Weekend Goal- The Garden Shed

Goal for this weekend- get the shed finished inside and out. Wish me luck! :)

List to do-

1. Back in February, I started hauling furniture, clay pots, tools, etc. to the shed. Now I need to empty it out completely so Scott can run the metal cable for lights and sockets. (Note- instead of putting furniture back the same way, I plan to do a different arrangement.)

2. While he’s doing the electrical, I’ll be finishing up the exterior painting.

3.  I also have to paint the screen insert for the door.

4. Readjust stone slabs for the entrance step. They were placed in a rush last fall.

5. Decide on foundation plants- I got plenty of Hosta!

(Drawing- Cecil Beaton, 1976)

Endpapers #8

“Before mass printing in the 20th century it was common for endpapers of books to have paper marbling. Sometimes the endpapers were used for maps or other relevant information. They are the traditional place for bookplates or owner’s inscription.”- Wikipedia

A collage of sepia and blue toned images are perfect endpapers for the book ‘The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978.’

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Endpapers

Updated 5/20/2013- Portraits taken initially for Gap ads serve as endpapers for the book ‘Individuals.’

Endpapers #7

“Before mass printing in the 20th century it was common for the endpapers of books to have paper marbling. Sometimes the endpapers were used for maps or other relevant information. They are the traditional place for bookplates or owner’s inscription.”- Wikipedia

The book ‘Blueberry Corners’ published in 1940 is special- it belonged to my mother as a girl. Mom loved the author Lois Lenski‘s stories and her quaint pen & ink illustrations. Shown here is a sample of the endpapers.

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Endpapers #5 & #6

” A hump like a snowhill!….”

“…There she blows! – there she blows! A hump like a snowhill! It is Moby Dick! Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously taken up by the three look-outs, the men on deck rushed to the rigging to behold the famous whale they had so long been pursuing…” – Herman Melville, 1851.

Serving dish with hand painted whale and ship by Linda Fahey.

Vocabulary #60: Mola

mola- art form developed by the Kuna culture (indigenous people of Panama & Colombia) using a reverse applique technique.

Note- This large mola belongs to my parents. They purchased it in Panama (mid 1960′s) and it has been proudly displayed on a wall of their various homes ever since.

(Photo- ©2013 Martha Browne)

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Vocabulary Series

A Page From…

…Modern Farmer Magazine, Spring 2013

Issue #1 is at the newsstand now.

(Illustration- Josh Cochran)

Display- Black & White Photography

White House Hats c. 1948

Some wonderful black & white photographs from the New York Times archive are now available at Pottery Barn.

April 2013

(April Letter Collage- Martha B.)

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March 2013

Vocabulary #56: October

Display- Garden Posters

A wonderful collection of posters from The Victory Garden of Tomorrow. Any of these would be fun to hang in a kitchen.

Artwork

Untitled work done with felt-tip markers by photographer William Eggleston, 2009.