Movie paintings, house, peaches, chokecherries

Went down to Santa Fe today to pick up the paintings used in the movie. The producer will get us a credit at film’s end and list the artists in alphabetical order. Thanks to being a “Booth” I will be listed second only to Meg (surname unknown) who coordinated artwork for the film.

Since we were down the mountain much shopping ensued—the stuff you buy seems way more expensive when you can only go in and pick it up once a month or so! Geez, oh dear, keep me up here on the mountain, I spend too much money in town. Lotion, conditioner, soap, and bubble bath really add up! Not to mention art supplies, beads, and oh yeah, food. Paint for the new place!

Speaking of which I think we may have finally found our trim color. I like it, husband likes it, the third try! If the house likes it it’s a go. Deep violet. A true purple. Darker, not lilac, yet just cool enough to offset that warm, rusty brown of the adobe. I’ll get up and give it a go tomorrow....see what we think. It’s a Home Depot color though, so if we like it we’ve got to go all the way to Santa Fe to replace—and since it’s our third try I bought a quart rather than a gallon (no matter on the other 2 gallons, though, one is perfect for bathroom color base, the other can be used in kitchen. Just because we have adobe, all white? I don’t think so! Gallery, yes. Otherwise, not necessarily so). Also got a sunny but not-too-bright yellow to go in the carport area. It’s a little niche and is just off the sunroom (my new studio) so want it to be light and bright, not dark like the main house color. This area will neither absorb or repel the sun so color need not be “functional” in a physical temperature sense.

I’m learning much more than I ever wanted to about septic systems, roofs, insulation, heating systems (we’re going with hydronic radiant heat in the floors with kiva fireplaces for entertaining and ambiance purposes and most likely we’ll be doing much or all of the installation ourselves). And no, it does not have to be all that expensive—we’re looking to run it off the regular domestic hot water heater. May purchase a hybrid heater—Polaris—we’ll see. Yes, we are talking to professionals. Speaking of such things we heard back from our septic guy and it looks like we’ll be able to have a regular system, not a closed system that would have to be pumped out every month. Thank you!

Tomorrow I have to put my laundry away, clean the back room (the one that is not public, it gets attention last!) and make a peach and apple cobbler! Decided to try cobbler rather than pies—many, many peaches from our tree in our new place, and our neighbor brought over apples—apples thrive up here as well as peaches and plums. We have a little sprig of an apple tree on the back lot at the new place, we’ll nuture and in a few years that one will be producing fruit as well. Plus, there is the best fruit tree nursery up here in Truchas...don’t know exactly where but it is reported to be the best in the state. Eventually I would like a cherry tree as well. And there’s a wild chokecherry growing at our current place—will find out if we can take a cutting or a seed...and we’ll start one of those as well. I remember the chokecherry tree from my childhood in Montana—loved it! You can make syrup from the chokecherries, and to the delight of a child, it is sweet and berry like, but if poured over eggs & pancakes it turns the eggs green!! All you need is ham!

Link to This | Back to top

Swanktrendz (2007-09-29)
Everything sounds good and is going your way. I am getting excited for you - this soundd like fun. I want to help! (hard work, but fun). I had to laugh when I read that your hubby picked on third try. My hubby's answer to anything I changed, decorate, purchase - even the couch. He always says "Yeah, okay - whatever you want. It's only colour and it can be changed..". Then I usually say - "Ah...geez thanks hon, for ALL your fabulous advice. Phew, at first I thought I was going to be stuck figuring all the colours and combinations and furniture and .... Oh, right... I AM!!!" What a brat, But it is true. I once painted our room navy blue and deep crimson. It turned out to be rather depressing (instead of artsy). After two months I was going nuts and he was fine - says colours don't affect him. Great, I have married the tinman. Uh oh - how did my comment to you become all about me LOL

[ Back to top ]

Created with ShoutPost