She's still shelling 'em ...

So ... this is my first personal quilting project in my new space. Appropriately tied to The Sea, considering my new, closer proximity.

For a project that has spanned almost 2 years worth of time, I have not tired of it. In fact ... quite the opposite.

By the end of today it should be sporting a binding.

I like pink.

She got 'em at the seashore, but she is NOT selling 'em.

So ... the pictures seen here were taken (by me) about 12 miles from my home. Twelve miles, people. I know this because I actually got a flat tire not far from this beautiful site and was watching the mileage very ... very ... carefully as I drove home on my "donut". (Thank you son-in-law, Mr. Gee and AAA.)

But once I was over the whole flat tire thing, I sat and pondered the fact that I have this incredible beauty ... nearly at my fingertips.

I am very ... very ... grateful.

And I have this reminder of a tray full of shells (with a most unusual blue hue to them) that thrill me when the 12 miles stands between us.

All good.

~ From Lakers to ... Lovely ~

So ... what you are seeing in the picture above is my bathroom as it looked when I purchased the home. The brown here actually showed more like ... gold. To add to the fun, that "little room within the bathroom" was painted a rather bright ... purple. I kid you not. My first thought was that they were going with some sort of a royal theme, until I was reminded (probably by a man) that purple and gold are the colors of the L.A. Lakers. Either way, they were not my colors. Hmmmm ... let's see ... what would I want to paint a bathroom?

You guessed it ... blue. This is the medium hue of the three different blues that were painted in my home in various different rooms. (Not all of the rooms because I left everything that was white ... white ... and I left my bedroom a very lovely beige.) My favorite part of this bathroom is that there was this tiny, useless space beside the bathtub and I made it use-ful by placing the CD holder there, that previously held all my thread in my studio. I love that thing! It actually holds some practical items that I might have had trouble otherwise finding a place for.

And as for that "little room". Not so purple anymore. The same lovely blue with an even lovelier seashell theme.

Don't you just want to hang out here?*

*please make an appointment