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THIS IS HOW THE LIVING ROOM CORNER LOOKED THE DAY I FIRST SAW IT...FEB. 9, 2008
AND THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED, THAT CORNER, EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 6, 2008
...A SLIGHTLY MORE ANGLED VIEW OF SAME CORNER
THIS WAS LOOKING INTO THE KITCHEN THROUGH THE DINING ROOM FEB. 9TH
AND THIS WAS THE DINING ROOM MARCH 6TH
LOOKING FROM DINING ROOM BACK TOWARD FRONT DOOR...DOOR IS OPEN BECAUSE MOVERS (YOU CAN SEE TRUCK OUT THE DOOR, IN FACT) ARE STILL BRINGING IN MORE BAGS AND BOXES.
FEB. 9TH VIEW THROUGH KITCHEN TO DINING ROOM...
MY ROOM AS SEEN THROUGH THE DOORWAY FROM EXTRA ROOM WHERE MY COMPUTER NOW IS...
SAME WINDOWS BUT ON ABOUT MARCH 12TH
ONE OTHER CIVILIZED PART OF MY ROOM...THAT'S CARL ON HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY
LOOKING FROM MY ROOM INTO COMPUTER ROOM...FEB. 9TH
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE OLD HOUSE, BECAUSE OF THE KEROSENE HEATER, WHEN I'D TAKE SOMETHING OFF
THE WALLS, THEY WERE STILL THERE IN GHOSTLY FORM
BELOW THE NAIL IS THE OUTLINE OF A BIG TASSEL THAT WAS ON ONE SIDE OF A WALL HANGING IN THE DINING ROOM. ONE IS NOT PLEASED, ALAS, WITH THE RESULTS OF KEROSENE HEATING. PLEASE PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ONE'S LUNGS! ACK!
THE DAY BEFORE WE MOVED, THE TURKEY FLOCK PARADED BY JUST OUTSIDE MY DINING ROOM WINDOW, THROUGH WHICH I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF PART OF THE FLOCK.
JOEY CALLED AND REQUESTED THAT I TAKE A PICTURE OF THE SECTION OF THE WALL WHERE I'VE MEASURED THEM FOR YEARS.
ON MARCH 9TH I WENT BACK TO THE OLD HOUSE WITH CARL FOR MY LAST TIME THERE (HE'S BEEN SEVERAL TIMES SINCE) AND SO THIS WAS THE LAST TIME FOR ME TO RIDE UP CHARLES DRIVE.
LOOKING OUT TOWARD OUR CAR FROM THE LITTLE PORCH JUST BEFORE I LEFT THE OLD HOUSE FOR THE LAST TIME. WE'D GONE TO CLEAN IT UP SOME MORE AND PICK UP A FEW THINGS THAT HAD GOTTEN LEFT THERE.
MY FIRST SUNRISE PICTURE TAKEN FROM LITTLE SIDE PORCH OF NEW HOUSE.
WOODS ACROSS THE ROAD FROM NEW HOUSE.
IN MY COMPUTER ROOM I SET UP MY NEW STATUE THAT I CALL MARSHALL AND EDEN FROM THE BOOK I'M WRITING. THAT'S MARSHALL ONSCREEN, TOO. I HAVE DAFFODILS IN THE STORY, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE BEHIND THE STATUE.
CLOSE-UP OF STATUE...
ON THE VANITY IN MY ROOM I HAD MY EASTER FLOWERS...
JOEY AND I SET UP THE GERMAN CASTLE TOGETHER. THE DISPLAY IS 6 FEET WIDE.
TAKEN FROM MY FRONT PORCH THE DAY AFTER EASTER.
THE FELIX LEGION IS BACK IN THERE SOME WHERE, I'M PRETTY SURE!
BIG, FAT FLAKIES...
TAKEN FROM BACK YARD...
MAXIMUS BELOW NEW TAPESTRY
WIDER VIEW OF MAXIMUS' PERCH
LOVE SEAT THAT WAS UNDER THE BAG MOUND, AND ANOTHER NEW TAPESTRY.
LOOKING OUT FAMILY ROOM WINDOW APRIL 2, 2008. THE HOUSES YOU SEE ARE WAY BELOW OURS.
