A Moment of Sunshine....

Catch It If You Can.....

Some of you, Dear Readers, might have wondered where Will was now that the Lilacs were in full bloom. I can promise you that like many of us, he was hurrying to and from work every day in the rainy and gloomy weather, and had not been paying the lilacs any attention. So one sunny morning as he stepped out on the porch the blooming bush really took him by surprise! He could not believe he had not noticed before. It seemed almost as if the blossoms had appeared overnight!

It was such a magnificent sight that it stopped him in his tracks!

He was almost positive that the bush had never bloomed so beautifully before....

 

 

At least he could not remember if it had....

Or perhaps he had just been somewhere else when they bloomed!

But the scent was just Heavenly!

It made him wish he could share the experience.... 

Perhaps he would make a plan after work...!

 

But then, Dear Readers, there was a Moment

 when the sun really did shine in!

A Brief visit in the early morning....

 

 

Oh, what a rare thing this has been!

 

Can you see why I am so glad to see it shining on my Little Worlds?

I grabbed my camera to try and capture it...

 Even Will was astonished at the brilliance...!

And then it was gone!

I'll invite a few friends over for a cook-out... he decides.

This is just too special to miss!

Meanwhile, I have finished another blossom....

The Fifty-something-eth blossom!

And I added it to the vase on the mantel of The Folly.

(How many blossoms do you think each bouquet will need?)

Well, Dear Readers, it is a good thing

 that I can just keep on making lilac blossoms

 while I am waiting for the sun to shine.

Those moments are Rare, but Heavenly....

So catch them when you can!

Glass House Glass....

Invisible Progress.....

Have I mentioned, Dear Readers, How much I Love it when the sun comes to play in my mini worlds? Sometimes it seems as though I can barely catch the brief moments when it illuminates my little worlds so brilliantly! Saturday was just such a morning and here you can see The Folly fully lit in the morning sun! But it was moving fast! I had to be quick with the camera!

Here you can see the Glass House fully lit by the sun... 

Before any glass was added to the windows!

I was able to get some glass panes cut on Saturday 

and immediately started fitting them to the window openings.

It is not as easy as it sounds! 

If the glass pane is just a fraction too large,

 you have to carve away the wood frame to make it fit.

But it really went very well.

I was easily able to cut and install the front windows.

Can you see the glass panes? No? 

How about now?

At least you can see the reflections in the windows! 

Here you can see the Glass House framework is removed from The Folly base 

so I can attach the glass to one of the window openings.

The window frame on the exterior is made a little smaller than 

the opening in the wall so it holds the glass pane in place on one side.

Once the glass pane is inserted in the opening, 

I add interior trim inside the window opening, 

which holds the pane securely in the wall.

In the above picture you can see the interior trim 

has been added to the rectangular window, 

while the triangular one still has not been fitted with glass.

Here we are on a sunny Sunday morning, 

and you can see I have drilled the screw holes for the roof sections

 so they can be firmly attached once the glass panes are added.

And here you can see the interior from above... 

with the rear glass pane being tested for fit.

Yes, there is already an old workbench in place, 

and an antique stove for heating the Glass House in winter!

Here you can see the roof panels removed for

 painting the trim edges prior to adding the glass.

Because the glass is "see through" you need to paint 

the inside of all the openings because they will be 

visible through the edge of the glass!

You can see the opening side of the roof is smaller than the front side.... 

this is so it can swing open past the roof eaves of The Folly!

Here you can see the roof panels in place..... 

with the glass installed!

Can you see the glass? No?

And here you can sort of see the end triangular window also in place!

Or you can see the window frames.... if not the glass!

There is only the tiny back wall window 

still in need of getting the window pane installed...

Here you can just see the opening through the doorway....

I will have fun cutting that window glass!

And then all the muntins need to be cut and fitted to each window.

So it is still a while before the Glass House will be finished.

But the sun came to play again, Dear Readers!

Just before sunset it reached into my work room from the west.....

Shining on The Folly Tree House in such a way.... 

I almost never see this!

Shining into the Salon through the tiny window in the stairwell....

Where there is a flower vase on the window sill.....

And shining through the dressing room window.... 

glimpsed from the Chinoiserie bedroom....

Shining through the lost marble window....

I know, it is hard to see these tiny rays of light....

And even shining into the bath chamber

 through the window in the toilet stall....!

And lighting the Dressing Room with the door opened....

Catch it before it is gone!

And glancing through The Folly bay window......

showing off the details we usually can barely see!

Well, Dear Readers, there really is not much to show 

for my three day weekend of work!

That's the problem with glass....

Invisible Progress!

Shedding A Little Light....

Oh So Little.....

It is that Time of year, Dear Readers, when it is so Dark.... Morning and Night.... that it is so hard to get good pictures of what little work has been accomplished in my Mini Worlds! You may recall that I mentioned I would be making a LOT of bricks for the Conservatory..... well I got started....

This was the total of what I accomplished on Saturday...

And Sunday I just diligently applied myself to Brick making and Gluing.....

It is surprisingly Slow work!

By Sunday night I had nearly completed the two pillars!

And here you can see them in place....

And you can also see the arched upper portion temporarily placed on top....

Still a Long way to go!

I must confess that it felt like I got nothing done!

And because you have been so kind as to nod agreeably as I bore you with pictures of Boring bricks.... 

I will add a few shots I took Early Saturday Morning of Sunlight shining onto the Folly...

The Winter sun slants low in the sky... 

and for a moment it reaches far into the room and touches the Folly....

And from the inside you can see the light shining into the Bednook..... 

which has been dressed with colorful patterned bedlinens and 

layers of wool blankets since you last saw it.....

 

And the booknook is also graced with this brief Morning Light.....

That hushed moment at the start of the day....

And the Kitchen, too, catches the brief Morning Rays.... 

reminding us perhaps how Much there still is to be done....

And even the Livingroom is adorned with this Perfect morning light...

Where Daphne still sits pondering the revelations from All Hallows Eve!

She has sat here so many times before... 

but mostly she has been accompanied by Will....

And she is just beginning to realize that she is enjoying being alone...

Free to think her own thoughts.....

And she has So much she needs to think about and make decisions about......

It has just always been so much easier to let Will lead the way!

She can't begin to understand What happened on Halloween... 

when her Mother spoke to her through a crystal ball.....

Had she Imagined that?

She was going to have to talk to her Mother and try to get some answers....

And meanwhile..... 

Will has been overseas....

On a buying Trip for his Antiques Store and Gallery.....

Roaming through all sorts of ancient Castles and Estates.....

seeking furnishings and Art worthy of his business....

He missed being at the Halloween Costume Ball at the Castle....

so he missed all the Excitement....

And even though he texted Daphne repeatedly...

She had left her phone at home....

And didn't get all his messages until later.

But after the Mysterious Vision of her Mother in the crystal Ball...

Daphne isn't thinking about Will!

Believe it or not, Dear Readers, 

it only took a few moments for the Sun to slip entirely away.....

But for a brief Time it shone fully on the Solitary Sunflower.... 

still blooming beside the porch.....

Reminding me that there is so Little Light at this time of year....

But what there is can be Just Brilliant.....

Shedding just a Little More Light on Everything!