Front porch today. Still life. Calm. Gardenesque. Faces east.
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Bench hasn't been there long, yet already seen lots of use. Bench & plant stand moved with me from my previous garden, surviving the great purge of Cottage Garden to historic ca. 1900 farmhouse.
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Ceiling has only been blue since Christmas'ish. Huge surprise once painted. It's gorgeous from inside the house, looking into the garden. A good transition. No, too small, a happy transition. I had a narrow consideration ahead of painting, from the street inward, or in photos. Pea brain. Adore a good surprise in Garden Design. This qualifies, big.
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Don't paint a porch ceiling blue for how it looks, paint it blue for how it lives.
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Looks vs. Lives. A new pair. Balances a favorite pair, Sacred vs. Profane.
Stain, Cabot, Driftwood Gray, solid cover, has already been bought for the floor.
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Time & money getting to simple is a grown-up dry humor. Friend texted me pic yesterday of her lovely new gravel path, she shoveled into place with her young daughters, signing off with, hvac $12,000.00 just put in.
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Who sells those T-shirts? Owner: New Roof $....... New Insulation $....... New Car Tires $......... New Washer/Dryer $......... New HVAC $....... New Windows $...... etc. And, all of that is the normal good stuff in life. Yep, quite the dry humor.
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More is the victory of a new gravel garden path, or simple still life.
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Filthy lucre.
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A woman said to our historic garden design tour director, in France, what a bother it was to get xyz done in the garden. Without pausing he said, "Sex is a bother and we don't mind." She had no follow up comment.
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Garden & Be Well, XOT
3 comments:
It's lovely, Tara.
And a new perspective on bother!
Apparently there are a lot of reasons to paint the porch ceiling blue:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5645263
Love the blue ceiling! Another reason......apparently the blue porch ceiling scares away bad spirits!!!
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