If the table just next to the picture wasn't occupied, I would usually insist on sitting there for lunch, close enough to admire the picture.
23 Şubat 2013 Cumartesi
Lin Dai - Asia's screen goddess
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I love going to Cathay Restaurant for dim sum and amidst the pictures of Cathay's movie stars of yesteryears on the walls is that of Lin Dai, the screen goddess of Asian cinema in the 60's. My mum was a big fan of hers and she used to mention to me that Lin Dai was a true beauty with the tiniest waist ever . Seeing this picture made me realise that she wasn't exaggerating at all. Love her hair cut and her dress with the musical notes. It certainly wouldn't look out of place today with the popularity of vintage designs.
If the table just next to the picture wasn't occupied, I would usually insist on sitting there for lunch, close enough to admire the picture.
If the table just next to the picture wasn't occupied, I would usually insist on sitting there for lunch, close enough to admire the picture.
Tricia's Smile: Remembering Tricia LeVangie
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Last summer, I wrote about my friend Tricia who had been diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer. The Boston area design community was coming together for a "fun" raiser to help Tricia and her husband with the loss of income and expenses incurred when dealing with such a devastating diagnosis. Unfortunately, I couldn't attend the event, but from all accounts it was a warm and loving one, money was raised and a good time was had - all to honor a woman who knew how to have a good time, whose smile was always the biggest in the room and whose heart was even bigger.
Sadly for all of us, Tricia passed away this week. For those of us lucky enough to have spent time with her in her last months, what we witnessed was true grace. Tricia knew how to live and she knew how to let go of life. I don't know how she did it. But the woman who could get up in front of a crowd and shimmy and shake her assets also knew how to ask for help when needed. And she had multitudes of friends ready to jump in. Sometimes is was just as simple as going to the Tippet House Hospice Home just to hold her hand and watch reality tv for a spell. There were tears, certainly, but there was laughter. Her visitor schedule was so crowded that an online calender was created so we could schedule ourselves in. Her large circles began overlapping - childhood friends, dance sisters and design industry colleagues shared the journey. There were dance parties, dinner parties and Christmas tree decorating parties. Seriously, there is no one else who could have brought such life to a place where people go to spend their final days. I doubt the kind folks there knew what hit them. There was a small but amazing group of women in Tricia's inner circle whom I am thinking of today. They worked tirelessly throughout the last six months to make sure she had what she needed and were there holding her hand when it was time to move beyond the pain. It feels trite to thank them, but I do.
Sadly for me, I didn't truly understand how amazing a person Tricia was until these final days. We'd sat on the IFDA New England board together for a year in 2010 and I always enjoyed her company, sense of joie de vivre and professional demeanor. She told me about her world travel (China, Egypt, Germany and on and on) and how she did burlesque and belly dancing. Whoa. Really?
But, let me back track a bit. This pic above shows the first time Tricia and I met. It was at an IFDA summer party. She sought me out and wanted to have our photo taken together because people kept mistaking her for me or saying she looked like me. And on occasion, I was asked if I were Tricia. The evening of this party was hot, humid and miserable. I felt miserable, I felt I looked miserable and I really did not want my photo taken. She was likely every bit as hot and annoyed by the weather as I was, but it didn't matter. And look - Tricia had the bigger smile. It's funny how those small moments in life pass us by, but we come back to later on to find their meaning.
This was the following year (2011 I believe) at a roaring twenties themed party. Seriously, the biggest laugh and smile.
When people get sick, we often hear the platitude: tell your family and friends that you love them. It's said earnestly and it's true. But I think my lesson from knowing Tricia is that some of us (me) need to pay better attention to those around us who are not family or close friends - because we might be missing someone truly remarkable who is right in front of us. The fact is, Tricia and I never did anything one on one together until she was lying in a hospice bed. Well, that's just wrong and my life is poorer for it. Going forward, I plan on keeping two things in mind. I need to remind myself to "Smile like Tricia" and to ask myself "WWTD - What Would Tricia Do?".
Tricia would dance like no one was watching and smile like nothing was wrong.
The above was printed in a local magazine reporting on an event last March (2012), I believe. Tricia was already experiencing bad back pain that they couldn't figure out. And yet, who had the brightest smile on the page?
On the professional front, in October 2012, ASID New England choose Tricia to receive the Excellence in Design Award at their upcoming Annual Gala for her contribution to the Design Community as a Designer who supported and served other designers, her volunteer work on Room to Dream Foundation projects and because she "just simply blessed our events with her attendance!" The ASID Gala is March 21st at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. I imagine many will turn out to honor her.
