Acquisitions of Light and Space

 I have steadily increased my indoor plant collection over the years all the way up to fifteen at the moment!  All those plants require a pretty pot and plate to rest on and collect water drip-through, which is why I was especially excited when I found this art nouveau plate on our antique store adventure last weekend. 

I love the simple design, the different shades of green, and the little pop of bright orange that will peek out when a plant sits on it.  I also found another exciting ceramic addition to add to my lusterware series!

In a large display of lusterware tea cups, saucers, and pots, I spotted the largest of the three in the middle of the photo.  Most lusterware involves an orange color I don't particularly like so when I find these simple blue, white, and black pieces, it is a good day.  And now I have a lovely, unique little trilogy!

And a cute little Ollie baby!

 

(photos by e.hunt)

Getting Our Steps In

 Good evening to all, here I am getting my weekly post in last minute!  I hope you all had a good week.  I happened to have an extra day off work, which was quite lovely.  I used it to clean, run errands, and take care of the little dinosaur, of course.  We did check out a new antique store yesterday; Ethan found a book and I found a couple pieces of dishware. 

It was actually quite a splendid weekend weather-wise as well.  We took Ollie on two long walks today and spent some time outside on our front veranda letting her whip around, munch on, and reorganize her stick collection.

(photos by e.hunt)

Feb - Roo - Air - Eee

 Happy first day of the second month of the year of our time two thousand twenty three.

I hope you spent it well.  I myself had a bit of a domestic day: woke up early, walked little Ollie, did our weekly house cleaning cycle, went to Target for toiletries and Schnucks for sustenance, walked Ollie again, and made an early dinner.  

Cleaning nowadays has an extra layer of fun thanks to the little dinosaur.  She is a very curious little puppy, wanting to sniff every product bottle, paper towel, wipe, or tool that I am wielding.  The vacuum though, is of particular interest.  She stands in front of it, backing up and then moving in as I go forward and back over the rug, but it's when I convert it to the long pole arm attachment version for the hardwoods that she gets really animated.  Barking, pouncing, standing off against it, running away to hide then coming back to challenge it once again.  It's like a whole battle strategy!

(photo by e.hunt)

L'appel du Vide

 There's nothing quite like waking up to a snow-covered wintery wonderland.  The magical whimsy of white powder covering everything, the soft muffled sound of nothing, and the slowness it brings the world always makes me smile.  And having never been a morning person, that is quite a feat.

(photo by e.hunt)

If You'll Please Turn Your Attention to the South Gallery Wall

 A new piece of artwork was added to the displayed collection this last week: a stylized rendition of the front door to the old homestead.  Taylor made it, printed and framed it, and then gave it to me for Christmas and I have to say, he knows my preferred artwork style well, because it fits absolutely perfectly with everything else we have hanging. 

Ollie approves of it as well.

(photos by e.hunt)

Your Focus Determines Your Reality

 Introducing a brand new series, here it is, straight to your computer screen: Photos From Years Past!  Each month I will be posting a collection of photos from that same month a year ago.  Even though I stopped blogging, I never stopped documenting the weird, wonderful, and interesting things.

Let's start with a lovely, vintage-looking snow scene.

Followed by a peek into a commercial-size espresso machine.

And the obligatory cool-sky shots.

We had recently had a professional show us the proper way to hang artwork so we finished putting up our first gallery wall.  Ethan picked out the Sweden skyline and sepia street-view, while I contributed the Lord of the Rings Wraith piece.

And to finish out the month, a candid of Ethan during a cookie-baking day.  As you can see, every surface in our tiny little kitchen was covered in cookies.  Not a bad thing at all, I say.

(photos by e.hunt, title quote by Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace (1999))

To Be of the Resolute

 Well, we're a week in to 2023, everyone still upholding their resolutions?  One of mine includes posting once a week on the dear old blog, looks like I made it just in time for this first week!

It's been unseasonably warm this last week, with the temperatures finally feeling more like winter the last couple days.  There were even some little snow flurries this morning!  I hope we have another good snow storm before the season is through.  One where the wind chills are not at -30 so little Ollie can actually play in it.

We spent the last few days at Ethan's parents' farm celebrating Christmas with both sides of his family.  It was a very social couple days while nestled in the peaceful, serene country landscape.  We saw many cows, horses, families of deers and ducks, and even an alpaca!

They have a neighbor horse that stands half in and half out his pen all day, sometimes venturing out for a drink of water or a little nap in the leaves.  We named him Grandpa George the Horse.

(photos by e.hunt)