APRIL 2 I FINISHED UP THE DINING ROOM. THIS IS THE CHINA CABINET I GOT IN DC IN 1970. THE OLD SILVER SERVICE
ON ITS TOP HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY SINCE WELL BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
BUT I NEEDED MORE SPACE FOR STUFF HERE AND ON MARCH 29TH CARL AND I BOUGHT THE BIG GUY IN
THE CORNER AT A THRIFT SHOP FOR $105. THEY DELIVERED IT APRIL 1ST. IT DOESN'T MATCH, BUT WHO CARES!
IT'S IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, MADE OF SOMETHING LIKE PECAN, AND LIGHTS UP.
DINING ROOM TABLE. TOP LACE CLOTH HAS 4 DIFFERENT UK CASTLES ON IT.
I'M INTO FAUX FOOD RIGHT NOW AND HAVE THIS DISPLAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DINING ROOM TABLE.
DINING ROOM AS SEEN FROM EDGE OF LIVING ROOM. I RE-COVERED THAT OLD CHAIR ON THE RIGHT IN DEEP GREEN VELVET ON APRIL 2ND. IT WAS LAVENDER BEFORE.
DINING ROOM WINDOW...
OLDER CHINA CABINET SEEN ACROSS TABLE
SIDE VIEW OF DINING ROOM...
MAPLE CASE IN DINING ROOM. SO, WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF WOODS THAT DON'T MATCH. I'M, UM, ECLECTIC! YEAH, THAT'S IT!
IT TAKES ME A WHILE TO PUT STUFF OUT BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE LITTLE SCENARIOS OUTTA EVERYTHING, LIKE THIS SHELF. THE BLUE LADY IS A CERAMIC TILE.
BOTTOM TWO SHELVES...
TRUMAN CAPOTE'S FAN GIVEN TO ME BY JOANNE CARSON IN LA IN MARCH OF 2006.
MORE ECLECTIC BOOKCASES. I HAVE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS DOUBLE RECLINER OUT FROM THE WALL SO I CAN FILL UP WALL SPACES WITH MIS-MATCHED BOOKCASES! THIS IS THE END OF THE FAMILY ROOM.
FAMILY ROOM END TABLE. FAUX LAVENDER IN TEAPOT.
LITTLE CHINA CABINETS IN FAMILY ROOM. THERE'S A REASON FOR ALL THE TINY TEA SETS, REALLY THERE IS. I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN AND ALMOST HALF THE FIRST GRADE IN SAN DIEGO, THEN MORE OF THE FIRST GRADE IN DALLAS, THEN
ON OUR WAY TO CHARLESTON, SC, WE STAYED SOME MONTHS AT MY PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE IN SPARTANBURG, SC, BUT ALL OUR FURNITURE AND STUFF WAS IN STORAGE. MY BROTHER CONTINUED SECOND GRADE THERE, BUT THEY TOLD MY MOTHER I WAS UNDERAGE FOR THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEY WOULDN'T LET ME GO DESPITE MY ALREADY HAVING A YEAR AND 3/4 UNDER MY BELT. SO I WAS AT MY GRANDPARENTS' WITH NO TOYS OR ANY SUCH, BUT MY GRANDMOTHER HAD THIS TEENSY TEA SET ON ONE OF HER LOW SHELVES. IT WAS A RATHER YUKKY BROWN AND HAD BROKEN PIECES, BUT I PLAYED WITH IT CONSTANTLY. SO WHEN I GREW UP, I HAD THIS FONDNESS FOR TINY TEA SETS, ONLY NICER ONES!
THIS IS MY WILLIAMSBURG WALL. I GOT THE WATERCOLOR WHEN CARL AND I WERE IN WILLIAMSBURG IN SEPT. OF 2007, THEN THE 3 PLATES I GOT LATER OFF EBAY.
MY SAILING SHIP WALL IN FAMILY ROOM
MUSIC CORNER OF LIVING ROOM. IS ACTUALLY THE SAME CORNER WHERE THE BAGS WERE MOUNDED.
LIVING ROOM WALL BEYOND FRONT DOOR. THAT'S MY GABALDON BOOKS ON TOP SHELF AND NEW PURSE LAURA GAVE ME. BOOKEND IS THE OPERA HOUSE.
I HADDA LEAVE MY GARDENS SO THE WALLS HERE ARE MY GARDENS NOW.
FRONT DOOR. SMALL GREEN CHAIR CARL AND I GOT MARCH 30TH FOR $12.50. WE NEEDED SOMETHING FOR THAT SPOT RIGHT NOW. THE GREENS AREN'T SHOWING PERSACKLY TRUE TO COLOR IN THESE PIX. URP!
