dual personalities

Last week at this time I was preparing for our son to arrive for Easter weekend. Alas, this week we are on our own, and stacks of grading await. How much difference a few days can make. We had a wonderful Easter, albeit the men had to suffer through one of my culinary mishaps. I tried to make blueberry sour cream pancakes for our Easter brunch but because I was talking while putting the batter together, I didn’t put enough flour in and the result was soupy. Then I added too much flour and it was lumpy, gloopy and, due to the extra stirring required, lavender/grey from the frozen blueberries. The pancakes don’t look too bad in this photo, but don’t be fooled — they were. James is putting on a brave face; each of us managed to eat only one.

We were reminded of the scene from About a Boy when Nicholas Houle threw “a bloody great baguette at a duck’s head and killed it”.

Good times 😊

Switching gears, I’ll share a couple of etchings that I acquired at a recent local auction. They are quite small – not much over 5 x 7 inches – but for some reason the previous owner put them in large frames.

They seem dwarfed by the burlap texture matting, don’t you think?

Here are close-ups:

My plan is to cut the mats down a bit – not too much! – and reframe. I haven’t done it yet, so if you think that’s a terrible idea, please let me know in the comments. I’m not sure where I’m going to put them, but I’ll take photos in situ when I get them up.

We’re still waiting for real spring here. It snowed earlier this week, but that is to be expected. These are the weeks we set aside each year for inside work, spring cleaning and painting. I haven’t gotten my act together to plan anything yet but hope to get to it soon. What spring projects are you planning?

Have a wonderful weekend!