Ready for the Weekend?

It’s the long Labor Day weekend here in the States, and there’s lots happening. But first, some updates!

It’s been pretty much decided that the doorknobs are really Mark Twain. No word whether the owner of the house agrees, but I’ve gotten some irrefutable evidence that it’s Mark, including this from my dear Flo…

Best thing I've found so far is this similar-looking doorknob, similar in that the material/metal appears to be the same, and the crappy casting job appears to be the same, the spacing of the head/bust within the circle are alike, the raised ridges do not occur in the same sequences,man on the face is of the similar doorknob is identified by the auction house as Robert E Lee - which THEN made me wonder What do Twain and Lee have in common so that there would be doorknobs made of them, ah! maybe some earnest foundry produced a great-Americans series of doorknobs at the turn of the century.

Also, my friend Ben, aka General Rubric, who is the owner of Housewerks Salvage, said this:

Before I even read the background, I thought it looked like Mark Twain, who was at the height of his fame in the early 20th century and the fact that there are other similar knobs would seem to support that these knobs bear his likeness. I am not so sure he needs to have a Baltimore connection in order for someone to appreciate his likeness in their home. You could also try and contact the American Doorknob Collectors Association for additional insights…

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Thanks to everyone who took the time to take the survey I posted. If you haven’t taken it yet, there is still a little time. I will be picking a name from those who responded (and left their contact information) on September 1. You can take the survey here. There have been some excellent suggestions, great comments, and good ideas. I will be compiling the results this weekend and it will help me improve and build a better blog.

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It was a gorgeous evening and the grass had just been cut, so I took advantage of it all and sat outside with Connor for a little while and contemplated the day. Of course, I had to fire up the chandelier that’s hanging from my mulberry tree. There’s nothing better than sitting outside on a quite late-summer’s evening.

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If you remember the pillows that I made for my friends a month or so ago, I got a commission to make another set… for a big deal author!

I will be whipping them up this weekend and shipping them off for her to put in her rental cottage on Tybee Island, Georgia.

I will also be adding some more items to my Etsy shop!

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Other than that, a couple of dinners, some meet-ups with friends, and some general work around the house, not much happening over the weekend. What about you?