Apr 14 2016
Unexpected Beauty
This morning, as I emerged from the dark woods on the Ridge for my first view of the Pacific, there was a lone fishing boat with all its lights on, alone on the wide ocean in the early morning greyness, looking like a fallen star. There can be unexpected beauty in the world.
I planted the tulips too late last year, around Christmas (or maybe even New Year’s) instead of before Thanksgiving, so they bloomed in March instead of February, and bloomed long after lilacs, daffodils and magnolias, which just seemed wrong. And when they started to poke their green shoots up in their containers, I felt that I had planted them wrong, because one of the containers housed a single bloom:
But when it flowered, it was so beautiful that I realized it was perfect, just as it was, all on its own:
And speaking of perfect, Rob has done it again, creating a companion piece to his original shelves:
The cornices at the top match the original piece, as do the beveled edges of the shelves. I love how he used the speckly pieces of wood for the center of the sliding doors in the cabinet at the bottom. The whole thing has been sanded to a silky finish and waxed by hand. It may be the nicest thing in the house after the 250 year old grandfather clock.
I would stack up Rob’s work against any of the artists at the fine woodworking show we attended a couple of months ago (and which may have inspired him). He is a true artist.
I may be the world’s leading collector of his work. On my desk at work is a little ceramic purple box he made, which holds paperclips, and the dish in which I put my car keys and iPod when I come home from work is also a Rob original, as is the lovely fluted tray in the bathroom which holds the lotions and potions a girl needs to put her best face forward. Come to think of it, the entire bathroom, from its black and white tiled floor to its copper shower curtain is a Rob original, too.
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One Response to “Unexpected Beauty”
Mother Nature never stops impressing he or she who takes time to look and watch at Her never ending beauty. Talk about beauty, your flowers are really lovely to look at and the colors are fantastic, another works of Nature. Rob sure is an artist of his own, his work is impressive indeed, great talent and an eye for unique innovations, you truly are surrounded by beauty Suzy, enjoy the moments.