Monday walk…in my room

Since not everyone can go out, let’s use the Beach Boys’ “In My Room” as inspiration for today’s walk. Afterwards I’ll make some tea and we can sit on the patio, although it might be quite warm.

Let’s walk into the bedroom, take a closer look, and hear some stories. Stories are especially good these days, don’t you think?

These perfume bottles aren’t filled with perfume, but with special memories. The two in front and the one in the back left with the white top are from a visit to Vicenza, Italy many years ago with my s-i-l. It was the first time I’d ever had pizza made in a wood-burning oven. The blue one is from a shop in Little Italy in Cleveland, Ohio. I don’t recall where I got the one with the gold stripes but my husband bought me the Chanel No. 5 (yes, that one has perfume in it) for Christmas a few years ago, and the one with the silver top has Origin perfume. Our younger daughter gave me the Polish box in the back for another Christmas. Good memories all!

Knowing how much I like tea, you can understand why I like this basket. It’s waiting to be filled again.

I bought this sculpture years ago, before I’d even met my husband, on a trip to Arizona to visit my parents. I’ve loved Arabian horses for many years, so this immediately attracted my eye and convinced me to part with some of my hard-earned money. I actually found the beautiful wooden box at one of the art tent shows in Scottsdale, Arizona but relatively recently. Ironic that we now live in Arizona.

The mushroom? When I visit France, my sister-in-law and I walk often with the dogs in the forest. If it’s been a wet year, there are always lots of mushrooms. The last two years we’ve seen many of these beauties, Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). They’re eye-catching. But don’t pick them! As with snakes and frogs, bright, beautiful colors in mushrooms usually serve as a warning. Fly Agaric is one of the ten most poisonous mushrooms in the world. So my s-i-l bought this wooden mushroom for me at the cherry festival in Fougerolles as a joke. Makes me smile whenever I see it.

Finally, the dresser is Amish-made and has a matching armoire, difficult to move but lovely to have.

Now what sort of tea would you like? I have black, oolong, green, yellow, white, pu-erh, rooibos, decaffeinated, and herbal. I might be able to come up with some dark chocolate as well.

for Jo’s Monday Walk