Sunday, September 10, 2006

Unrestful sabbath

We had to take down a grape arbor to accommodate house painters. Wanted to put up a new one eventually anyway, but it's very sad to see that lovely green room gone. Having seen the vigor with which these vines grew in the past couple of years, however, I'm hopeful they will clamber up the new supports as wildly as they did the old ones.
Paint chips reveal little about a big picture; they don't give you much of an idea of what a larger swath will look like, on wood and in full sun. We will probably be surprised.

3 Comments:

Blogger robin andrea said...

What's the intended color? They usually have such interesting names.

3:27 PM  
Blogger isabelita said...

Heh...good question! The color names for products have always been funny to me. When we were choosing a carpet color back in the '80's, we had to decide between "mouse coat" and "marzipan."
today's Kelly Moore Paints offer us: "Golden retriever", "golden meadow", to be paired with "rainforest foliage." Is this the lot of former English majors?!!!

6:14 PM  
Blogger Scott said...

when i worked at a furniture company in western michigan (where they all are) they had the color "camel" for their furniture. and, of course, "camel light."

8:53 AM  

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