12 Days of Christmas...

On the fourth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
Four Calling Birds

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Three French Hens

Two Turtle Doves

and a
Partridge in a Pear Tree

Ciao,
F

12 Days of Christmas...

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
3 French Hens

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two Turtle Doves,

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Ciao,

F

 

wall color...

my Mr. O has decided he wants to paint his music room.
i think it's a great idea since it's been the same color for 8 years...
a lovely English mushy pea green.
that sounds worse than it is, it's actually has a masculine elegance to it.

he's asked me my opinion (isn't that sweet, it's his room after all)
and i am going back in forth between
dark and mood or
light and airy.

we have a 1917 Arts & Crafts bungalow so the rooms
are on the smaller side but lots of windows and detail.

now imagine a room with a big leather chair (this belongs to the dogs),
mahogany bookcases and a sheet music cabinet and the piano.
in all of this is stacks and stacks of music books and sheet music.
of course a bust of beethoven sits on top of the piano overseeing it all.

now that you have a picture in your head here are a couple of examples
of wall colors i am thinking:

Aubergine:

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grey:

 

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darker grey:

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warm cream:

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flax:

 

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so what do you think?
keep in mind there is little wall and a lot of doors and windows.

love your thoughts as i am torn.

ciao,
F

gifts....

my husband is a rare breed,

he is a full time music teacher.

there aren't many of them around

anymore these days.

he loves his job and loves music.

he has a gift.

not only does he teach his young students

music (by the way i would love to 

take his class) but he teaches them

self respect, discipline, tolerance,

respect of others, and confidence.

a short list of what they learn in his class.

the other day he had a 3rd grade

girl in class feeling a little blue.

he asked her how things were.

she is the youngest of 5 girls 

and doesn't really like 

being the youngest.

now my husband is the youngest of 4

and so he knew what she was feeling.

he told her that once her big sisters

were all in high school and college

she would be the last one home

which would mean she wouldn't

have to share anything any more.

this made her smile and

she wondered off to practice her

recorder outside in the sunny field.

at the end of class she came up and told

my husband she had a gift for him.

she handed him this....

she told him 

"thank you!"

gave him a smile and skipped out

of the room off to her next class.

he might be my music man

but he is their "Mr. Schuester".

ciao,

f