We had lots and lots of rain yesterday and overnight and the sump pump is working overtime. It is very, very windy out there. Generally? It’s a pain in the tush.

I have to watch a filmed run through of Dial M for Murder  this morning and take notes to pass on to the actors.

As for the Christmas tree: I took down all the ornaments on Friday or Saturday (can’t remember now) ahead of the snow storm and stashed the bins in the shed. The tree stayed with just the lights through Monday. Yesterday, we took down the lights and removed the tree. We were ready. We got it on December 7th and it was up over a month. It was very dry toward the end, but it was still going strong. Thank you, lovely Christmas tree.

More pictures of the office/studio.

Lots of instruments are stashed on the left, a perfect plant corner, some of D’s vintage cameras are on the shelf under the blue bench. The stone doves came inside for the winter and they’re on the floor in front of the bench. And my beautiful French cabinet, which stores miniatures.

The project that I’ve ignored for a long while. I’m determined to take this on during these winter months.

My studio partner’s desk.

On the far end of my desk.

This should give you a pretty good sense of the office/studio at this point in time. It’s jam-packed, for sure. When you have two people occupying the same space and they both have lots of STUFF, this is what you get. It works, though I’d love more space in which to move when I’m working. But then again, I’m not up there every day, so it’s just fine!

Okay. Have to get going!

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

The air quality has improved but it’s still at the orange level – unhealthy for sensitive groups. Looks like tomorrow will be back to normal, including the rain that is coming. One or the other lately: dangerous air quality or lots of rain. Can I choose something in-between, please? Or don’t we get that option?

We got the air conditioner. I sighed as we spent money we really didn’t want to spend. This time I went with an LG because I didn’t want to go with the only other option, a GE that was the exact same model we just got rid of. That unit was a problem from the beginning. Since I’d done my research (including what store had it in stock) we drove there, walked in the store, put the box in our cart, went though self-checkout, and were out of there in less than 10 minutes. We came home, I put it together, and now it’s in the window working beautifully. After several days of coping with high temperatures and humidity, it felt so good to have the house cool again. And it’s quieter than the other one, as well.

An neater and cleaner desk. I have to sort through that pile of paperwork on the left.

Must. Get. Going. On. This. Project.

I moved Dove Cottage to the top of the music cabinet.

It’s hard to take pictures in here. Since it’s densely populated by all of my stuff, Don’s musical instruments, a chair, lots of surfaces, etc., I can only back up so many steps. And I have to torque my body to get into little corners.

Don has a gig today about a couple of hours north of here. We need money, he hasn’t worked in over 4 years, I’m not working, blah blah blah, so he wrangled some bookings this month. He hasn’t sung in public like this for a while. I hope it goes well. It involves a lot of driving – though Don likes that. I’ll have some time to myself but within a couple of hours, I’ll miss him. I’m currently wondering if I should try to mow a little today (with a mask on.) It may be my only opportunity for a few days as rain is on the way,

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.