my blogspot

a while back, dan upped a post in which he shared his blogspot -

the space he sits and writes in.

he asked people to share something of their own favourite space

for writing blogs in.

so dan (and fascinated onlookers), here's mine!

i work on a macbook in a wireless house

so i can work anywhere.

but there are two places i really like to write in and i'll share those here.

one is in our kitchen.

the windows there look west and allow the afternoon and evening light in.

right behind me is my favourite piece of art in our home.

it's a print by a local artist named martina field.

right next to the print is my favourite object in the house.

a box made by an artist from oakville, ontario

named norman chandler.

the other space i like to work in

is our living room.

the windows here face east

and allow the morning light in.

i love that great big soft chair.

it is stuffed with the chin hairs of over three hundred thousand

bearded salamanders.

the hairs fall off their chins naturally once every five years.

it is a labour of love to collect them and then carefully stuff them

into the chair.

the outer covering is made from the white rind

of seven thousand seven hundred and seventy seven oranges.

they are pealed by trained tamarind monkeys

and are then hand cured and stitched together with specially treated banana strings.

on especially humid days it's like settling into an over-ripe fruit salad.

only not quite as damp and sticky.

there are lovely objects here as well.

two of my favourites include this glass container filled

with one small part of my daughter's beautiful rock collection

and this blue glass goblet.

i see that right next to it are the remains of a robin's egg

and a polished ammonite.

oh and i should mention that right across from me

is where my dawsonboy likes to shred his licks

(which can get pretty intense at times)!

there's a peek at my blog space.

i hope you enjoyed your visit!