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I also feel like the green is pulling yellow/orange out of the brown where a blue might tamp that down and let the viewer’s eye land on more colors in the print, which is fabulous!
I voted #9.
I also would prefer a blue, but I assumed that the OP didn't want blue as all the options are green. Wasn't sure if this was one of those 'don't give advice not asked for' scenarios.
I like 8 & 9, but since it will be on a seat I would go with 9.
I still remember, from a Mork and Mindy show of all things, Robin Williams' character filling out a job application. Under graduation date, he filled in "Betty Lou Sontag."
I would pick March 25 instead, or October 25, as April 25 can easily be too hot in Texas or Palm Springs. Where I live now, the temperature does not change noticeably, and so any date could be selected.
Things are going slowly - we have moved a few things in our pickup, have gotten rid of a lot of plants (given free to neighbors), and have just had the landscaping finished for both front and back yards. That was expensive, but we needed new sod and tons of pruning and removal of unwanted plants.
We have picked colors for the exterior of the house - the teal will remain and the bottom part and back of the house will be a few shades lighter than it is now, but not white. We have bids for painting inside and out, and the total came to slightly over $6,000.
We are going to Cruel World at the Rose Bowl on May 11 and had always planned to wait until after that to move. I had sort of hoped to stay in L.A. long enough for the 2028 Olympics, which will be happening before Kevin retires, but he wants to try to work remotely from Palm Springs and is anxious to leave L.A. - I am not.
I just had my annual physical on Tuesday, and my doctor put me on new medication that he needs to check in a month, and so I have a follow-up visit May 16. I plan to start the major part of the move on May 20, and then the painters can come inside May 27 or 28, but they can start the exterior before then. Anyway, we will be out before Memorial Day. Our agent has said that we do not need to stage the house because it is not that large (1535 square feet), and we do not need that expense. The first agent (whom I fired) wanted us to spend thousands on staging, and she wanted the inside and outside of the house all white, but that won't be happening, unless we cannot sell the house with the teal on the front. A lot of people like the teal, and it is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood, where people have a lot of houses painted dark or deep colors.
Thank you all again for your kind words and thoughts about this. I finally worked up my courage to call her, worried that I wouldn't be able to squeak out any words, but just start crying. But it was a really upbeat conversation and she made it very easy to stay positive. I had sent a waxed Amaryllis bulb to her via her daughter and she told me how it was in full bloom and such a delight. Then she told me how in 1924, her grandfather had moved in with her family for a few years and brought a tub of Amaryllis bulbs with him that bloomed every year. He kept them going for many years, then in the 1980's he passed on the bulbs to his great-grandson, who has kept them going all these years. Her daughter (my friend) recently visited the great-grandson and brought home 4 of these bulbs. So, in telling me this story, she was relating how special having a blooming Amaryllis is for her at this time.
She was a teacher and our conversation ran the gamut from Socrates to her thoughts about humanity going forward. One take-away for me when we talked about the current political climate and happenings: "It's always been hard to be a human." And another, "I think humanity, despite how it might look, is still headed in an upward direction."
So we said our good-byes, expressed our love, and I had a good cry after I hung up.
I just find it funny. My DH says we are all amoebas, with the illusion of choice. We met a couple at a neighborhood thing recently and we were so alike in so many ways it almost became funny. We "think" we are making choices, but we are such products of our environment!
It is intersting to consider how much takes up residence space inside our heads,that we are not really aware of, and then we are able to call it up later
I wish there was a way to send them physical images rather than digital versions.
I think there is. Or you can go into a store. Mine just happen to be digital because they are fairly recent.
Yes, I sent my artwork to them and they returned it matted and framed. Can't remember the details exactly but I believe they sent the packaging to me to send the artwork to them.
Thank you. I'm on my phone I'd have to look that up.
I told them this had to be sized to go between the sconces on my wall, and over my sofa, and gave them images of the space and the measurements. They use that to come up with what they call the "display space" ie the size of the gallery as a whole mass. From there, I asked them to maximize the number of images I could put in the space. They then solved for sizes, matts, arrangements etc. You fill out a questionnaire with preferences.
I am usually a control freak but honestly this was a case of too many permutations and wanting to benefit from someone who does this all day.
https://www.framebridge.com/pages/gallery-wall-design-service
You pay a $99 design fee applicable to your purchase.
I wish I'd thought of that fun2B. My robin never could get that dang nest going (it was high winds for days). Are all robins (me too! ;) so dumb as to build nests where they won't/can't work?
Good with chickens and small animals....the ad said.
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I knew what the spangram had to be but had the worst problem putting it together. For one thing, it didn't end at an edge, it is actually two words and not one, and then my own stupidity in single vs plural.
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I did the four corners first for this one, but this one was much easier than yesterday's for me, and it went very quickly.
The Spangram today makes an interesting shape.
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I am already thinking about outfits for this purse, i.e. new drawstring bags in navy gingham, black and white stripe, pink paisley….. oh, the possibilities!
The Amazement shop is surprising at times, isn’t it? I ordered this pillow on a whim last week and love it, except for the tassels, which I’m removing.
You must be so happy to have it finished. I think you made some lovely choices. Too bad about the sconces, but as you said, you have plenty of overhead light to increase the overall brightness in the room.
Just lovely, and a dream tub too!