This week, I showed my mother this photo, taken at the 2010 New England Design Hall of Fame dinner. She said - oh, what a pretty girl. She looks a bit like you.
And I am honored by the comparison.
Rest in peace my friend.
Sadly for all of us, Tricia passed away this week. For those of us lucky enough to have spent time with her in her last months, what we witnessed was true grace. Tricia knew how to live and she knew how to let go of life. I don't know how she did it. But the woman who could get up in front of a crowd and shimmy and shake her assets also knew how to ask for help when needed. And she had multitudes of friends ready to jump in. Sometimes is was just as simple as going to the Tippet House Hospice Home just to hold her hand and watch reality tv for a spell. There were tears, certainly, but there was laughter. Her visitor schedule was so crowded that an online calender was created so we could schedule ourselves in. Her large circles began overlapping - childhood friends, dance sisters and design industry colleagues shared the journey. There were dance parties, dinner parties and Christmas tree decorating parties. Seriously, there is no one else who could have brought such life to a place where people go to spend their final days. I doubt the kind folks there knew what hit them. There was a small but amazing group of women in Tricia's inner circle whom I am thinking of today. They worked tirelessly throughout the last six months to make sure she had what she needed and were there holding her hand when it was time to move beyond the pain. It feels trite to thank them, but I do.
Sadly for me, I didn't truly understand how amazing a person Tricia was until these final days. We'd sat on the IFDA New England board together for a year in 2010 and I always enjoyed her company, sense of joie de vivre and professional demeanor. She told me about her world travel (China, Egypt, Germany and on and on) and how she did burlesque and belly dancing. Whoa. Really?
But, let me back track a bit. This pic above shows the first time Tricia and I met. It was at an IFDA summer party. She sought me out and wanted to have our photo taken together because people kept mistaking her for me or saying she looked like me. And on occasion, I was asked if I were Tricia. The evening of this party was hot, humid and miserable. I felt miserable, I felt I looked miserable and I really did not want my photo taken. She was likely every bit as hot and annoyed by the weather as I was, but it didn't matter. And look - Tricia had the bigger smile. It's funny how those small moments in life pass us by, but we come back to later on to find their meaning.
This was the following year (2011 I believe) at a roaring twenties themed party. Seriously, the biggest laugh and smile.
When people get sick, we often hear the platitude: tell your family and friends that you love them. It's said earnestly and it's true. But I think my lesson from knowing Tricia is that some of us (me) need to pay better attention to those around us who are not family or close friends - because we might be missing someone truly remarkable who is right in front of us. The fact is, Tricia and I never did anything one on one together until she was lying in a hospice bed. Well, that's just wrong and my life is poorer for it. Going forward, I plan on keeping two things in mind. I need to remind myself to "Smile like Tricia" and to ask myself "WWTD - What Would Tricia Do?".
Tricia would dance like no one was watching and smile like nothing was wrong.
The above was printed in a local magazine reporting on an event last March (2012), I believe. Tricia was already experiencing bad back pain that they couldn't figure out. And yet, who had the brightest smile on the page?
On the professional front, in October 2012, ASID New England choose Tricia to receive the Excellence in Design Award at their upcoming Annual Gala for her contribution to the Design Community as a Designer who supported and served other designers, her volunteer work on Room to Dream Foundation projects and because she "just simply blessed our events with her attendance!" The ASID Gala is March 21st at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. I imagine many will turn out to honor her.
This week, I showed my mother this photo, taken at the 2010 New England Design Hall of Fame dinner. She said - oh, what a pretty girl. She looks a bit like you.
And I am honored by the comparison.
Rest in peace my friend.
It's an #OlioHop : Home Staging Concepting using Olioboard
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I am participating in this month's #Oliohop presented by Olioboard. Olioboard, if you're unfamiliar, is a website which allows users to create either 2D or 3D "mood" or "inspiration" boards for fun and profit. It's fun to play around with spaces and move furniture around with the click of the mouse and it's a great tool in the designer's tool box for fleshing out design ideas. I wrote an in-depth article on Olioboard on Williams-Sonoma Designer Marketplace last year which you can read here.
Meanwhile, the folks at Olioboard host many contests and various fun outreach programs to engage new and existing users and the #Oliohop is one of their more popular events. Each month, ten design bloggers are invited to create a space using Olioboard based on a specific theme. This month's theme is home staging.
