Paint, Pairing Down and Packages

I'm starting with packages first. Bombs!! OMFG! I don't care who you voted for, if you are still with this so called president and his messages of hate, I can, at this point, only assume that this is who you really are too. It is said that good people voted for the cheeto and that may be, but if you are still supporting him and those spineless cheats in the GOP, I for one, do not consider you "good people". I can't imagine being so greedy and fearful and selfish that anyone would allow a wannabe third rate dictator to continue to run this country. As the meme says, "Hate never made any nation great." Get off your butt and vote next Tuesday, your nation and Democracy depends on it.

Okay, onto painting. Oil paints are a bugger to deal with but the results are so worth it in the durability department and my kitchen is as hard working as the next.





 They say they have latex paints that are just as good. They are not. The kitchen isn't quite finished. I have another bank of cabinets to do, and the fresh new wall color to put on, which will be latex but here are some pics as it is now.

Even the dogs have a little artwork over their water bowl.

The realtors tell you not to paint your cabinets red, it lowers the value. Unless you know your house is going on the market I just can't imagine decorating for some unknown person. I love red, I love orange and I love the new look. I mean who doesn't move into a new house and want to put their own colors in anyway? Next year it may be time to replace the wood countertops, not the butcher block but the fir ones. I would love a solid surface type but maybe I'll go for all maple? We'll see.

I paired down a lot of stuff out of the kitchen, and a lot of glassware and dishes. I am changing over my green and white vintage restaurant ware to vintage stoneware. I picked out a pattern I loved and have been scanning Etsy and eBay for it. For anyone interested, the pattern is Midwinter's Stonehenge Wild Oats. Paint colors I've used have mostly been from the newer Magnolia Collection. The red is "Vine Ripened Tomato", the upper cabinets are "Soft Linen", the walls will be "Cinnamon Sugar" and lastly the island is from our local Miller Paint and is a Color Guild color "Heat of Summer". I know many of you loved the 40's jadeite kinda green, but my kitchen has been one shade or green or another since we built the house and it was really time for a change.

And speaking of changes. I finally convinced my Mom to move into the "residential living" area of the Rogue Valley Manor. It offers much more assistance and oversight. She still has a lovely one bedroom apartment still although a bit smaller. She has no stove there, just a microwave and fridge but all three of her meals are provided and if she doesn't feel like it going down to eat, they have tray service. I think it will be perfect for the duration and easy enough for hospice to manage when the time comes too. So, I am working on getting her move lined up and coaxing her to pair down clothes and such as we can for this next move.

There has been precious little creative stuff going on. I did manage to finish up a lovely new wool crepe kimono. The collar is a piece of handprinted silk. These were both sale pieces of fabric, the 3 yards of wool a hefty 10 bucks, the silk, $5. I'm considering this my new robe. Why not? ;-)



 I can hand wash it easily enough. I do have a lovely plaid shirt in process. Cuffs on and this morning I will finally have time to do snaps and hems! I think I'm going to take a painting break this weekend. Cook, sew, weave and hang with the kids.

But while I wasn't as creative this past week or so, someone was.



 This nifty stained glass piece found a place in my weaving studio. I see it while I wind my own threads.



I'm leaving you all with this, an anthem as prescient today as it was in 1964.

Parting shot: Some days you just want to stay in bed.