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November 4, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (7)

Show & Tell time—finally. First, let’s talk about the front door lighting. Joan and I are in disagreement about which to use. My vote goes for the ones from Remains Lighting. Although not antique, they do have some age and therefore some patina. I think the scale and shape are perfect. (I’m ignoring the comment from Yamira that they look like the light fixtures at White Castle).



Joan on the other hand wants to use these from D’Interieurs. They are very stylish, but just a little “dernier cri.” They are too light weight, more suitable for indoors. I took the iss...Read More

October 28, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (3)

If for no other reason than to keep people reading this blog, contractor Mitch must make some progress on the house, I need photographs. All this “internal work” just doesn’t cut it when it comes to posting, as interesting as a shower body may be. For all the money I spent on the septic system, it should photograph like an Ansel Adams, but it doesn’t. I must have more changes to document. 

Rest easy wild turkeys of Brokeback Mountain. Thanksgiving is not going to happen in my house this year. What a surprise! I don’t have great hopes for Christmas either...Read More

October 21, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

I went to see the house last week to photograph all that was new and different. As you can see by the lack of pictures, there wasn’t a lot new and different. There were a few doors hung but that was about it. All the tile and stone were sitting in the front yard as I left them two weeks ago and the plumbing was still residing in the basement. My very expensive septic system—the pride of the neighborhood—still stood unfinished; very disappointing trip. I think I have to forget about Thanksgiving at Brokeback Manor, even a Brokeback Christmas doesn’t seem a reality. Woe is me!

Photographer cousin Lynn Davis came by while I was there. She has been following the   progress (?) of Brokeback Manor and has been documenting it with photographs. This limited to one edition book will be available for viewing as soon as I have a place to put...Read More

October 14, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

So sorry for the long absence, but a friend’s house unfortunately burnt down and I have been helping her with an inventory for the insurance company. Very time consuming! It’s bad enough that she is a collector (not only art but of just about everything), but she also lives in a house measuring over 12,000 square feet. This combination makes for a true test of friendship.

Back to my house…building a house has always been a dream of mine. However, these dreams never included the idea of having the biggest and greatest septic system in the neighborhood. Well, it has come to pass that this is what I am going to have. Please try to conceal your envy. I have just heard from contractor Mitch, and for reasons I do not fully understan...Read More

September 23, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

I would like to say that the mistake made regarding the paint specification on my last blog was intentional. I could say that I did it to see who was paying attention, who was reading my blogs and exactly how much information was being absorbed. Were that the case, Jayne, you would go to the head of the class. It was you who questioned the number. In the written email words of Benjamin Moore, “there is not nor was there ever a number 8229 in the B/M color line. ¡Que Verguenza! The correct paint spec. is Jano...Read More