Hi Dear Folk,
How is your day? Just wanting to reach out and touch the world, hugs to all. I always liked what John Lennon said "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." I'm sure I've quoted it several times over the years on my Blog.
Days are merging together, but I think it's Wednesday. I woke up to dull skies and quite chilly. Last night I even turned my stove on in the Simla room/sunporch. To counteract the grayness of the weather I've put on a bright pinky peach jumper with black leggings, one thing for warmth and the other to have some colour.
That's where I am now in the Simla Room, because even though it's dull out there, still a lot of light in here. I listened to an interview with Tim Gunn and he said that he had been slumming around in PJ bottoms, T-shirt and a robe, if you can imagine that of Tim Gunn who is always so immaculately dressed. I don't feel so bad after hearing him say that. Prime is now airing all the shows of Making The Cut, which I have enjoyed, all that creativity and design.
It got me to thinking about this moment in time and how we have bought clothes. Mostly one buys clothes to go out, and to be around the house, well! One just wants, easy and comfortable. But is easy and comfortable stylish? I do think you can make it so by what you were with it; which led me on to the thought, if I made a piece of clothing just for home, what would that be?
Thinking back to the fifties my mum never wore trousers, so all housework was done in a dress, over which she wore, what we called an overall, that may have had long sleeves even, or a pinafore that covered everything but no sleeves. Now thinking to my stash of patterns, I do think I have a vintage pattern for making one of those old pinafores, and I that's what I'm going to do.
Going back to my heading Planning The Great Escape. Isn't it the most ironic thing that there is no Great Escape. Could I buy a little cottage in rural France, plan a trip to PEI, or my dream vacation New Zealand and Australia. I heard it will be a long time before they let flights and people in from the USA, because we are the worst hit in the world, not per thousand, but overall. I'm going to live life, a combination of cleaning, clearing and creativity. The cleaning is not inspiring me, the clearing is lightening my soul, but the creativity feeds it.
On the cleaning front I cleaned out under the kitchen sink at 3:00 am the wee hours of the morning. Actually I've been sleeping quite well, so that was a bit of an anomaly, although I hear many people are not. Also big change around of my glass and cottage ware in the dining room, plus a purge of some glassware, I did post photos on my Instagram. I want to put things on Facebook Marketplace, now I've figured out how simple it is to do that, but this is probably not the best time to do porch pickup, no indeed not, although my neighbor seems to be busy that way. On the other hand if people are not working and have limited resources one cannot judge. Think about contact guidelines, which I'm sure will be in practice for a long while. Tim Gunn did mention he was on a clothes purge, which is what I am planning, I have already done some of that.
Mr. B. put up some lattice work for me, four panels above our already existing fence, along the top. I had one panel up, and it's been up so long ivy is growing all though it and give us wonderful privacy, so I think the other panels will do so too. I plan to plant clematis and other climbers. Mr. B. mentioned trumpet vines and wisteria, but I said no, because they become so woody and can pull down what they climb on, and I don't want my fence pulled down. Any suggestions on flowering climbers? I stained one panel, but have three more to do. I am a slow painter, but meticulous, so it took a while, and I was frozen through by the time I finished and could not get warm for the better part of the evening even with the stove on.
Later today more crochet on my lace diamond shawl and watch Maudie.
Stay safe, be good, keep well,
Christine
How is your day? Just wanting to reach out and touch the world, hugs to all. I always liked what John Lennon said "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." I'm sure I've quoted it several times over the years on my Blog.
Days are merging together, but I think it's Wednesday. I woke up to dull skies and quite chilly. Last night I even turned my stove on in the Simla room/sunporch. To counteract the grayness of the weather I've put on a bright pinky peach jumper with black leggings, one thing for warmth and the other to have some colour.
That's where I am now in the Simla Room, because even though it's dull out there, still a lot of light in here. I listened to an interview with Tim Gunn and he said that he had been slumming around in PJ bottoms, T-shirt and a robe, if you can imagine that of Tim Gunn who is always so immaculately dressed. I don't feel so bad after hearing him say that. Prime is now airing all the shows of Making The Cut, which I have enjoyed, all that creativity and design.
It got me to thinking about this moment in time and how we have bought clothes. Mostly one buys clothes to go out, and to be around the house, well! One just wants, easy and comfortable. But is easy and comfortable stylish? I do think you can make it so by what you were with it; which led me on to the thought, if I made a piece of clothing just for home, what would that be?
Thinking back to the fifties my mum never wore trousers, so all housework was done in a dress, over which she wore, what we called an overall, that may have had long sleeves even, or a pinafore that covered everything but no sleeves. Now thinking to my stash of patterns, I do think I have a vintage pattern for making one of those old pinafores, and I that's what I'm going to do.
Going back to my heading Planning The Great Escape. Isn't it the most ironic thing that there is no Great Escape. Could I buy a little cottage in rural France, plan a trip to PEI, or my dream vacation New Zealand and Australia. I heard it will be a long time before they let flights and people in from the USA, because we are the worst hit in the world, not per thousand, but overall. I'm going to live life, a combination of cleaning, clearing and creativity. The cleaning is not inspiring me, the clearing is lightening my soul, but the creativity feeds it.
On the cleaning front I cleaned out under the kitchen sink at 3:00 am the wee hours of the morning. Actually I've been sleeping quite well, so that was a bit of an anomaly, although I hear many people are not. Also big change around of my glass and cottage ware in the dining room, plus a purge of some glassware, I did post photos on my Instagram. I want to put things on Facebook Marketplace, now I've figured out how simple it is to do that, but this is probably not the best time to do porch pickup, no indeed not, although my neighbor seems to be busy that way. On the other hand if people are not working and have limited resources one cannot judge. Think about contact guidelines, which I'm sure will be in practice for a long while. Tim Gunn did mention he was on a clothes purge, which is what I am planning, I have already done some of that.
Mr. B. put up some lattice work for me, four panels above our already existing fence, along the top. I had one panel up, and it's been up so long ivy is growing all though it and give us wonderful privacy, so I think the other panels will do so too. I plan to plant clematis and other climbers. Mr. B. mentioned trumpet vines and wisteria, but I said no, because they become so woody and can pull down what they climb on, and I don't want my fence pulled down. Any suggestions on flowering climbers? I stained one panel, but have three more to do. I am a slow painter, but meticulous, so it took a while, and I was frozen through by the time I finished and could not get warm for the better part of the evening even with the stove on.
Later today more crochet on my lace diamond shawl and watch Maudie.
Stay safe, be good, keep well,
Christine
I have been planning a break away in my head knowing that I am not been realistic but it is great escape from reality and it works for awhile. Take care.
ReplyDeleteAh, there you have it. There is no place safe to which to escape.And so I puddle in the yard, I paint, I read, I cook and escape in my head because at least so far, that place is safe!
ReplyDeleteMy mum never wore trousers her whole life. She usually had a pinny over her dress indoors. I only dress up for Zoom meetings but at home I wear the same as I've always worn which is mostly trousers or in the summer what we called pedal pushers or long shorts. I couldn't sit around in pjs although I love to put them on in the evening. I'm making the most of the beautiful local countryside on my walks although it will be good to go further afield.
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