more aware of the pace I need
for my life today I glimpsed the child as I snipped
the brightness of undiluted
hope imagination vitality within she is still here I smile
Worked on the holly tree,
shaping and pruning, letting light on to the yard and making it possible to see
bird tables more easily from the kitchen. Spent about three hours in all and
produced a hug pile of clippings, used tarp to catch and collect the pile which
worked well made moving the pile much more easy than in wheelbarrow as it
limited me.
Carried the paint brushes etc
up to the attic to start on the walls up there tomorrow, The new wall has dried
out completely and looks as if there has been no ingress of rain so painting
can go ahead. Once the area is decorated I can set up old kitchen table with
shelf unit plus other shelves and printing / cutting table then set up single bed in
smaller area near the staircase. Weeks of work but good to start.
Biblio paper is lovely to
write on, smooth without being slippery. No bleed through, caking or smudge, fountain
pen ink dries quickly and evenly. Want to see what happens with paint and
archival ink brush pens next.
I love that the child is with you.
Those upstairs walls must be whispering in anticipation of their new look. I don't imagine it will include 'color' ;-D
Posted by: Cathy | August 2010 at 12:07
You sent me running to Search engines to learn about Biblio paper. Hardly any references, but one at "The Fountain Pen Network." It sounds lovely. Will look forward to reading (perhaps seeing photos) of your experiences in your new upstairs.
Posted by: Elizabeth Westmark (Beth) | August 2010 at 13:00
Cathy, Only magnolia of course:0) Not sure if the walls are whispering or just holding their breath in shock as they have seen the paint pots. Be a while in the covering though so maybe they will breath easy by the time I have it finished.
Posted by: Daisy-Winifred | August 2010 at 14:14
Beth, Will be a while until I am ensconced as scriboodler in the attic, first to talk soothingly to the walls as I change their coats:0) But am looking forward to having that space to play with paper in and will I suspect find days on this blog recounting some of the adventure so pics too:0)
Posted by: Daisy-Winifred | August 2010 at 14:20