Lucy was created in Ukraine. She wanted to let you know that she and her sisters and animal friends support her home country, just as all of you do.
Slava Ukraini!
And remember the Ides of March.
We deliberately tried to slow down and go in self-protection mode over the weekend and we’re going to do the same thing today. There’s something to be said for hunkering down in our little cottage – our safe space. It was quite cold and windy yesterday as a cold front came through. But it will go above freezing today and the rest of this week and next week will be warmer. Have we turned a corner? Oh, please, I hope so! We really need that.
I found myself thinking of the peepers which herald the beginning of spring around here. So I just checked my IG to see when they reappeared last year – it was on March 14th. Whoo hoo! In less than two weeks, we should hear them. It’s will still be a long time until I can do anything outside, but the promise of spring is enough for now.
It’s sunny today, I just made our second cup of coffee, Don made an apple pie on Saturday and we’re going to enjoy another piece later today. I don’t have a puzzle on hand, but I’ll find something to do today. Maybe something as simple as reading.
I am somewhat obsessed with making videos of my collections. I don’t know exactly why – they’re simple little collections, after all. I guess I want to show them off just a little, even if my audience is very small. It’s probably connected to this time of life. I haven’t done a whole lot of adding to my collections lately because I think I’ve got enough. I will probably add an egg cup or two, but that’s about it. I’ve contemplated selling more bits and pieces on Etsy, but I’ve already done some of that and I don’t want to part with anything else at the moment.
Anyway, I posted Part 1 of the egg cup collection on Friday, so you can scroll down to that post to see my first video. And I’ll post the next two egg cup videos here.
Visit YouTube and search for: claudiathechroniccollector
Vintage Egg Cup Collection, Part 2
Vintage Egg Cup Collection, Part 3
My voice is a little faint on Part 3. Don’t know why!
Coming up on Wednesday, a video tour of Hummingbird Cottage.
Stay safe.
Happy Monday.
Hunkering down with apple pie sounds good to me! We had a lot of wind yesterday, but I don’t think it was enough to cause any damage. The little rain we got was at least enough to keep the grass green a bit longer. I love the details on anything vintage, as in your egg cups. It’s so sad that we seemed to have lost that. Enjoy your pie!
Thanks so much, Barrie.
Stay safe.
I love seeing your egg cup collection, every year!
Thank you, Judy!
Stay safe.
Claudia, I love how you refresh your blog with the video content. Hearing your calm voice makes your collections so much more personal. Thank you for sharing parts of your life with us. You shine into my life very brightly.
Oh, how kind of you, Wendy. Thank you!
Stay safe.
It’s a good thing to be obsessed with your egg cup collection. They bring you joy and that’s what we all need right now.
I have something new as of Saturday to take my mind off the outside world. As you may recall, our senior kitty, Kezia, died the end of December. I grieved her hard all of January and mid-February began to talk to Dean about adopting another. He has tolerated my kitty obsession for 42 years now (I had one when I met him). He knew how much I missed having a kitty and asked if I wanted to go to the local shelter which is short-staffed and only open for adoptions Saturday afternoons. Did I!
Early January there was a sensational story in our little village about an elderly woman living in a home with no heat or electricity, and she was also a hoarder. Among other things, of cats. There were 73 cats living in that filthy home and, after the woman was taken to hospital, the Humane Society took custody of the cats. Saturday we adopted a 2 yr old kitty who had lived in that horrible situation.
I’ve named her Gracie and she is living in my craft room right now. Obviously traumatized, she’s very shy but when she wants to socialize oh, is she ever affectionate. I go up and sit in the room with her to read several times day as they recommend and let her decide whether she wants to stay in her hiding box or come out and play. They told me it could be days, weeks or even a month before her first instinct isn’t to hide and I’m prepared to give her all the time she needs. I get so choked up when I think how she lived her first two years and how she now has a name for the first time.
Hope you and Don stay cozy in your cottage and I too am hoping to hear peepers from our neighborhood pond soon.
Kay
I’m so happy for you. Gracie has found a loving home!
Side note: The woman who lived in this house before us was a cat hoarder. There were at least 30 cats living in the house. That’s why the woman who flipped this house had to take it down to the studs. For a while, our neighbor had some of the cats.
Stay safe.
Claudia, I love your collections and your videos. Can’t wait to see more. Well done
Thank you so much, Mumsy.
Stay safe.
I understand the collections thing. When we have lovely things that mean something to us — and the only people who ever see them are us, with little company coming through the door — it’s nice to be able to share them. And especially with others, like your bloggies, who appreciate them! (And I do!)
I’ve been in self-care mode this weekend, too, especially yesterday which was a lay-low day. Made a lovely dinner, which I enjoy doing and watched the Oscars. Sort of. Interminably long and too many production numbers. I couldn’t help comparing to the much more interesting and well done BAFTAs a couple of weeks ago. When O’Brien did his song about “I will not waste time” — especially after a too-long monologue that wasn’t that funny to me, at least, I thought “That’s exactly what you ARE doing!” That said, I read about 90 pages of “The Gray Wolf” during production numbers and such. As usual, Louise doesn’t disappoint. And after, stayed up till after midnight to finish because — well, you’ll see as you near the end. You don’t want to put it down.
Hope you have a lovely, restful day.
Every Louise Penny reaches that point – you can’t put it down.
Thanks, Jeanie.
Stay safe.
Claudia, it’s fun to see the eggcups in real time. They are so much fun. The color pops. And my silly puzzle brain noticed the writing on the Mail cabinet is upside down.
Have a lovely day.
That’s because it hung on a wall. But in order to use it now, it has to sit on what used to be the top.
Stay safe, Verna.
dear Claudia/Don — totally love these girls/animals — of course, that red head is so beautiful to me haha! always enjoy seeing your egg cups — do you all ever use them at meals?? Our wx man says our winter is not done but maybe “a little less harsh” SO ready to say good riddance to this winter — but we have new growth — daffodils, lilies trying to show up — looking forward to some sunshine soon.
I am so glad to know that the European Union still has brave leaders–of course, they know the danger in letting Russia continue advance b/c they could be next — I would be very worried. hope you all have a good day. stay safe, healthy
No, I never use the egg cups. They’re for display only.
Thanks so much, Linda.
Stay safe.
I too, stand with Ukraine! Now and forever!
I enjoy seeing your collections and it would not be spring or Easter if I did not see your wonderful, charming egg cups. They make be happy.
Take Care,
Kaye
Me, too!
Thanks so much, Kaye.
Stay safe.