hermitage

I don't put it on my walls. I like my walls quiet; I like space. historically the domicile was populated, in spite of internal pleasure of quiet walls, with images of significant people…because they were significant and interwoven into my...

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she won't hold still for click moment in the morning; by mid afternoon she and I need to have a serious coversation

16 Apr 2012

hermitage

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

she still has residual puppy energy. more importantly she appears to have decided to stay. perhaps it was this mornings bowl of wheat chex I gave her. I think she has definitely decided I am part of her pod. surely...

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sit here and watch it all grow or get up

mental gentle debate has begun. it is Saturday. my chain saw wielding dad will be here shortly. Soon I will be done painting interior of the hermitage. but at this moment I’ve got my butt planted firmly on front porch....

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it is a gift

the morning mist has passed and the still low slung sun blinds me as i sit hovering in its warmth. I thumb out thoughts as it passes through my lids reminding me to stay awake in this moment. it's brilliance...

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pod chair to go with womb nest chairs

01 Apr 2012

hermitage, nest chair, renovations

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

ok still on subfloor and a bit of renovations still in the works but i’ve just got to have some reading chairs. this is my pod chair. on the lower level I’ve got my nest womb chair(s). snuck the pillows...

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sometimes I am so stupid.

25 Mar 2012

friendship, hermitage

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

my bad. in a moment of weakness (which I don’t really consider weakness. but it feels like it) I truthfully “liked” something from my tribal past. shouldn’t have revealed myself. it was removed. fb glitchiness (which definitely happens) or people...

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never have this problem in route to the hermitage

delicate debilitating decay compounded by un-deferentiated decisions

hmmmm. within two months, ac/heater went belly up and couldn’t even exhaust her final death gasp. died; dead, dead, dead. it was to be expected within first few years as she was a bit aged. but months? replaced. today, 6...

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the hermitage deer pod mostly ignore me

24 Feb 2012

hermitage, microforest, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

since neither am i scary nor a threat, they merely tilt their heads and flick an ear at my presence and then simply continue at their task. when they gather in extended groups, just one can lead them all in...

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oh velvety lawn how I enjoy you.

next year I’ll throw down the winter rye a bit earlier and a bit thicker. I just kind of hand spread it as a test run tightly around the hermitage this year. I find the stark contrast between the leafless...

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awe new under shelf LEDs for reading, writing and…

paint still drying. have to give the oil base 3+ days before loading with books and office stuff :) then I'll put 6' drafting table in studio instead of hermitage.0

upside down for now

ruff hewn oak is get out of town heavy. so I’ll flip legs right side up when I have a team. till then, upside down because it’s stable while I put upper frame on solo. will needs some back muscle...

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mentor and remnant carnage. good day!

they think I need a dining room table. I like the foot stools :) little surprise and delight of day is that this little slab of dark green marble atop the hermitage’s firebox keeps caso (sp?) dip at just the...

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crisp moon lit

07 Dec 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

brrrr. I am such a Houstonian. the hermitage came with this fire box thing as an alternate heat source. it kicks butt, takes the chilly edge off the lower half of the casa, and keeps the heat pump from running...

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for which i am grateful

24 Nov 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

the hermitage microforest mini meadow meandering graveled pathways with vaulted swaying canopies the howl of the wind and moon light in the trees silly light fixtures i’ve made from others’ trash cheese foggy mornings dad/mom kin grand...

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lights. check.

22 Nov 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

add bathroom exhaust vent, close ceiling, then on to the floor. I think. I am kind of growing accustom to the paint splattered, plywood subfloor. it’s a statement. unfortunately I alone have grown partial to this particular statement. I’ve got...

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blue is the color of the day

13 Nov 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

blue tape marking studs to find later when Sheetrock hides their anchoring grain away, blue boxes (one more to go) to ensure code compliance, blue sky while porching it under the daylight’s celestial vaulted canopy with my dad, the blue...

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it explains why

25 Oct 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

driving in to start day; hermitage route at the far end; it is needed. soothes. just don’t attach. all passes as does the day. find comfort in what is. release what is to not be held. don’t attach. beautiful as...

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hmmm. grilled first time since I bought my hermitage with microforest and mini meadow

23 Oct 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

finally the other day i noticed while passing through the national forest that blinking blink sign which indicates no camp fires and for the last five months also no cook stoves, has at last changed to allow for cook stoves....

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that is just wrong. i stood on the scale this morning and it has to be wrong!

15 Oct 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings

kathy wash 2012

hermitage

i know this is what you expect to hear from a woman; but it really isn’t what you think. for the last quarter of a century, i have lived scale free (at the s. unit’s demand which i was good...

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hermitage

I don't buy art; I don't really care to have it populating my hermitage

she won't hold still for click moment in the morning; by mid afternoon she and I need to have a serious coversation

sit here and watch it all grow or get up

it is a gift

pod chair to go with womb nest chairs

sometimes I am so stupid.

never have this problem in route to the hermitage

delicate debilitating decay compounded by un-deferentiated decisions

the hermitage deer pod mostly ignore me

oh velvety lawn how I enjoy you.

awe new under shelf LEDs for reading, writing and…

upside down for now

mentor and remnant carnage. good day!

crisp moon lit

for which i am grateful

lights. check.

blue is the color of the day

it explains why

hmmm. grilled first time since I bought my hermitage with microforest and mini meadow

that is just wrong. i stood on the scale this morning and it has to be wrong!

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