Brilliant!

What's brilliant?  The sunshine!


Today is the first really clear and bright and sunny day in . . . weeks!

 It was so sunny in the conservatory when I came downstairs this morning that I was blinded.

And startled; it's such an unfamiliar sight!

 But now . . . the weeds are exposed in all their grisly glory.  Oh dear.

Time to put on those new gardening gloves and start pulling!

Well it's not all weeds.  Just ... mostly.

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So, you know the lovely beige and pastel needlepoint rug I showed you back on May 17th?

 My eBay bargain?

This rug, below, that Anne and I put in the Parlor. . .

. . . and have already taken out of the Parlor, leaving the felt pad behind to look sad and lonely and ugly?.

 On Tuesday, the lovely postman delivered a box.

And in that box . . . another bargain eBay needlepoint rug.  (An even better bargain.)

I am so in love with these needlepoint rugs!

This morning, before catching a bus into New York City, Howard and Annie did this:

Action shot!

 And this:

Action shot of Howard's and Annie's feet smoothing wrinkles.

So now there's a different summer rug in the Parlor:

 It's not fully smoothed over the pad yet, and the furniture isn't back in place,

but Annie and her dad had to catch their bus!

I think this black-background rug with its soft pink and green and bits of blue floral design

is a better fit for this room for the summer than the pink roses one.

In the Fall, we'll put a vintage Persian in this room, but for this season
of flowers and vines, a flat floral needlepoint rug works just fine.
(Plus I haven't found the right Persian yet!)

The pink roses rug will migrate -- permanently -- to one of the guest rooms.

Annie votes for the yellow room.  I'm thinking the pink room  . . . jury's out.  Check back.

In the meantime, I love this black and floral rug

for this room; I think it grounds it nicely.

Hey!  There's the pink rose needlepoint rug, folded and left on the wing chair.  Oops.  Better go move that now!

 Time for me to tackle today's To-Do List, a mix of routine and Wedding stuff.

 Happy Wednesday to all!  -- Cass

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