END TABLE IN LIVING ROOM WITH MY "WORD" BOXES, ETC. AND STATUE OF JOEY, CALLED 'HEART OF GOLD'
KITCHEN WINDOWSILL. EVEN THAT HAS TO BE A SCENARIO. THE FERN LEAF RESTS ATOP THE DOVE'S HEAD.
I PICKED THIS PARTICULAR VIOLET AT WALMART BECAUSE IT HAD A WAYWARD FERN GROWING IN IT, WHICH ATTRACTED MY EYE AND WHICH SO NICELY CURVES OVER THE DOVE'S HEAD. SHE OBVIOUSLY LIKES IT!
WE WILL NOT MENTION THAT THIS IS WHAT THE OTHER HALF OF MY BEDROOM STILL LOOKS LIKE AS OF APRIL 3RD. AND THE PILE IS MESSIER BECAUSE I'VE PLOWED THROUGH IT OVER AND OVER. IT'S MY NEXT PROJECT...AND THE LAST.
AS IS THIS AREA OF THE COMPUTER ROOM WHICH IS ALSO ENTIRELY PLOWED THROUGH!
URK!
BUT THE PARTS OF THE HOUSE I'VE DONE, I'VE DONE IN DETAIL, LIKE THIS SECTION OF ONE OF MY KITCHEN COUNTERS.
MORE FAUX FOOD, TOO! WELL, THE SPICES ARE REAL.
FAUX TOMATO ATOP MY 'FRIDGE WITH MY 'HAPPY COW' PLAYING FRISBEE BENEATH IT.
NOW WHO ELSE WOULD HAVE A COW PLAYING FRISBEE BELOW A FAUX TOMATO PLANT??
THE LARGE CHICKEN SEEMS RATHER INDIFFERENT, THO.
I TOOK THIS ONE OF ONE OF THE KITCHEN COUNTERS AROUND MARCH 12TH BEFORE I ADDED MORE FAUX.
OLIVE OIL IS, OF COURSE, IN A VIKING SHIP.
TOP OF FRIDGE BEFORE TOMATO AND COWS CAME TO PLAY. CHICKEN SAYS SHE LIKED IT BETTER THIS WAY.
COW DOESN'T CARE WHAT SHE THINKS.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, ONLY PARTS OF THE HOUSE. I'LL ADD MORE LATER. ESPECIALLY WHEN I GET MY SHABBY CHIC
BEDROOM UP AND FUNCTIONAL.
** ADDING SOME MORE ON APRIL 6, 2008, THAT I'VE TAKEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SOME WITH WIDER VIEWS:
NEW FAUX HEART CAKE (8 INCHES ACROSS) ADDED TO DINING ROOM TABLE
CLOSE UP OF MIDDLE OF NEW CHINA CABINET
ALSO IN NEW CABINET
AS IS THIS
AND THIS
ON LITTLE SHELVES TO LEFT OF OLD CHINA CABINET. I'VE HAD THIS FIGURINE SINCE MY GRANDMOTHER BOUGHT IT FOR ME IN ATLANTA WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. SHE'S UPSET BECAUSE OF THE KITTEN I'VE PUT ON HER TEA TABLE.
IN OLD CHINA CABINET
JOEY, JUST BEFORE CARL DROVE HIM TO HIS KARATE LESSON APRIL 5
APRIL 5...CARL AND JOEY ON LOVE SEAT IN LIVING ROOM
GUEST ROOM
FAMILY ROOM SECTION NEAREST KITCHEN
MORE OF FAMILY ROOM
FAMILY ROOM, LOOKING TOWARD LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR. DEN/PLAYROOM
IS OFF TO LEFT
LOCATION OF WILLIAMSBURG WALL
CLOSE UP OF WALL JUST TO RIGHT OF LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR. I TOOK THE FOREST PHOTO LAST SUMMER UP AT MC CONNELL'S MILL.
TAPESTRY I LOVE WITH THE FIVE HORSES HITCHED TO THE RAIL OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.
DEN/PLAYROOM IS ON RIGHT, A BATHROOM IN MIDDLE, ANOTHER BEDROOM UNSEEN TO
LEFT OF THAT, ITS DOOR FACING DEN DOOR.
BACK IN THE KITCHEN...
