Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

My Fantasy on this Monday Morning

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My fantasy this morning? That I have my dollhouse here with me. After a few months of little to no work being done on it, I’m suddenly in the mood again. There are at least 3 more rooms that need to be decorated. I miss her. The dollhouse is a ‘she.’ I think it’s acceptable to refer to her that way. If men can refer to a boat with a feminine pronoun, why can’t I?

Here she is in the den. She has since been moved to the living room. Hi, sweet Riley!

And the porch has been painted.

And she’s been given an official house number/address.

In this hotel suite, there is a table by the kitchen that would be the perfect work space. I could while away my downtime wallpapering, painting trim, making wood floors. It would be heaven.

I have a tendency to focus on a project obsessively for a certain period of time. Then I lose interest for a while until something piques my interest again. It’s piqued. But, alas, I am here in Hartford. The dollhouse is at home. So I have to content myself with these pictures of my work-in-progress.

Do you have some project that you’re thinking about? Are you on the edge of jumping in? Please share!

Happy Monday.

My Little Corner

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Besides sitting in on rehearsals in the main rehearsal studio, I often coach one-on-one. While waiting for my next appointment the other day, I pulled out my phone and took some pictures.

Have a great Sunday.

The Art Museum

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On Friday, I had a bit of free time before rehearsal, so I went to the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford’s beautiful art museum. It’s the perfect size, not so huge that you find it overwhelming. There is currently a special Andrew Wyeth Exhibition going on that shows some of his paintings along with the studies he executed of each subject. I saw the Atheneum’s collection of paintings and a Civil War Exhibition that included a letter handwritten by Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greely. That gave me goose bumps. I stand in awe of Abraham Lincoln.

This sculpted trapeze artist hangs from the ceiling of one of the rooms.

And this beautiful stained glass ceiling is in another room.

This is one of my favorites from this museum, “Two Girls with Oleander” by Klimt.

I included this because it’s “The Tempest” by Magritte. And that’s the name of the play I’m here to coach.

This is “Autumn in the Village” by Marc Chagall.

There were beautiful sculptures and antiquities. I had a lovely time and plan to go back again. Because I’m working at the theater, I get in free.

My schedule is filling up – so much so, that I can’t go home this week. I’m sad. However, it would be too hard to drive all that way for just one day at home. I broke the news to Don last night. I know he would like me there for a few days as we had a scare with Riley on Thursday night. He was bleeding from his mouth (the right side) and Don couldn’t get near him to figure out what was going on. It was very frightening. We finally decided that Don should take him to the Emergency Vet and, miraculously, on the way there Riley stopped bleeding and seems to be fine today. Thank goodness. There must have been some injury to the right side of his mouth – a cut or a sore of some kind. He was fine on Friday. He ate his food and he didn’t bleed. Keep our boy in your thoughts, okay? He’s had a hard time of it and I want him to be with us as long as possible.

Have a good Saturday.

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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