A little tour of my world.

On my wall

In the hallway

On a table

 
Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

Corners of my home.
On my wall.

A floating shelf holds antique framed photos. A summer camp photo taken in Northern Ontario [Canada], and a photo of a handsome young man, found in a barn in Upstate New York.


Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

 Random shots around my work space.

 
Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

Corners of my home/studio.

One of my very favourite things: an early birthday present from a dear friend.

Must reorganize some day.....

My little village

In my bedroom, something I made for myself, inspired by Ms Rachel.

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

My life has been disorderly these last few days. Not that I have much of a "schedule". I tend to do things backwards, that is, against the norm.

Last night, around 9 p.m., I found myself cleaning the bathroom. I think part of it was finding cleaning products that actually work by themselves. The tub is gleaming and I didn't have to be a contortionist to clean it. I used Scrubbing Bubbles mega cleaner.

Certain stubborn rust stains, thanks to copper pipes, are gone, gone, gone. I had tried everything, including CLR that claims to remove rust stains, but none of them worked (what a waste of money). The local handyman had managed to scrub some of it away with his own "high-powered" cleaner, but his "solution" was that I would have to clean the tank of accumulated rust, say, once a week.

What??!! No, said I. No way. And I stubbornly hoped that the answer would eventually come from a cleaning product. It did yesterday, when I came across a Lysol cleaner that made the same claim. Would Lysol lie to me, too? This was a last-ditch effort. I went for it. And all the rust stains vanished; no brushing, no scrubbing.

So, Happy Friday.

Watch for me in the upcoming Somerset Studio.

And in the upcoming  Holidays & Celebration

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

Corners of my home.

At least I know where everything is.

 

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

 Last night I finally did something I've been wanting to do for a long time. I cleared my hallway of some dozen huge canvasses (my paintings) and moved them to my locker in the basement.

The empty space is exhilarating.

Now there's a pile of books and magazines that will go to our library off the Laundry Room; a good scrubbing of the floor and the entry to My Mess (studio) will be clear... Yes, that is a mail slot -- our mail is delivered to our door in this building.

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown