Thursday, December 1, 2011

the trees are scribbling their lines against the sky. the sun is coming up orange. i've been awake a couple of hours. reading blogs. working on photos. ordering prints. too groggy to make coffee. content to curl in a quilt with the computer propped on my lap. a cat warming my feet. hearing the sounds of the village waking. the furnace beginning it's morning drone. a truck rattling the window as it passes on it's way to work on the house being built around the corner. tom complains when i start my bath too early. my porcelain and iron, clawfoot bathtub that is tucked in a corner of our bedroom is one of my favorite things. i love that it's part of our bedroom, that i can soak in a steamy, oil-scented bath and still be part of the bustle of our little life. (link to an earlier post about my tub with a photo)however, when i would love a bath at 5 a.m. after edgar has dragged me from bed and i might as well have an early start to the day.....the tumble of water is too loud and i just can't do it to my sleeping husband. besides, he'd destroy my bath with his complaining. yes there is a bathtub in the bathroom, but i don't think i've ever had a bath in it. it feels icy and stiff and not at all what i have in mind for my bath.
i'm heading to the studio early. the paper room is luring me...

9 comments:

  1. Good morning lovely friend! I love your bathtub in the bedroom so much. It is such a beautiful detail that you thought of for your home. I hope you have the most wonderful day.

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  2. exceptional writting as always...
    full av images, whispers, sounds

    beauty : )

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  3. This paper room is so intriguing. Mysterious...
    Those stairs gave me a sense of deja vu--my father's family had a farmhouse in West Virginia, and there were stairs from the kitchen to the second floor that looked like that. Of course as a child I loved them.

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  4. reading your posts makes me feel like being there, in your house, listening to the sounds, the early morning light crawling in,it feels good there, warm and safe and magical.
    i have a bath similar to yours, it's not in my bedroom, i have it in a sea room and i love every minute i spend in it.
    have a nice day, x

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  5. Your husband should join the bath :-p
    Thanks for your visit to my blog!
    Hugs, Eli

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  6. Beautiful lay-out. I like the idea of a tub in my bedroom! Yours looks lovely.

    Some mornings I lay awake from 3:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. nodding between a light dreaming state and a deep sleep. I always wonder what it would be like to start my day at 3:30 a.m. I would probably be taking a morning nap if I did that!

    Kris

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  7. What a lovely window into your life. I like baths too. A nice warm soak can do wonders. I have a deep tub of porcelain and iron, but it is not clawfoot. I hope your studio time was productive.

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  8. Love me a bath... one in my room? Now there's a Christmas wish come true :-)

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