Off To A Party

Okay! Okay! I promise to not rant about politics for this blog post. (But it was a good week! Manafort... guilty! Cohen... confessing! McGahan... squealing! Others close to The Orange Menace... freakin' flipping! Yay team!!) So instead of political spewings, I'm posting an innocuous picture of the (almost) finished hole in the wall.
Yes, it needs a bit more sanding and another coat of paint but I've already got my Foo dog happily smelling the posies. See how useful and attractive a hole in the wall can be?!?? It's amazing how a detail like this can fix up the entire space. Bob and I shoved our bureaus around a bit and the room looks bigger and more commodious. More room to put stuff!
The weather has decided to become more pleasant and allow for otherwise impossible activities like mowing the lawn and weeding. Let's face it, it's been miserably hot and humid. When I tried to work in my studio, I wound up with  minute collage bits and fabric scraps stuck to my sweaty arms. I'll have to take a picture of the gigantic hornets nest that has been constructed just outside one of my studio windows. Bob pointed out that that window was open and I might be entertaining "visitors" soon. So far the wasps or hornets haven't bothered me but I've shut that window and am steering clear of that corner when outside!

And in place of our dear friend Tilda Swinton, we now have a birthday balloon living in the bathroom downstairs. It does look quite festive in there, with the Xmas lights, miniature cocktail umbrellas and the smiley balloon... which reminds me: we're off to a party right now!

What Is It? (Number Four)

Okay... what is it?

Here's a hint: it's in our bedroom, across form the windows on the wall where we now have our bed (interior wall). The previous owner, who produced this fine hole, had his bed between the windows and facing this hole. I know what the hole was for, so I'm ahead of the game for a change. Many of the mystery openings throughout the house remain just that and boy there sure are a lot of them!'
Give up?
It's a TV hole. We saw it with our own eyes when we looked at the house last August. Lie in bed, watch the built- in tv... simple as that! However, we like our heads lying to the north so the tv hole is now behind us and essentially useless. I did conjure a scenario where we lie in bed, have the tv above us in the hole and cleverly place a mirror at the foot of the bed and watch television backwards. We haven't tried it yet but it's a thought for a slow evening at home.