Moby so determined to sit on my lap, he climbed over the top of the laptop to be there. When he does decide to sit on a lap, he's not fucking around. Oh, his name, as mentioned in another discussion over at Pete's place. That came up by free associating for a week. When we were in Saudi, D joked that if asked about his middle name, Israel, he would claim the I stood for Ishmael. He also actually read the whole of Moby Dick once, which I found impressive. Cat at that point was still mostly hiding under, under the sofa, under the bathroom cabinet, under the bed, so a presence underneath named Moby felt just right.
D has been cold in this house, and we are trying to not spend a fortune on heating. It's a constant struggle of light through old windows that leak heat, heavy brown shades that insulate and black out, more space than we are accustomed to, forced air, and that he has done so much of the nuts and bolts of the paperless work, mostly online, sitting. He's been very cold, which makes anyone a bit unhappy. We had an electric/oil heater, but had been only using it in the bedroom. The music room has two doorways, only one with a door. On Saturday, we talked this out, and solved it. The heater lives in the music room, and I put this cloth up over the doorway, and D has a cozy haven to be warm in, while we keep the thermostat very low.
Does look very hippie, don't it?
The other doorway opens from the kitchen into the freshly de-dusted dining room. And the only extant lighting fixture we genuinely like as is. The shadows from these lights fascinate Moby, he often attacks them.
10 comments:
The warmer weather is coming, hopefully D won't be cold for too much longer.
looks very nice indeed
It looks lovely.....and a music room!
A cold house is not much fun. I know this from experience and I'm glad to hear D now has a cosy haven.
Those shadows have to be kept in their place, or who knows what they'd get up to.
Phil,
But then we'll be too hot.
gz,
It's getting homey- er.
RR,
That's what we call it. I think they used it as a bedroom. But with all that lovely wood, it is resonant, like being inside a guitar.
Pete,
Yeah, doesn't bother me so much, but D feels it acutely.
Moby is not Ishmael, because that didn't fit him. He keeps the shadows at bay.
One warm room sounds great, especially if it is the music room. My studio is right at the top of the house under a relatively poorly insulated roof. In the winter I suffer from "mouse hand" This is caused by sitting on one hand , which is kept warm, but the other is exposed on mouse clicking duty and is usually 5 degrees colder...
"mouse hand" is perfect. Been there.
I'm using paper towel rolls stuffed with newspaper to keep the drafty windows from pushing in too much cold air. And I love my cozy electric oil-filled radiator. It takes a bit to heat up, but then it's quite cost efficient indeed.
that's the one reason i generally don't like living in houses - the cold. and with a 6-7 month winter season here it tends to go on forever. still, after a while you just get used to always putting on some wool socks and an extra sweater. now in our condo, it feels luxuriously warm and i love it, but i know i can handle the cold.
Rou,
How does that work?
tpc,
Apartments are easier to heat, no question. So, we are focusing on keeping the room warm. I think we will be able to get better cross ventilation in our rather long, hot summers.
Post a Comment