It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain
Since my last post, I have had this "spring fever" that Mark Twain wrote about. So many things to do, and not quite sure how to go about it, hence, I have been ALL over the place.
My trip home really shook things up. While Natchez, MS was in full bloom in March, I returned to Pittsburgh, PA to snow. Yes, SNOW! It was a shock to my system and I do believe my heart went haywire.
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I put a photo montage together in our stairway that looks over the living room. That bare spot had finally stared at me one too many days. |
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I visited my favorite Rt. 19 Antiques and longingly looked at this embroidered ship. I've never seen anything like it before. My husband and I both love boats. |
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I visited this nursery called Rooted in Thyme. A new fav hang-out of mine. I must put a blue bench SOMEWHERE in my garden. |
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I rearranged furniture and paintings. We don't have a finished basement, so our study off the dining room doubles as a playroom. Not much "studying" is done here! |
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I decided to paint the armoire and add new knobs. I really really like it now. The painting my husband gave me for my 30th birthday now hangs in the dining room (on left). |
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I drove to Washington, D.C. in the snow, sleet, and rain. I heard there was better weather over that way. |
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Enjoyed bike riding (in the rain) with one of my best friends from college. I am pretty happy with how this in-motion-biking-in-the-rain-in-front-of-the-White-House-self-photo turned out! |
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I really wanted to go sit in these lovely white adirondack chairs in front of this mansion in Chevy Chase, MD. But, I thought the owners might mind. Note to self: Earn mansion and these chairs... Might need to start with just the chairs. |
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These streets of Chevy Chase, MD tunneled by cherry blossom trees were breathtaking. |
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I really like this simple landscaping with a beautiful arbor and tall white picket fencing. I think this would go well with my mansion and adirondack chairs one day. |
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The sun came out one day in Pittsburgh. The Pirates baseball team may be the worst in the league, but they sure did build a beautiful stadium along a beautiful skyline and river. |
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Who knew a giant yellow steel structure could be beautiful? The Fort Pitt Bridge is gorgeous rain or shine. |
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I could do a whole post about this one daffodil. This is my first daffodil ever. I planted about 60 bulbs in the fall and it seems like a miracle that even just one has bloomed. Daffodils are my favorite flowers. |
So, you see that my art-loving heart has tried to go in every direction I can think of. Now that spring is springing forth more strongly in Pittsburgh, I hope I can get back into a nice routine again. Running outside aimlessly every time the sun comes out and rearranging and repainting large pieces of furniture is wearing me out.