Plans are underway for Christmas-ifying the Playground House--with a downstairs room temporarily (not glued down) wallpapered with this (below) Norwegian winter scene on paper.
I'd saved it for ages. It will have to be cut to fit, but now it will have useful life again. I think their little tree will fit in the room too.
Made in Norway, 1970s (?), artist Chr. K.
There are other little forest creatures (trolls? elves?) tucked around in the picture.
I work today, but have all weekend off---my tea party guests won't mind eating scones among art makings.
(Nor will my Xmas Eve guests, who are half the same people, b & M).
Last night I skimmed a book about Ocatvia Butler (sci fi writer)--she was isolated, and to cheer herself on, she wrote out self-help dictates from people like Dale Carnegie.
This is from J. Lowell Henderson (maybe from Learn and Like It, 1945):
"Every person has a capacity for a certain degree of genius, through developing the power of concentrated and sustained attention."
I thought, yes--and she had something she wanted to pay attention to--writing.
My attention is always more focused when I have an object of desire, like the Playground. Otherwise, I can drift...
i have finally realized that the playground house reminds me of the little dioramas in the basement of the house in alexandria. i wonder if she still does them. that is wonderful paper to put in a room. the girlettes may even want to keep it up all winter. yes, attention is focused when we have an object of desire. i, too, will find myself drifting unless i have one.
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I hope if you go back that direction you can check on this fab window tableaux!
DeleteThey always cheered me on 😄❤️