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About that foot injury, it requires no medication stronger than Advil, and I am seeing a wonderful physical therapist. If you're curious about how someone who has been known to take a bus for one stop rather than walk managed to injure a foot, it's this way: our yellow (regulated) taxis rarely provide as much leg room as an airplane seat in Coach class. Depending on how much room the driver has reserved for himself with an immovable barrier, you can find yourself balancing above a leg-and-foot space as little as 4 inches. No exaggeration, I once measured such a space against a 3x5 card that was in my purse. So if you're in a hurry and put one leg down and then try to slide across to get the rest of you into the cab before the light changes, you can put very strange pressure on the first leg to enter the cab. And if, like me, you have very long and narrow feet (like elves), getting them out of the cab one after the other similarly requires a series of unnatural and desperate balletic moves. There are still a few comfortable cabs on the road but they're an endangered species.
Anyway, the wreath and a few strings of lights on the terraces are about all the Winter Solstice decorating I can manage, and the lights are there because I never took them down from last year. Nevertheless, they're cheerful. As am I, now that the project is finished.
And to all a good night!
Sorry about your injury. Hope it heals quickly. The wreath turned out great. Well done.
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DeleteVery nicely done, wff! No wreath making for me this year. I ordered mine from QVC already decked out in lights and on a timer to boot...absolutely love it, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about your foot injury, and really hope that it heals quickly for you. Yay for advil at least. :)
Thanks,Melissa! For years I would order a large wreath made go variegated holly with a big red plaid bow and no other adornment. I loved them. Then the company - deranged ivy-loving elves in the woods of Wyoming, their catalog wasTDF - went out of business, Sigh. Tried a few other sources, no joy. Last year I made a wreath out of wine corks. Someone pointed at a cork that said "mis en bouteille au chateau" meant Merry Christmas! "Oh you bet it does,"I joyfully replied.
DeletePoor you! Fabulous wreath!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Wendy. And thank you.
DeleteLovely wreath. C'mon ankle, stop fussing already! :)
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DeleteI am very impressed by your lovely wreath. Best keep it on the inside of the door so that you can see it and marvel at your creativity while you are resting your ankle. I am glad you make use of your terraces. When we are in the city, especially during perfect weather days, I make a point of looking at terraces outside many of the buildings. Only once have I ever seen anyone out on one. It was a woman tending her plants. So let your lights shine! Adding to that delicate taxi ballet, I normally have some pencil skirt on when going out in the evening. I have yet to master the get in and slide over maneuver with one ounce of grace or dignity. Rest up and enjoy your fabulous wreath!
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DeleteThank you, Teacups! Remember when Martha and Kmart were first having their issues? A lot of Martha's stuff got marked down, and while I don't do themed trees, I sure do lights. I grabbed a cartful, paid, brought them home and stashed them. From time to time a small container of lights turns up. This year I found an unopened container of green lights. I'm going to take that as an omen - green lights, no? - and add them to those already installed.
DeleteSorry about the foot - sounds painful. I hate those barrier things they have in Cabs - we have them here in Australia too. It would be so much better if we could have London style cabs where the driver is in the front sealed but for a sliding window, and the back is big and open for bags and people and legroom!!
ReplyDeleteThe wreath looks fab!
thanks, Heidi!
Deleteoh I so love London taxis and drivers who know where things are! Actually our Taxi & Limousine (hah!) Commission experimented with a few London cabs some years ago. NYC bumps & potholes: 10, London taxis 0. Most of our streets have kind of a 3rd world feel if you're riding.
Ouch! How can you carry home packages with a bum ankle-- this must stop! Nothing like a crackerjack physical therapist, though, so heal up quick( Weak). I too have skinny feet with high arches and narrow heels, making shoe shopping akin to underwear shopping to me. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteCharming wreath!
hi, Lane, shoe shopping isn't good for my temperament, either. Ankle is coming along, I spoke very severely to it yesterday.
DeleteHope you heal well. Everyone here now users because the cabs are so awful. The wreath is fab! Well done.
ReplyDeletehi, Jen, thanks! I've been promising myself to try Uber, but I rode one with a friend to a major hospital and the driver went right by it and had to circle the block. Twice. Oh, well.
DeleteThat is just beautiful, I do not have creative bone in my body.
ReplyDeletethank you, Tabitha, it only came about because I couldn't bear to throw out all those Christmas cards. And I don't believe for a minute that you aren't creative.
DeleteDitto to Tabs - that is just the sort of decorations I love. I think about doing something like that, then just get really really tired. I'm so sorry about you saw food - get better soonest! Glass of wine always works wonders. I remember I hurt my foot really badly skiing when I was younger, but come the evening with a couple of glasses under le belt I was doing high kicks in the arcade. Oh youth...
ReplyDeleteOh that would be foot, not food...and I'm not even drinking
DeleteWell, six or seven years' worth of old Christmas cards stuffed into shoeboxes suddenly began to prey on my conscience - and then after I finally finally figured out what to do with them, I had a few sporadic bursts of leaf-production which was boring in the extreme.
DeleteAbout 10 yrs ago I broke a small bone in my leg - Sunday night in NYC, so what kind of fool goes to an emergency room? I went home, everyone chanting REMEMBER R-I-C-E at me. So, ok, rest - lay down on couch. Ice - plastic bag, check. Elevate - pillows, check. No idea what the C stood for. Finally it came to me. Cognac! Bring it on, M. Hennessy! it was the perfect thing, and I totally recommend it.
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Sorry to hear about your ankle, glad you are cheerful and luv the wreath!
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