Only Beautiful Things

Arts and Crafts, Goals, Home and Renovation, Personal

We all know that I am currently ill, and abed atop a hot water bottle.

However, I don’t want to talk about that today. Today, I resist torpor and complaining. Today I only want to talk about beautiful things.

I have to thank my dear friend, Madame K, for asking about my projects, and how things are going. It reminded me that I am not made of illness. I am made of creativity. She always knows just the right thing to say.

You see, my trade is creating beautiful things; whether that’s a cottage kitchen, live music, a flower garden, students excited about the possibilities of music, or a musical based on a 1728 play. And, I am privileged to have been able to spend my life as a creator.

So, with illness and frustration aside, I walked around the house today and took photos of things I’m working on that I find beautiful.

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The front yard flower garden. I’m definitely an English cottage garden type person. (No surprises there.)

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A (mostly) finished corner of the kitchen, with our now-exposed huge beams. I had to fill in the space at the top of the wall, of course. I stained new rough-hewn wood to match the old beams.

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Another kitchen wall. Still needs some paint work, but I left the little cellar door rough on purpose. I like to see the history.

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A staircase wall in progress. Because I decided to go with stucco in between dark-stained beams, (Tudor-style), I went with artwork that reflects that.

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And that’s all I know about that! I’m off to rest and have a little bit of dinner. Yep, at 4:00. =)

6 thoughts on “Only Beautiful Things”

  1. Unknown's avatar

    Sorry that you aren’t well, but I have to say that the artistic flair shown in these pictures are lovely. Take care.

  3. brambletwyne's avatar

    I’m glad you have created so much beauty to surround you and to muse over. Much nicer than pondering hot water bottles and the evils of Home Depot (or as my family says Home Despot).

  6. karenadair1017's avatar

    OOOOO Thank you so much for these updated pictures!!
    i loveLoveLOVE FLOWERS! 🌺🌸🌼
    my favorite thing in the first kitchen picture is the handmixer with the turn wheel hanging there!
    in the other kitchen corner the chalkboard is brilliant! and i love the crank flour sifter!
    on the staircase wall, the first thing i noted was The Artful Dodger!
    YOU also help me remember that i am a musician, too! and not just a cook and housewife!
    … i am often behind the times online because i’m not online that much these days, as you know.
    i popped online because my dr’s office said i need to do the pre-registration paperwork for my EGD and lower endoscopy coming up on the 15th. as i say somewhat often these days, “growing old aint for sissies” as well as, “gotta be a toughie to grow old!”
    as ever, i love you always! ❤ 😀

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