We were asked to create a 2D or 3D inspiration board depicting the before and after of a home staging project. Unlike interior design or decorating, home staging is done for the specific purpose of marketing a home for sale. As with any marketing plan, the seller must know who their most likely buyer will be and how to package their product (in this case a house) to speak to the needs and desires of their target buyer. For this project, I decided to depict a space in a home that is being sold by a builder or developer. In other words, a new (or newly rehabbed) house that is empty. One of the goals of home staging is to help potential buyers "see" how they might live in a space. Most people cannot easily envision floor plans, scale and size or colors and so how the room is staged is meant to show the space in its best light, how functional the space can be and still be broadly appealing. If I were hired to design this space for a homeowner, I would likely be adding built-ins to reduce the awkward height of the knee walls. As a staging project, it's all about creating a comfortable feeling space that makes potential buyers feel "at home". Using Olioboard, I created such a space and exported the image to a JPG file.
I regularly create similar inspiration boards for clients, so I simply incorporated my Olioboard onto my regular board form and highlight the major design elements for the client. This board can be printed or emailed as a PDF with live links to product pages.
To join the large and ever-growing Olioboard community, you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and access their video tutorials on their YouTube channel.
And, now it's time for the "hop" part of the #Oliohop. Check out my fellow design blogger's boards and see what they are up to:
Lisa Mende Design: Blog * Olioboard Frances Newman - As You Like It Redesign: Blog * Olioboard Stephanie Weeks - Interior Design HQ: Blog * Olioboard Marilyn Russell - Design Magnifique: Blog * Olioboard Lynda Quintero-Davids, NYCLQ Focal Point: Blog * Olioboard Ronique Gibson - Stagetecture: Blog Kristie Barnett - The Decorologist: Blog * Olioboard Roslyn Ashford - Ra ReDoes Rooms: Blog * Olioboard Williams-Sonoma Design Marketplace: Blog * Olioboard Linda Merrill - Decorative Surroundings: Blog * Olioboard
If you would like my help on your design or Home Staging project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks!
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Meanwhile, the folks at Olioboard host many contests and various fun outreach programs to engage new and existing users and the #Oliohop is one of their more popular events. Each month, ten design bloggers are invited to create a space using Olioboard based on a specific theme. This month's theme is home staging.
We were asked to create a 2D or 3D inspiration board depicting the before and after of a home staging project. Unlike interior design or decorating, home staging is done for the specific purpose of marketing a home for sale. As with any marketing plan, the seller must know who their most likely buyer will be and how to package their product (in this case a house) to speak to the needs and desires of their target buyer. For this project, I decided to depict a space in a home that is being sold by a builder or developer. In other words, a new (or newly rehabbed) house that is empty. One of the goals of home staging is to help potential buyers "see" how they might live in a space. Most people cannot easily envision floor plans, scale and size or colors and so how the room is staged is meant to show the space in its best light, how functional the space can be and still be broadly appealing. If I were hired to design this space for a homeowner, I would likely be adding built-ins to reduce the awkward height of the knee walls. As a staging project, it's all about creating a comfortable feeling space that makes potential buyers feel "at home". Using Olioboard, I created such a space and exported the image to a JPG file.
I regularly create similar inspiration boards for clients, so I simply incorporated my Olioboard onto my regular board form and highlight the major design elements for the client. This board can be printed or emailed as a PDF with live links to product pages.
To join the large and ever-growing Olioboard community, you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and access their video tutorials on their YouTube channel.
And, now it's time for the "hop" part of the #Oliohop. Check out my fellow design blogger's boards and see what they are up to:
Lisa Mende Design: Blog * Olioboard Frances Newman - As You Like It Redesign: Blog * Olioboard Stephanie Weeks - Interior Design HQ: Blog * Olioboard Marilyn Russell - Design Magnifique: Blog * Olioboard Lynda Quintero-Davids, NYCLQ Focal Point: Blog * Olioboard Ronique Gibson - Stagetecture: Blog Kristie Barnett - The Decorologist: Blog * Olioboard Roslyn Ashford - Ra ReDoes Rooms: Blog * Olioboard Williams-Sonoma Design Marketplace: Blog * Olioboard Linda Merrill - Decorative Surroundings: Blog * Olioboard
If you would like my help on your design or Home Staging project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks!
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A Wicked Stahm is Brewin' and "Yankee Milk Fever" sets in
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So, 35 years after the Blizzard of '78 hit New England, we're hunkering down for another Nor'Easter/Blizzard/Snowmaggedon.
