Le Weekend

How was your weekend? Lots going on here.

I came across a photographic essay about relocating from a chateau in France to a significantly smaller Victorian terrace (row) house in London, and just loved what the owner had done in the translation.

How amazing is that piece on the left? It looks like a cross between a display case and a huge finial for a building. And I love the rolling cart in the center with the pillows on it.

I love the hidden aspect of this spiral staircase.

Even though the space is contemporary, the furnishings are vintage and antique.

I have a similar vintage light in my workroom, and similar French copper pots and pans in my kitchen.

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A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Carolina Con at Gracious Style, asking if I’d like to try a new range of laundry products – LeBlanc in the Blue Violet scent. Now, I am sure you’re not thinking that doing laundry’s very exciting, but after five years of not having on-site laundry facilities, I am thrilled to be able to do laundry at home. And if I can do laundry with something that smells fabulous and works wonderfully, I am all the happier.I had inadvertently left some clothes in the washer and they got that gawd-awful mildewy smell on them, which I became very familiar with after spending lots of time on boats. The smell actually gags me, but I am sure that’s more than you want to know. I wanted to make sure the re-do of the clothes got them clean and fresh-smelling, and I have to say, these LeBlanc washes and dryer sachets did the trick. Even though these products are made for fine linens, I was washing t-shirts, trousers and more, and the wash did an excellent job. Everything smelled so delicious, that I can’t wait to wash my bed linens with them. And I especially can’t wait to try the Linen Wash spray on my ironing. And I am a total dork and LOVE to iron.

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On Friday night, 13 of us attended the Orioles-Toronto Blue Jays baseball game. It was a great game, with one of our players going three at-bats and three homers! Plenty of peanuts, popcorn, beer and a margarita or two were consumed during the game, and then afterwards, we all loved the spectacular fireworks, shot off from the bullpen area.

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We got a couple of inches of rain a series of three massive thunderstorms that began at six in the morning. I don’t know who needed the drugs more – me or Connor. I took this picture sitting in my car, waiting for the rain to lighten up, so I could run into the house.

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Don’t forget to try and watch a bit of the Paralympics which begin later this week. If you’ve never seen it, see if you can catch a bit of the wheelchair rugby. It’s not called Murderball for nothing. Every one of the 12,000 seats in the arena has sold for each of the matches…in just three days. Overall, more than 2 million tickets to the Paralympic events have been sold.

How was your weekend?