Morning Light

The Return of the Sun

We are Finally seeing the lengthening of the Daylight in this part of the world, Dear Readers, and it is Such a Pleasure! The Morning sun is creeping North, day by day, allowing it's early rays to shine Deep into my little house, reaching parts of the room that usually don't see the direct sunbeams. So it is that when I awoke this last Sunday, the morning sunlight was shining onto "The Folly" in such a way as to light all the rooms and the little people therein!

Here, Let me show you!

See, it is lighting up the little bird nest hanging on the eaves......

(Gosh, it makes all the Flaws SO apparent!)

And from the open side you can see the way it makes the rooms come to life.....

casting shadows through the windows........

And in the upstairs bedroom it makes the little window glow.....

and the stars over the bed nook to shine.....

Here, you can see a little closer......

Yes, I STILL have to make the mattress and the rest of the bedding.....

But I LOVE the way the sunlight pours in......

And in the bathroom too... so MUCH still needs doing.....

lights, trim, curtains and everything else too!

And downstairs where Will and Daphne have been discussing

ALL the fascinating ideas of the world.....

(Have they been talking ALL night...?)

The sun slants into the room....
First lighting on Will.....

And then glancing on Daphne in such a way that her hair is aglow......

And Will is Suddenly captivated......

And Meanwhile, in the "Lovely Old Dollhouse" the morning light is working its Magic!

Celeste has been up all night too.....

(she is a Night person and usually tries to Avoid the morning light.....)

but even She is willing to admit that this morning light shining through the lace curtains in the Chinoiserie Bedroom is particularly beautiful!

For some reason she is reminded of a beautiful place she stayed once a long time ago.....

perhaps it was Paris......

And on a less Romantic note...

the sunlight is positively GLARING into the bathroom...

which needs EVERYTHING...!

Curtains would be a good place to start.......

The same could be said for the Master Bedroom.....

but I do LOVE the way the sunlight pours in!

Because Curtains have a Bad habit of BLOCKING most of the LIGHT!

As you can see here in the Living room....

I need to tie the curtains back better......

I think Joanna is telling Victor that she plans to go shopping ......

I just LOVE the way the sunlight comes in through the hall windows.....

And the Kitchen too.....

But it does have a way of highlighting all the things that haven't yet been done.....
(Does nothing ever get put away in this house...?)

Look, it even reaches all the way into the Kitchen in "The Folly"!

I Just LOVE it!

(I hope you didn't mind that little tour of the Morning sun!)

Because, I don't have much Else to show you!
The only WORK I got done was lots of tiny fiddly pieces for the kitchen of the Cupboard House... (and alas, I am afraid the sun has not Yet reached That house....)

But let me show you what I got done.....

I added a shelf over the door on the wall on the dining room side...

And the baseboard and wainscot trim.....

The shelf will hold platters and serving trays and other large dishes......
As you can see below.
And I also adjusted the fit of the Dumb waiter wall and doors...
(but none of that really SHOWS!)
And then I glued the dumb waiter wall in place!

But the most time-consuming piece was the Drying rack for over the stove......
Here you see it in the vertical stored away position.....

But it can be lowered down.......

To a horizontal position.......

Like so!

For drying cloths and linens......

I wasn't sure it would work..... or even look okay.....

but all the Victorian kitchens seemed to have them......

so I gave it a try!

And I think it works pretty well, and even looks okay...
even though it has nothing to do with

Morning Light!