I often mention “drawing the eye with color” when I’m referring to decorating. In years past I’ve just put a jumble of colors out there and thought it looked fine. I’ve mixed every color of the rainbow into my quilts, and I love every one of them. As I’ve gotten older and actually tried to…
I like to arrange tabletop vignettes with this and that that I can find around the apartment. Of course Ivy knows the instant something is different in here. And she inspects, and sometimes rearranges in her own unique cat design way. In other words she pounces and plays. Layering in the back: For this vignette…
It rained last night accompanied by thunder and lightning. I got up this morning to an overcast gray day, had breakfast and my cup of coffee. And then I guess I lost my mind. What Happens When You Don’t Think Things Through: Before I could even think it through I’d gone outside and brought my…
I’m always trying to figure out ways to purge rarely used items and get better organized. Living in 725 square feet means you can’t have everything you had when you lived in 2200 square feet. When you live in a small space home, you really have to make storage a high priority. Especially if you’re…
I ate my breakfast at the dining table, staring out at my ruined frozen plants, that were so beautiful until this past week. They are now drooping and sad. My little butterfly tree didn’t even have a chance for its leaves to turn colors. The freeze turned them into a pitiful mush. I recall last…
I moved the dough bowl of mini pumpkins and gourds over to the table yesterday. My daughter and her family are coming over tomorrow for lunch. I thought it made a festive and colorful centerpiece for the dining table. Ivy managed to get a pumpkin or gourd stem and has been batting it across the…