THE CHICKEN HAS A RIGHT TO HER WORRIES AS SHE IS BUT ONE HEN AND THEY
ARE THREE COWS AND HAVE HER SURROUNDED.
POT ROAST I AM COOKING FOR DINNER TODAY (SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH)
THROUGH KITCHEN TO DINING ROOM AND ON TO LIVING ROOM
STEAM RISING...
MORE LATER WHEN I GET MY SHABBY CHIC LESS SHABBED.
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ADDING SOME MORE NOW ON APRIL 19, 2007. I'LL STILL BE ADDING MORE
LATER AS THE FLOOR IS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH YET IN MY ROOMS TO TAKE
FULL-LENGTH SHOTS IN MOST AREAS.
TAPESTRY OVER BIG BATHTUB. IS CALLED "LEAVING OUT'.
WIDER VIEW.
MY ROOMS ARE STILL WORKS IN PROGRESS (BUT I'M BABYSITTING ALL WEEK AT LAURA'S
RIGHT NOW AND SO HAVEN'T WORKED ON THEM ALL WEEK) SO THINGS CHANGE FROM
PICTURE TO PICTURE. THIS IS ON ONE OF THE BIG WHITE BOOKCASES IN MY ROOM.
MORE FROM BOOKCASES. TWO BOOKCASES MEET AT A CORNER AND I'VE
REALLY GOT THEM, UM, STUFFED. THEY SORT OF LOOK LIKE A WINDOW DISPLAY
AT A SHABBY CHIC SHOPPE. WHICH IS OK BY ME. I LIKE HAVING THE STUFF OUT
AND ALL TOGETHER WHERE I CAN SEE IT. IS NOT, I KNOW, EVERYONE'S CUPPA
TEA, BUT AS IT'S MINE....
MY FAVORITE TEAPOT OF ALL IS THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE HERE. IT HAS THE BIG ROSE IN THE BACK, TOO.
DOLL ON LEFT IS IN GREEN VELVET. LOOKS REALLY DARK HERE. THEY ARE FAIRLY LARGE.
ROUND ROSE THINGIE ON RIGHT IS A TIPPED COMPOTE.
WATERCOLOR ON TOP SHELF WAS DONE BY MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. I HAVE TWO HUGE
ALBUMS FULL OF HER WATERCOLOR COSTUMED LADIES.
STUFFED SHELVES
TOP OF STUFFED SHELVES.
MORE
TABLE IN FRONT OF WHITE SHELVES.
TEA SET ON ROUND TABLE.
MORE CAGES, COFFEE/CHOCOLATE POT THAT MATCHES TEA SET, AS DOES PLATE.
TABLETOP
VANITY TOP WHEN LIVE AZALEA WAS STILL THERE.
AZALEA GONE, THINGS CHANGED A BIT. ROSE PLATE ON WALL IS A SIGNED, ANTIQUE
BAVARIAN ONE I GOT AT A THRIFT SHOP FOR $3.98 A FEW YEARS BACK. ANGEL PAINTING
LAURA GAVE ME AS A HOUSE WARMING PRESENT. I ALREADY HAD A PLATE THAT MATCHED IT.
IS ON WALL TO LEFT OF PAINTING.
CLOSER UP TO LEFT END OF VANITY.
RIGHT END. I'VE HAD THOSE LITTLE LAMBS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
ANOTHER CORNER OF BEDROOM. PAINTING IS AT LEAST A YARD TALL.
VERY FRUFRU OPENING BETWEEN BEDROOM AND COMPUTER ROOM, LOOKING TOWARD
SHABBY CHIC SECTION OF THAT ROOM BY WINDOW. COMPUTER IS JUST TO RIGHT OF WINDOW.
CRAFT DRAWERS IN COMPUTER ROOM
FULLER VIEW OF CRAFT DRAWERS
DUCKLING HOUSE IN WHIMSY SECTION. NOTE DUCKLING ON ROOF.
LARGER DUCKLINGS ATOP CRAFT DRAWERS.
GIGGLE WORD I GOT AT A THRIFT STORE FOR 25 CENTS.
BUNNY AND SHEEP TEA PARTY AT BASE OF CRAFT DRAWERS. TEA SET HAS PETER RABBIT ON IT.
LARGER SHEEP SEEM TO BE VERY INTENTLY STUDYING SMALL SHEEP.
TABLE IN FRONT OF COMPUTER ROOM WINDOW.