If you were in New England at that time, you likely remember how you spent the blizzard.
Perhaps you were stuck in your car on Rte. 128 for days. Or in the Boston Garden after attending the Beanpot tournament.
Perhaps you were looking for your car, wondering if you'd be waiting for Spring before you'd see it again.
Or your street was under freezing water due to unprecedented tides.
Or maybe you took advantage of traffic-less streets to get in a little skiing.
One thing is for sure, we'll never go hungry again! The onset of "Yankee Milk Fever" stems from this storm. When we hear bad weather is coming, we stock up on the basics, because you never know how many days you'll be living on bread and milk!
I was in high school and spent the days without electricity and heat at home with my parents, grandmother, our dog Tiny (a shorthair dachshund who did NOT like the cold) and the neighbor lady. We had an open floorplan house so my Dad had to tack blankets and plastic sheeting on all the door openings into the kitchen/family room to keep the heat from the fireplace in. Thankfully, we had a big fireplace and a gas stove which could be lit with a match. And the telephones still worked (ah, landlines!) so when I went stir-crazy I could hide out upstairs (it was 40) to call friends and check in. We also spent a lot of time gathering sticks and kindling from the woods - it all felt so very "Little House on the Prairie".
So, we're all preparing for the coming storm - apparently upwards of two feet. I'm trying to get a bunch of design work done in the event of an extended power failure, plus battening down the hatches. And buying my bread and milk. The fireplace is a little smaller than the one that got my family through the Blizzard of '78, but it will have to do!
Thinking warm thoughts!
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If you are in the path of the storm, I wish you warmth of hearth and home!
If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks! Subscribe to ::Surroundings::
So, 35 years after the Blizzard of '78 hit New England, we're hunkering down for another Nor'Easter/Blizzard/Snowmaggedon.
If you were in New England at that time, you likely remember how you spent the blizzard.
Perhaps you were stuck in your car on Rte. 128 for days. Or in the Boston Garden after attending the Beanpot tournament.
Perhaps you were looking for your car, wondering if you'd be waiting for Spring before you'd see it again.
Or your street was under freezing water due to unprecedented tides.
Or maybe you took advantage of traffic-less streets to get in a little skiing.
One thing is for sure, we'll never go hungry again! The onset of "Yankee Milk Fever" stems from this storm. When we hear bad weather is coming, we stock up on the basics, because you never know how many days you'll be living on bread and milk!
I was in high school and spent the days without electricity and heat at home with my parents, grandmother, our dog Tiny (a shorthair dachshund who did NOT like the cold) and the neighbor lady. We had an open floorplan house so my Dad had to tack blankets and plastic sheeting on all the door openings into the kitchen/family room to keep the heat from the fireplace in. Thankfully, we had a big fireplace and a gas stove which could be lit with a match. And the telephones still worked (ah, landlines!) so when I went stir-crazy I could hide out upstairs (it was 40) to call friends and check in. We also spent a lot of time gathering sticks and kindling from the woods - it all felt so very "Little House on the Prairie".
So, we're all preparing for the coming storm - apparently upwards of two feet. I'm trying to get a bunch of design work done in the event of an extended power failure, plus battening down the hatches. And buying my bread and milk. The fireplace is a little smaller than the one that got my family through the Blizzard of '78, but it will have to do!
Thinking warm thoughts!
all credits and image information here
If you are in the path of the storm, I wish you warmth of hearth and home!
If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks!
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Training through Taieri Gorge
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Dear Family and Friends,
Chuck and I returned to the train station in Dunedin. The train station is fabulous and looks like a big gingerbread building.
To know more about the station click here.
Here are some pictures I made inside the main ticket selling area.
The floor tiles were beautiful and in excellent condition. The train station was built in 1905.
Here is our train waiting for us to board.
We had a four hour round trip through the Taieri gorge. To know more click here. Here is some of the scenery.
They engineer even stopped the train so we could walk over one of the high bridges. One of us thought that was really cool.
Our neighbors across the aisle enjoying the view from their side.
Still having a great time.
Love,
Nancy
Chuck and I returned to the train station in Dunedin. The train station is fabulous and looks like a big gingerbread building.
To know more about the station click here.
Here are some pictures I made inside the main ticket selling area.
The floor tiles were beautiful and in excellent condition. The train station was built in 1905.
Here is our train waiting for us to board.
We had a four hour round trip through the Taieri gorge. To know more click here. Here is some of the scenery.
They engineer even stopped the train so we could walk over one of the high bridges. One of us thought that was really cool.
