Author: lis

There’s a reason why this fork is amusing to me.  It’s not mine.  When I was unpacking from this year’s Vineyard vacation, I discovered I had “stolen” it from the rental house.  Now I need to remember to bring it back next year.
(Last year, Roz went home with a washcloth. So it’s not just me.)

First of all, THIS IS NOT MY CAR.  It’s a car a saw when I was out running errands.  Not good for the owner.  But an interesting look at some of the guts of their car.

The theme of the week is “metal” (Doug’s suggestion).  So here is a standard metal mixing bowl, filled with super yummy cranberry beans that unfortunately lose that pretty color when cooked.

This mobile (which also changes colors) was part of the same raffle basket as yesterday’s photo, with the addition of some colorful fairy lights Doug added to the porch.

We won this in a raffle at a cat shelter event.  It sits on our porch windowsill, and changes colors (which of course doesn’t show in a still photo).  It even spent the week on the railing of our Vineyard rental.  It’s very cute.

According to the Interwebs, this type of light switch is antique and was patented in 1915.  They were used through the mid 20th century, and by the 1960s basically weren’t used at all.  Which jibes with our house being 135 years old.

 

Digital signs like this always make me want to buy a lottery ticket.

Because Doug is Doug, he rigged up the light on top of our garage to forecast the weather, like the light on top of the John Hancock building in Boston. Tonight it’s steady red. And for those who can’t remember what the lights mean:
Steady blue, clear view.
Flashing blue, clouds due.
Steady red, rain ahead.
Flashing red, snow instead.

When I first drove my electric car, I found it kind of funny that you can’t really tell if the car is running.  A couple times I’ve gotten into the car, realized I forgot something and run back to get it, then get back in the car, and don’t remember if I started it because it makes no noise.  That’s what this little green light is for.

The theme of the week is “light.”
This little lantern is something Doug painted during a date night at a paint-your-own-pottery shop.  It hangs above the little table on our porch, along with a second one, adding a bit of ambience to dinnertime.