Two days of painting the inside of our house white, which was already white, has left me snow blind in the sun. To aid our concentration, in painting white on white, the phone and internet went on strike. Tiredness and electronic isolation have accounted for my silence. Even now, as I tap out this message on the metal pipes of life’s prison, I’m preparing for another day at the salt face. Soon I shall be writing posts with white text on white paper.
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Profound. And beautiful. Is that why you’ve elected to drink red wine?
Red wine is one of my few good habits:)
But did you not cherish the peace and the quiet: each moment of consciousness was absolutely yours . . . .
Painting the interior of a house in 33Centigrade temperatures didn’t afford too much peace and quiet! The evenings by the pool made up for it, though 🙂
That reminds me of painting the back of a very large white cove. I got snow blindness, missed where the back wall really was and fell over 😉
Good job you’ve got some wine to keep you fortified!
Painting white coves had been edited out of my memory…until now 🙂
Drink the wine and you’ll forget again 😉
Done…now,what did you say?
I was tempted to write “Be sure to white soon”, but that is a terrible pun, so I won’t write that.
Glad you avoided the dreadful pun:)
So pretty. My glass needs a hat 🙂
Every glass needs a hat:)
Your glass of red looks like a Spanish lady in a mantilla. I love it. May I ask, which reds do you like to drink when it’s hot? I have my favorites but I’m always curious about other people’s.
Chilled Brouilly is hard to beat, but not cheap. Young Chinon from the Pays de Loire is good too.
It’s perfectly fine, Roger. There’s no need to explain your absence. I’m of the opinion it’s more respectful to let people post in their own time. We’re all adults, and have lives of our own.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen such a cloth used to cover wine. Is it just for aesthetic value?
The covers were used for afternoon tea on the lawn in summer. The covers would be put over milk jugs or jugs of cordial to keep the flies out of them. Very genteel. I’ve adapted it to keep the flies out of wine and to look good 🙂
I thought the glass covering was to keep the curious bugs away from your glass…
Quite right.
Roger, take that cover off and slug that wine. It’s the only thing that makes painting palatable. 🙂
It was slugged about 1 nanosecond after the shot was taken 🙂
Hope you’re back in business soon.
Are those nasturtiums in the background? They’re so wonderful in salad. . . .
They are, and what a good thought:)
Good thing you have excellent wine to keep you going. Otherwise it could really get desperate!
We’ve nearly run dry:)
I’m sure. 🙂
Gorgeous photo – an elegant way to protect the vino. Your words made me think of liquid paper – remember using that white stuff when it was common to write pen on paper?
I do indeed…and then came the word processor…followed by the PC, etc. Miracle:)
I miss writing on paper so much that I have taken the practice up recently. It’s much more relaxing 🙂
Lovely hat, Roger.
Maybe a pair of sunshades?
Now that’s just silly, Kate. That glass is perfectly well used to the sun….otherwise it would have put its sun glasses on.
Painting? I do not envy you, no matter the color being applied. I certainly hope the rest of that bottle of wine is near by.
It’s finished…..thank the Lord.
Silly wine, take that hat off!
Lovely glass cover!
All that white’s good for you.. helps you spot the glass of red:) xx
That didn’t take me long, I promise you:)
White on white painting is not fun!
I hear that there is a white paint that appears to be pink on application. It dries to a perfect white but makes the painting job much easier.