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Miniature Paint Box

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Had to snap a picture this morning. These blooms last about three days and this is day two.

Gorgeous, aren’t they?

Wild roses, day lilies, yarrow – everything is suddenly in bloom. But it’s going to be stormy today. Then we head into 5 days of 90 degree weather. What?? This has been a crazy spring.

I meant to paint yesterday but I got diverted by an incredibly fiddly little project: making a small miniature from a kit. This particular kit is an artist’s paint box. A couple of hours and several curse words later, we have this:

The tubes of paint were a pain in the tush. I made some more, which are over on the bookcase.

A palette was included. Eventually I’ll add some blobs of paint.

There are also a couple of brushes made out of toothpicks which work for the moment. I’m going to search for more realistic mini paint brushes, though.

The easel is on its way from Denmark. I have some mini canvases to paint and stack in the room. I’ll add some mini art books, too.

I really love this little studio.

Stay safe,

Happy Friday.

 

Vintage Bookshelf and a Rose

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We’ve had a couple of gray days in a row with coolish temperatures. Good for mowing, which I did a lot of yesterday, not so good for the spirits. I’m trying to do some work outside every day. Garden work, mowing, pruning plants and cutting branches – all of which I’ve done since I got home on Sunday night – allows me some respite from the sadness of the show closing.

Meanwhile, audiences love the show, stand and cheer and sing during the curtain call, as they do every performance, every day of the week. Go figure.

Okay. Have to move on or I’ll cry again.

The bookshelf in progress. (Ask me how much I dislike this carpeting.)

The lighting isn’t great at the moment and I’ll try more photos on a sunnier day, but I thought I owed you an update.

The Nancy Drews are on the top shelf. I need two more to complete my collection and it looks like they’ll fit perfectly.

A vintage Schoenhut child’s piano and an English candy tin decorated with adorable little children, along with copies of Heidi  and Anne of the Island  are on the second shelf.

The bottom shelf includes my mom’s editions of Anne of Green Gables  and Daddy Long Legs, my dad’s copy of Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service, Don’s Hardy Boys (there are more around here somewhere) and my vintage copies of Girl of the Limberlost  (two different editions) and another copy of Daddy Long Legs. And a vintage school pencil sharpener.

Underneath is a firkin that was my grandmother’s.

This little shelf was worth every penny. It’s one-of-a-kind, lovingly handmade for Martha Jane.

The first rose appeared in the Memorial Garden yesterday.

Happy Thursday.

Flowers and a Chimney

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There she be! The newly bricked chimney is finished. The metal you see around the top is a cement mold and it will be removed in a week or so. I wanted the bricks to have a faded look and they do.

No more of the blue tarp that has been covering the bricks for at least three years. We had to come up with the money for this job and that took a while and when we were ready to have it done last year, they were already booked through the season. But they put us on their list for this year and we said goodbye to the tarp and it looks normal again up there.

The climbing hydrangea is in bloom. Someday, someday, I hope that it will be completely covered in blooms. I can’t get too close to the hydrangea because that’s where the nest is that Mama Robin is guarding so closely. I did peek in the other day and I saw two little heads peeking out of the nest. But I backed off quickly because I didn’t want to stress Mama.

These roses are making me very happy! Bloom after bloom is opening. My goodness, they’re gorgeous!

The peonies have bloomed (save one – I’ll have to check it today) and are winding down.

The catalpa tree is in full, glorious bloom but it’s so hard to get a good photo of it, partly because it’s a huge tree and partly because the white flowers, which are everywhere, look like little specks. I’ll work on that today. I can assure you, the scent is heavenly.

The remembrance rose is starting to open. My cup of roses runneth over.

Today? It will be warm but not nearly so hot and humid as yesterday, so it’s mowing time. It takes me two days to mow everything and Friday looks like it will be rainy. We never got the predicted thunderstorms yesterday, though there were rumbles of thunder.

I guess I’ll have to water again today!

I’m off to eat some breakfast and get ready to mow.

Happy Wednesday.

 

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