tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post4103141380978530295..comments2024-03-25T17:18:09.834-07:00Comments on Becoming Gezellig: My home this season: January 2016Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06171205124450749463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-13132012806369882642016-02-03T16:57:43.174-08:002016-02-03T16:57:43.174-08:00Brass candlesticks are very useful indeed! No matt...Brass candlesticks are very useful indeed! No matter what color candles I put in them, they always seem to look just right.<br /><br />Clinging to winter/turning toward spring, yes, that's exactly how I feel too.<br /><br />I'm feeling the itch to make another set of pillow covers to swap out for the birds but who knows when I'll actually have time! I think I just volunteered myself to make a pair of baby pants so that's probably first on my list.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171205124450749463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-3923897852895512962016-02-03T16:55:06.668-08:002016-02-03T16:55:06.668-08:00Ha! Somehow I don't doubt it. Was it an aptony...Ha! Somehow I don't doubt it. Was it an aptonym?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171205124450749463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-10927124004427032612016-02-03T14:03:57.991-08:002016-02-03T14:03:57.991-08:00My house looks both backward and forward at this t...My house looks both backward and forward at this time of year. I'm still clinging to the lights I put on the mantels in early December. I hate to see them go, and I leave them up because they don't scream Christmas. But...the light is changing and their days are numbered. I still have warm pillow covers on the pillows, but there are fewer throws out. We just haven't needed them as much.<br /><br />I try to cling to winter, because I really love it, but I can feel myself beginning to turn ever so slightly toward spring. Our bulbs are coming up. Better to surrender than fight. <br /><br />I love the green in your candles, and I'm now thinking I need to make a thrift store run just to get my own set of brass candlestick holders. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551793959655853424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-11222891637532192592016-02-03T14:00:12.708-08:002016-02-03T14:00:12.708-08:00Just have to chime in, I once had a student named ...Just have to chime in, I once had a student named Justin Case. For real. :-)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551793959655853424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-15235499198194374552016-01-28T09:54:51.373-08:002016-01-28T09:54:51.373-08:00I like the mixed greens, too! And mixed leaf shape...I like the mixed greens, too! And mixed leaf shapes. Nature is such a no-brainer when it comes to making your home pretty.<br /><br />My vote is to cut the ferns back severely, and then baby them. That way by the time it's warm enough to bring new plants in to the house either the ferns will be thriving or it will be clear that you've given them their best chance. <br /><br />Oh, Sally Sentimentality. I know her well. I can't wait to see the results of your projects -- I'm assuming this is something along the lines of the things you built with your kids' crib, which I thought were just wonderful. Wishing you ease as you navigate that, sounds like it is bringing up a lot of memories.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171205124450749463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653399301717513709.post-73801058493357026482016-01-27T07:13:29.548-08:002016-01-27T07:13:29.548-08:00Oh my, this post has gotten me thinking...
Green ...Oh my, this post has gotten me thinking...<br /><br />Green happens to be my favourite colour, and I especially love the chartreuse-y shade of your paper whites (your first picture --- the juxtaposition of the plants with their two shades of green, their contrasting leaf shape, together with the white of your fireplace --- is particularly beautiful to me).<br /><br />I think my home mainly looks backwards right now, which is just a little bit depressing, to be honest. On the plant front, I have several ferns which are looking very sad (due to some negligence on my part this past month), and are either needing a drastic pruning and repotting or simply need to be turfed. I always hesitate to buy new plants in the winter, though, for fear the shock of being carried outside through the parking lot will be too much for them, so I face the prospect of bare space if I do get rid of them (which is probably better, both symbolically and aesthetically, so I really should just get on this!). <br /><br />I like to save the really thorough clean sweep for spring, when I can crank the windows open (because sunshine and fresh air are incredibly powerful motivators for me!) ... but I do, every January, find myself chafing at the bit, wanting to clear out the old and start afresh. Right now I'm tackling some small projects, which are distinctly of the "let's stop looking backward variety". I had mentioned, in my last reply to you on my last post, that Justin Case was too vocal a presence in my head. Well, I forgot that Sally Sentimentality is also in there, and is even shriller than Justin --- so I'm trying, right now, to deal with some stuff that really shouldn't be this hard, but unfortunately is ...<br /><br /><br /><br />Marianhttp://greengreyandgezellig.comnoreply@blogger.com