Our neighbors across the aisle enjoying the view from their side.
Still having a great time.
Love,
Nancy
22 Şubat 2013 Cuma
It's an #OlioHop : Home Staging Concepting using Olioboard
To contact us Click HERE
I am participating in this month's #Oliohop presented by Olioboard. Olioboard, if you're unfamiliar, is a website which allows users to create either 2D or 3D "mood" or "inspiration" boards for fun and profit. It's fun to play around with spaces and move furniture around with the click of the mouse and it's a great tool in the designer's tool box for fleshing out design ideas. I wrote an in-depth article on Olioboard on Williams-Sonoma Designer Marketplace last year which you can read here.
Meanwhile, the folks at Olioboard host many contests and various fun outreach programs to engage new and existing users and the #Oliohop is one of their more popular events. Each month, ten design bloggers are invited to create a space using Olioboard based on a specific theme. This month's theme is home staging.
We were asked to create a 2D or 3D inspiration board depicting the before and after of a home staging project. Unlike interior design or decorating, home staging is done for the specific purpose of marketing a home for sale. As with any marketing plan, the seller must know who their most likely buyer will be and how to package their product (in this case a house) to speak to the needs and desires of their target buyer. For this project, I decided to depict a space in a home that is being sold by a builder or developer. In other words, a new (or newly rehabbed) house that is empty. One of the goals of home staging is to help potential buyers "see" how they might live in a space. Most people cannot easily envision floor plans, scale and size or colors and so how the room is staged is meant to show the space in its best light, how functional the space can be and still be broadly appealing. If I were hired to design this space for a homeowner, I would likely be adding built-ins to reduce the awkward height of the knee walls. As a staging project, it's all about creating a comfortable feeling space that makes potential buyers feel "at home". Using Olioboard, I created such a space and exported the image to a JPG file.
I regularly create similar inspiration boards for clients, so I simply incorporated my Olioboard onto my regular board form and highlight the major design elements for the client. This board can be printed or emailed as a PDF with live links to product pages.
To join the large and ever-growing Olioboard community, you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and access their video tutorials on their YouTube channel.
And, now it's time for the "hop" part of the #Oliohop. Check out my fellow design blogger's boards and see what they are up to:
Lisa Mende Design: Blog * Olioboard Frances Newman - As You Like It Redesign: Blog * Olioboard Stephanie Weeks - Interior Design HQ: Blog * Olioboard Marilyn Russell - Design Magnifique: Blog * Olioboard Lynda Quintero-Davids, NYCLQ Focal Point: Blog * Olioboard Ronique Gibson - Stagetecture: Blog Kristie Barnett - The Decorologist: Blog * Olioboard Roslyn Ashford - Ra ReDoes Rooms: Blog * Olioboard Williams-Sonoma Design Marketplace: Blog * Olioboard Linda Merrill - Decorative Surroundings: Blog * Olioboard
If you would like my help on your design or Home Staging project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks! Subscribe to ::Surroundings::
Meanwhile, the folks at Olioboard host many contests and various fun outreach programs to engage new and existing users and the #Oliohop is one of their more popular events. Each month, ten design bloggers are invited to create a space using Olioboard based on a specific theme. This month's theme is home staging.
We were asked to create a 2D or 3D inspiration board depicting the before and after of a home staging project. Unlike interior design or decorating, home staging is done for the specific purpose of marketing a home for sale. As with any marketing plan, the seller must know who their most likely buyer will be and how to package their product (in this case a house) to speak to the needs and desires of their target buyer. For this project, I decided to depict a space in a home that is being sold by a builder or developer. In other words, a new (or newly rehabbed) house that is empty. One of the goals of home staging is to help potential buyers "see" how they might live in a space. Most people cannot easily envision floor plans, scale and size or colors and so how the room is staged is meant to show the space in its best light, how functional the space can be and still be broadly appealing. If I were hired to design this space for a homeowner, I would likely be adding built-ins to reduce the awkward height of the knee walls. As a staging project, it's all about creating a comfortable feeling space that makes potential buyers feel "at home". Using Olioboard, I created such a space and exported the image to a JPG file.
I regularly create similar inspiration boards for clients, so I simply incorporated my Olioboard onto my regular board form and highlight the major design elements for the client. This board can be printed or emailed as a PDF with live links to product pages.
To join the large and ever-growing Olioboard community, you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and access their video tutorials on their YouTube channel.
