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| ready to catch the train |
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| arrived at DIA |
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| under on of the peaks |
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| Westin hotel with reflection of terminal peaks |
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| selfie at the hotel |
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| Yes there were crowds!!! |
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| Arrived at Union Station |
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| time for some ice cream |
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| and a good read On the way home I asked Kate if she thought there would every be a time when we didn't enjoy doing things like this together. "That would be never" |
It snowed again today...what a surprise but I just stepped outside and found these beautiful views of the trees holding on to the day's snow. These photos are of course in color but they seem black and white with the late light of the day and no foliage in sight. Enjoy!Welcome to my new Messy Room Studio. My basement has a big room to house my studio stuff. Last week I finally got it put together enough to start some upholstery projects. This is my workspace. And here are my projects from the last 2 weeks. No more rooms to put together. Now I can have some fun.
This fabric has been in my stash for several years. i pulled it out and made this blue cushion for my entry bench.
I thought hard about digging up my pet roses in California and transporting them in a trailer across 100+ degree deserts and making them get used to a new home. But.........here we are. This lovely Abraham Darby rose is a beauty in any yard but what a difference the amount of sunshine and heat make. All of my roses have adapted so far. Of course I know winter is a different story. I have transplanted a few of them in the ground here but this one is still confined to a 2 gallon plastic pot. Even with all the neglect and abuse this rose is a beauty. I wish you could smell her frangrance.
These are a few of my favorite things. I am tickled to death to show you my kitchen. I love to cook and I worked at Williams-Sonoma when my kids were in college for five years so I have every piece of cookware a chef would ever want and more. While my house in California was for sale many of my kitchen essentials were stored as to not add to the clutter but now I can have my toys close at hand. I am finished putting things away on my main floor. I wanted to share a few of the things that I cannot live without.
I adore this chopping block. I was so excited when I bought this house, got the measuring tape out and realized I could fit this piece into the kitchen. It has been in the garage in California for 9 years used as a second work place because there was no room for it inside. But it has taken center stage in my new kitchen. Ryan added my shelves for my favorite cookbooks and porcelain cookware. It may look messy to some but this is just perfect for me.
I bought a 1927 brick Tudor home in Denver. As I live in this lovely old house the charm and personality are shyly revealing themselves. The old beautiful oak wood floors are creaky in areas, It is nearly impossible to drill holes in the brick walls to hang window coverings. And it takes a little coaxing to close the doors completely but these things aren't a bother at all especially since Ryan does the drilling and I live alone so the fact that doors don't latch shut is irrelevant.
My favorite old features are the doors and door knobs. The doors are raised panel but not like the ones in Lowe's; the doorknobs are exquisite. Most of them are crystal pulls with brass hardware. In the bathroom the inside knob was replaced with a milkglass one. The closet doors are brass and bronze and the front door is brass.
Ten years ago on my first trip to Maine my friend Marjorie and I went antique-ing in York. I found a beautiful ebony knob set and had to have it. I don't know which door I will place it on in my old new home but one of them will be begging me for it soon.
