Yesterday it was like a huge snow globe outside--being shaken vigorously so the snow never stopped coming down. Light, fluffy champagne powder. And under all that white fluff an icy slippery surface.
Today the sun is out and shining brightly on all the new fallen snow. The weather reporter says the coldest weather of the season is now beginning. I've done what I can to warm up the interior of my home by hanging insulated drapery over all the doorways which don't have doors. One of the architectural features of my home is a foyer with entrances to the great room and living room which are 4 feet deep by 6 feet wide and have a curved ceiling. Very pretty but the only way to close them off is with very expensive curved top custom French doors. (not happening) In every season BUT winter this situation is lovely. In winter, it's freezing cold.
I had only one drapery on the entrance to the great room/kitchen with a second door which closed off the living room/dining room. That kept the room we use the most, warmest. Of course, we have Tivo in the cold room. So now we have a second drapery over the foyer entrance to the Tivo room. We have to watch our Tivo.
The foyer is COLD and dark now. Drapery over the outside door. Drapery over the great room doorway. Drapery over the living room doorway. French door to the bedroom wing closed. The drapery allows the dog to wander about between the rooms. I don't know if that's actually a good thing since I am forever fussing around closing the drapery back up.
I have been making fun foam sheets into "stamps" and will be slapping paint on them today and printing to see what I can make of it. I'm doing leaves. Lifesize. And these leaves are off one of my houseplants and the leaves are larger than 8 by 11. In the making of the stamps, I managed to stab myself in the hand. So far, I have kept the injury a secret from my husband. It's not much but doesn't stop bleeding so is more of a irritant than anything.
A gardening friend gave me an orchid last spring with two full sheets of instructions for it's care. Not a delicate orchid. Likes 50 degrees. Likes being outdoors all summer. I have been taking care of it in a hit or miss fashion but never neglecting it's care, fully. We noticed it has two flowering branches in bud. Wow. I must have done better than I thought! I sent a letter off to the gardening friend so she will know I managed to do the job.
What's Good Today: Black Bean Soup in the fridge (like money in the bank diet wise). Sunshine. Book to pick up at the library. Try to find some kale at the grocery. Stamps to make, paint, print. A shower.
What's Not: Slippery street on the dog's walk. Dog chewing the legs off his stuffed chicken.
2 comments:
We live in a small "studio" apartment under my MILs house. Our bedroom is open to the dining area and kitchen, so I added drapes across the entry which I like, BUT, they are black (so are the drapes instead of doors on our walk-in closet) and I have a WHITE dog so I am constantly cleaning hair off them from about mid-thigh down (the height of his back). I should have picked white fabric (horrors!) or a black dog. LOL.
It is *COLD* for us at night - in the 50's! :-)
Maybe Riley wishes you would get his a "thigh bucket." He'd like that better than a stuffed chicken!
Are you mounting the foam on anything? Did you use sticky back foam?
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