Lots to report, as you can see it has been a while. Never intended to allow such time to slip by between posts, but life does happen. The days fly by. Lots of exciting things have happened and I promise an attempt to catch up within the next couple dozen posts.
I’ll start simple. The Woodland [...]
There is such a long, long “to-do” list.
Getting the newly painted doors back up is at the top of the list. We need a strike plate and six hinges. Looking at the strike plate below from House of Antique Hardware as a possibility, but given the $30 price tag and the cost of hinges that [...]
Dragonflies in Filet Crochet
On Saturday afternoon we rented a machine to shampoo the carpets, and that pretty much sums up the activity for last weekend. We cleaned the newly finished Woodland Room, the front stairs, the master bedroom (two minor but annoying stains successfully removed!) and various other areas in the house.
Yesterday we began [...]
Preparation for Hanging
Finally this past week there was a little time to prepare some of the Fortune magazine covers for framing. A couple years ago I stumbled upon a box of 1930’s era Fortune magazines (seriously, they were in a carton on the floor in a used book store) and immediately fell in love [...]
at a hangout in my hood with the sun dropping below my knees and spring just days away…
©Llewellyn Lafford@Zapix
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
On a back road west of Geneva, chasing the setting sun toward Penn Yan, Laurel and I spotted this cat snoozing in the high window of a stone barn. Still warm in the fresh shadows, he appeared intent on completing his nap and remained supremely unintimidated by my approach and mumbles and clickings.
Originally uploaded by LlewellynL
–Ah, Nature!
–A gently meandering stream, its glassy surface reflects the verdant boughs and cirrus wisps of a late summer afternoon.
–Within its cool bosom: flitting minnows, marine ferns, mossy rocks, lily pads, semi-drowned shopping cart.