And, now it's time for the "hop" part of the #Oliohop. Check out my fellow design blogger's boards and see what they are up to:
Lisa Mende Design: Blog * Olioboard Frances Newman - As You Like It Redesign: Blog * Olioboard Stephanie Weeks - Interior Design HQ: Blog * Olioboard Marilyn Russell - Design Magnifique: Blog * Olioboard Lynda Quintero-Davids, NYCLQ Focal Point: Blog * Olioboard Ronique Gibson - Stagetecture: Blog Kristie Barnett - The Decorologist: Blog * Olioboard Roslyn Ashford - Ra ReDoes Rooms: Blog * Olioboard Williams-Sonoma Design Marketplace: Blog * Olioboard Linda Merrill - Decorative Surroundings: Blog * Olioboard
If you would like my help on your design or Home Staging project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks!
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A Wicked Stahm is Brewin' and "Yankee Milk Fever" sets in
To contact us Click HERE
So, 35 years after the Blizzard of '78 hit New England, we're hunkering down for another Nor'Easter/Blizzard/Snowmaggedon.
If you were in New England at that time, you likely remember how you spent the blizzard.
Perhaps you were stuck in your car on Rte. 128 for days. Or in the Boston Garden after attending the Beanpot tournament.
Perhaps you were looking for your car, wondering if you'd be waiting for Spring before you'd see it again.
Or your street was under freezing water due to unprecedented tides.
Or maybe you took advantage of traffic-less streets to get in a little skiing.
One thing is for sure, we'll never go hungry again! The onset of "Yankee Milk Fever" stems from this storm. When we hear bad weather is coming, we stock up on the basics, because you never know how many days you'll be living on bread and milk!
I was in high school and spent the days without electricity and heat at home with my parents, grandmother, our dog Tiny (a shorthair dachshund who did NOT like the cold) and the neighbor lady. We had an open floorplan house so my Dad had to tack blankets and plastic sheeting on all the door openings into the kitchen/family room to keep the heat from the fireplace in. Thankfully, we had a big fireplace and a gas stove which could be lit with a match. And the telephones still worked (ah, landlines!) so when I went stir-crazy I could hide out upstairs (it was 40) to call friends and check in. We also spent a lot of time gathering sticks and kindling from the woods - it all felt so very "Little House on the Prairie".
So, we're all preparing for the coming storm - apparently upwards of two feet. I'm trying to get a bunch of design work done in the event of an extended power failure, plus battening down the hatches. And buying my bread and milk. The fireplace is a little smaller than the one that got my family through the Blizzard of '78, but it will have to do!
Thinking warm thoughts!
all credits and image information here
If you are in the path of the storm, I wish you warmth of hearth and home!
If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks! Subscribe to ::Surroundings::
So, 35 years after the Blizzard of '78 hit New England, we're hunkering down for another Nor'Easter/Blizzard/Snowmaggedon.
If you were in New England at that time, you likely remember how you spent the blizzard.
Perhaps you were stuck in your car on Rte. 128 for days. Or in the Boston Garden after attending the Beanpot tournament.
Perhaps you were looking for your car, wondering if you'd be waiting for Spring before you'd see it again.
Or your street was under freezing water due to unprecedented tides.
Or maybe you took advantage of traffic-less streets to get in a little skiing.
One thing is for sure, we'll never go hungry again! The onset of "Yankee Milk Fever" stems from this storm. When we hear bad weather is coming, we stock up on the basics, because you never know how many days you'll be living on bread and milk!
I was in high school and spent the days without electricity and heat at home with my parents, grandmother, our dog Tiny (a shorthair dachshund who did NOT like the cold) and the neighbor lady. We had an open floorplan house so my Dad had to tack blankets and plastic sheeting on all the door openings into the kitchen/family room to keep the heat from the fireplace in. Thankfully, we had a big fireplace and a gas stove which could be lit with a match. And the telephones still worked (ah, landlines!) so when I went stir-crazy I could hide out upstairs (it was 40) to call friends and check in. We also spent a lot of time gathering sticks and kindling from the woods - it all felt so very "Little House on the Prairie".
So, we're all preparing for the coming storm - apparently upwards of two feet. I'm trying to get a bunch of design work done in the event of an extended power failure, plus battening down the hatches. And buying my bread and milk. The fireplace is a little smaller than the one that got my family through the Blizzard of '78, but it will have to do!
Thinking warm thoughts!
all credits and image information here
If you are in the path of the storm, I wish you warmth of hearth and home!
If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please email me. Thanks!
Subscribe to ::Surroundings::
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