by Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett / L.L. BartlettJust about everyone around the world has had their lives impacted by Covid-19. Here's my list of things that we won't be doing or having done. No flowers: we usually go to the local nursery and buy flowers for our urns. Nobody to clean the house every two weeks. No one to help me in the garden Not so much meat for supper No interacting with friends and family No trips to the ice cream place No yard sales (oh, boy--for a thrifter, that's a BIGGIE) But then there have been some good things, too. Our pansies from last year self-seeded, so we do have some flowers after all I baked bread...
Vendor: Art & Fable Puzzle Company, LLC
Type: Jigsaw Puzzle
Price:
24.00
Each painting by Maureen Hyde is an inward creative journey.
She choreographs her compositions based on this dance of tonal relationships.
Still Life with Pears, is an expression of Hyde’s constant dialogue with nature as a means to create mood, rhythms and atmosphere.
America’s jigsaw puzzle consumption has increased wildly in the era of physical distancing. People stuck indoors with nothing to do have turned to tiny, brightly colored, irregularly shaped slices of cardboard to provide them with a sense of control over a chaotic world. Retailers can’t keep puzzles in stock, and…Read more...
A good distraction to sheltering in place. Focusing on something totally engrossing is not only good for our brains, it helps make the time at home pass quickly. It’s fun to have something to do that you don’t usually have the time for. Many other ‘quarantiners’ have also discovered the delight of jigsaw puzzles and some companies who make and sell them are swamped with orders. This has resulted in limited stock and slow shipping. The companies below still have some stock and we’re sure you’ll find something you love. White Mountain Puzzles is taking new orders again after having their stock depleted by everyone ‘sheltering in place’. The puzzle here is 300 pieces and $13.99. It is...
See a vintage kitchen with two pantries in this Colonial Revival home.The stately façade was already familiar to them when Judi Heise and her son Brent viewed the 1908 house on the recommendation of their real-estate agent. Set high atop a knoll in Portland Heights, the house commands unimpeded vistas of the Cascade Range and the city of Portland. Its grand portico, formal window bays, and fully developed neoclassical detailing were intact. Inside, it was a different story. The house was kindly described as “a fixer-upper.” The Colonial Revival house features a two-story portico and high hipped roof. Inspired by a vintage postcard, the Heises replanted 65 rose hedges.The Colonial Revival manse was designed and built by Clifton R. Lewthwaite...