SYDNEY HARBOR (ALSO AT LEAST A YARD LONG) AND CAP'N JACK ON WALL TO RIGHT OF COMPUTER.
UNDER THE SYDNEY PICTURE. THE SMALL FRAMED SKETCH IS THE ONE RUSSELL SIGNED FOR ME
IN NEW YORK CITY. THAT'S AN AUSTRALIAN 10 DOLLAR BILL AND AN AMERICAN ONE DOLLAR WITH
RUSSELL ON IT INSTEAD OF GEORGE. THE WHITE SHEEP IS JOIMUS, THE RUST RAM IS MAXIMUS AND THE
MATCHING BLUE ONE IS MARSHALL. HEE HEE
MY PINE CONE TREE, ABOUT 4 FEET TALL. HAS MY COLLECTION OF CONES FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE
ON IT, EACH NUMBERED AND INDEXED AS TO DATE PICKED UP, WHERE, AND...WHY. BOWL ON RIGHT HAS
SHELLS, BOWL TO LEFT OF BASE OF TREE HAS BARK, SWEETGUM BALLS, MAGNOLIA SEEDPODS, ETC.
BOWL ALL WAY TO RIGHT HAS MY STICKS. BOWL OF ROCKS IS ON FLOOR NEAR BUNNIES. "IMAGINE"
WORD I BOUGHT IN WILLIAMSBURG SEPT. 2007. FRAMED PICTURES ARE FOUR OF MY FAVORITE OUTDOOR
SHOTS I TOOK. TOP IS CARL ON A ROCK BY THE RIVER AT MC CONNELL'S MILL. MIDDLE RIGHT IS CARL IN
A FIELD ON A CHRISTIAN RETREAT WE WENT ON IN EARLY 90'S. I WAS TAKING PICTURES IN THE WOODS
AND CAME TO THE EDGE AND THERE HE WAS STANDING LIKE THAT IN THE FIELD AND I TOOK THE PICTURE
THROUGH THE LAST OF THE TREES. BOTTOM ONE IS THE ROAD AT MC CONNELL'S MILL THAT LEADS DOWN
TO THE MILL ITSELF. CARL AND I WERE WALKING DOWN IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LATE 80'S AND I JUST
LOVED HOW IT LOOKED RIGHT THERE WITH THE BIG ROCK LEDGE JUTTING OUT FROM THE RIGHT AND ALL.
MIDDLE LEFT PICTURE IS FROM THE TOP OF THE CHALK CLIFF ON OUR FARM IN SOUTH CAROLINA LOOKING
OUT ACROSS THE FARM.
I'VE ADDED A NEW FAUX SLICE OF CAKE TO THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND THE PINK HEART CAKE IS COVERED NOW.
ARRANGEMENT ON LITTLE TABLE IN LIVING ROOM IN FRONT OF LOVE SEAT.
I CALL THIS THE ''FUNGAPPLE'' IS VERY, VERY LIGHT AND ABOUT 9'' DIAMETER.
ANOTHER LITTLE TABLE IN LIVING ROOM. POCKET WATCH IS THE ONE CARL'S GRANDFATHER IN BROOKLYN, WHO
WAS A CONDUCTOR, USED ON THE TRAINS.
I TOOK THIS AS I DROVE LAURA'S JEEP BACK TO MY HOUSE TODAY (APRIL 19, 2008) TO SHOW HOW
WOODSY IT IS HERE. THIS IS THE ROAD TO MY HOUSE, ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM OUR TURNING.
JUST OVER THE HILL IN THE WOODS PICTURE AND AROUND THE CURVE, YOU COME TO THIS OLD BLUE
HOUSE I REALLY LIKE. HAS NICE GINGERBREAD.
MORE FRONTAL VIEW OF BLUE HOUSE.
I TOOK THIS THIS MORNING STANDING JUST OUTSIDE LAURA'S HOUSE, WHERE I'M STAYING THE WEEK, LOOKING
WEST DOWN HER STREET...JUST TO PROVE SPRING DOES COME TO PITTSBURGH!!!
AND THIS IS LOOKING EAST. THAT'S MY WHITE CAR PARKED DOWN THERE. I'VE BEEN DRIVING
HER JEEP COMMANDER ALL WEEK.
SITTING IN THE COMMANDER (WHICH I CALL, UM, 'AUBREY') LOOKING BACK UP AT LAURA'S HOUSE.
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