Budget Minded Modernist
So, ever since I saw the latest Readymade, I can’t get that astroturf couch out of my head….with my noggin so far into the landscape situation..I don’t think I can resist giving it a whirl. I’m thinking more like an astroturf Mies daybed….not the traditional style Christina and Elspeth used. Once again…this idea would have horrified me before I moved into the Regal Beagle here, but I think I can make it work if I do it right….Have I lost it? Maybe. We’ll see!
So, I have a little, OK, kinda big, collection of vintage flower frogs. I can’t display them as a collection currently, so I’ve split them up and tried to reuse them in different ways. While organizing my desk, I had an “aha” moment…don’t you love those?
I can’t believe that summer is almost over…it seems like we were just settling into the swing of things and now school starts on Friday! Before I know it, our sea finds will be replaced with shiny baubles for the holidays…..sigh…
I scored this Alexander Calder print on one of my junking expeditions…but was disappointed in the lack of information available on the Calder Foundation website. I knew that the original drawing was done at the same time he was performing his “Cirque” while living in Paris…but I needed to know more.
I remembered that Rago Arts, one of my favorite auction houses, has sold quite a bit of his work, so I headed over and found my piece right away!  Apparently a portfolio of 12 drawings were printed commercially in the 60’s…so I’m guessing that’s what I have. No title, but at least a bit more info. Now to figure out to clean it up a bit..I’d love to get rid of the water damage. Back to research….
Here is a performance of his Circus…It’s really something.
I’ve been trying to figure out how we can give our garage door a modern DIY makeover…or a budget replacement door. This is the look I’m drawn to at the moment, but I’m not sure how difficult it would be to simply install metal on top of the “wood” material we currently have…..if anyone has done this, I’d love to hear about it.
OR… perhaps if we had to replace rather than refurbish..we could do something like this?
But I keep coming back to the copper….but that’s too much metal, right? Boy, these are cool though….but no…must… resist… urge… for more metal….
I almost named this post Hitchcockian Hootenanny, until my fellow wildlife lovin’ girlfriend pointed out that a group of owls is indeed….yup…a parliament. I’ll ask George Clinton and Bootsy Collins for forgiveness another time.
I’ve become that crazy wildlife chick and I can’t apologize enough. My small readership has just evaporated I’m sure, but I can’t help myself. After 10 months of mystery and wonder, the elusive owls have decided it’s time to teach the kids how to hunt….10 feet from my window.
The flurry of hushed excitement in the house is accompanied by my incessant snapping of photos, and the bold, yet stealthy, step outside to try and get a bit closer. The owls start to gather and fly toward me rather than fleeing….at which point, my crafty counterpart decides that, maybe, I might want to step back inside. Please let me be smarter than Tippi Hedren… (although I did dress as her a couple of Halloweens…hmmm..)
BTW, my new stalkers are barred owls aka hoot owls..however, I am NOT politely asked “who cooks for you”, but am offered menacing screeches I discern as “give me a chipmunk or I’ll claw your eyes out!”
Noted….moving back inside to talk about cheap stuff again.