess glue out of every corner. I still have a lot more de-gluing to do. I straightened an interior wall. And in between, I found a sink in my stash and painted the taps silver.

I love this kind of sink. I had one in my apartment in Cambridge, though I didn’t appreciate it enough at the time. Now, I’d love to have one! I was playing around with it, wondering if it could fit into the dollhouse kitchen. It can, but it’s a bit cumbersome in terms of available space.

This dollhouse is going to be an English cottage. I know what I’m going to do with the outside, just haven’t started yet. It’s very small. You already know I’ve taken out the wall dividing the kitchen and the living space, so it will be one big room.

But I have to fit in a fridge and stove as well, and I don’t see how I can fit it all in unless I abandon the hutch (never!) so a smaller sink it may have to be.

So many questions that will eventually be resolved.

But the big thing is that I’ve started back in on the project!

Happy Sunday.

Tulips and Jadeite

Small Things

Back At It

Lambs Like to Party

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