Very nicely done! The time you took in planning really paid off. And I love the warm touch the vanity adds to the room. Enjoy!
When handling fresh hot chilies that you want to chop, you can put olive oil (or other oil) on the fingers of your left hand (if you are right handed) for holding or touching the chilies, and then wash that hand immediately afterwards with hot water and soap. The oil provides a temporary barrier for your skin so that it does not absorb the heat, and the heat gets washed off with the oil. It's not a perfect solution but works rather well if you do not want to use rubber gloves.
I would never use whole chilies in anything without putting them in a removable bag or tea ball. I have several wire mesh tea balls that I use for herbs and spices.
Dried chilies are not as bad for contaminating your hands. For chile de árbol, I use shrimp scissors to make a slit to remove the seeds, and then I also use scissors to cut the chilies into tiny pieces, as they tend to fly off of the chopping board when I use a knife. These herb scissors work especially well. They work on basil also, but basil is easy enough to chop with a knife.
Nothing that a $1M+ budget with a decent interior designer can't solve.
Ive been there a couple times for charity events. Its almost like a small village rather than one house. There is a wonderful ”chicken house” for their guinea hens and several huge white horses that come up to the fence for a pat. The owners seem very nice and tried for many years to sell the property as one piece but it has been subdivided into several very large lots. Beautiful spot.
One of the ones that you posted resembles (slightly) the peel n stick contact paper I bought last summer from Amazon for my armoire do-over.
I think Sueb shared this a while back. If the colors and scale worked I'd personally consider it. There are a few in my crowd who would wrinkle their noses but most would crack up.
Ta-da!
https://www.astekhome.com/products/drunk-monkeys-peel-stick-wallpaper-d-psaa106
How disappointing.
I will say that now washed, the linen is softer, no smell and I like the sheets.
Rough Linen has always sourced the fabric overseas, but the sewing was done in San Rafael, CA from inception until sometime in 2023. That was one of the things I liked about them.
I remember reading that Tricia, the owner, was working on having the flax grown in the US so they could be totally USA sourced. I thought that was a great idea. Not sure what happened to that. That was prior to the war in Ukraine - which has only made linen supply more difficult and more expensive. She also said she would never make a fitted sheet, but I guess demand was too great to resist.
Completely overcast here, so I won’t be able to see anything.
Excellent, thanks for the 'heads up'! I saw the moon through cloud cover last night but tonight should be crystal clear, getting lucky for a change :) I didn't know it was called a pink moon, I love that tidbit.
No stars visible on this old farm - did clouds moving in earlier require a cover charge?
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Not everything sold, but this is the sort of thing that seems to happen at these auctions: 600 euros in pillows became almost 14,000 euros.
What a relief that they are doing exactly the right thing.
. However, the photo of the porch - showing the package - isn’t my porch.
I am waiting for the first art exhibit of package delivery photos. I myself have quite the portfolio building up.
Two years after moving, a company sent a replacement to our last address. I had deleted that address from my online account and the original item had not even been sent there. The current owner left at guardhouse and DD2 picked up for me. Seriously, wth.
Are they sending you another replacement? They can have the delivery company pick up the incorrect delivery. So frustrating!
How lovely that you forage all those wild things agmss15. The only thing I forage these days is dandelion leaf. When driving in the way”outback’ countryside it is possible to pick native foods (bush tucker) and I have done so but years ago. . Same with mushrooms, used to love going mushrooming, only being brave enough to pick one kind, the common field mushroom and even then used to be nervous about it.
For wild foraging, I pick as many blueberries as I have energy for, that's about it. A friend knows how to find masses of morels and she gives me some for which I'm grateful - I grew up picking them with my family in Michigan.
Foraging from my garden: I've been growing nettles in an out of the way place and last year my husband made nettle soup that was delicious (they also host our earliest butterfly, Milton's tortoiseshell). I've made mead from my sweet cecily (myrrhis odorata) but not much of the anise flavor came through but it was very good and clear. And raspberries grow well - I just eat tons of them straight and also make jam. I've made pesto out of all sorts of prolific weedy things, dandelions, chickweed, nasturtiums, lambs quarters (red and green) and arugula for example - one benefit of a weedy garden :)
Perennial herbs are a favorite, lovage and sorrel come to mind and I'd take any tips on others that would survive a zone 4 winter (sure wish I had better luck with culinary herbs, I love tarragon for example - it survives but only barely)
Oh, chives do well, and I have a patch of rangy mint that I dry for tea.
That's what comes to mind - nice thread, thanks!
I have foraged watercress from Malibu Creek, and there is also wild anise growing there, but I have not picked it. I put the watercress in my pond in Venice, along with some tadpoles that we caught in the creek, and those turned into tree frogs, which were extremely loud. The neighbor thought we had gotten a dog.
I find it much more convenient to just plant what I want to harvest, and that has included nasturtiums, which I can also find in the wild.
I used to have a weedy garden that produced lettuces, cherry tomatoes, chives, parsley, cilantro, arugula, lemongrass, etc that all reseeded themselves, when I lived in Venice, but since then, I've tried to keep things more under control and in pots. We do have a large rosemary bush, but mint and oregano have not done as well. I used to have lots of tarragon in Venice, and I got rid of it because I can't stand the taste of it. I also do not like sorrel, and so I only planted that once. I've picked dandelion greens for salads also.
I wish I could forage for morel mushrooms!