Lighting

Today,



Really doesn't take long for me to relax, two days off work, and the world is an easier place. Well, with my usual day off ahead of that, and a weekend to come.

We went to look for a light for the dining room. Those pronged halogen bulbs aren't going to last forever, they take a lot of energy, and we are not about to do a straight replacement when they blow. We found something, appropriate, and very functional. More than we'd hoped, but then, anything worth the trouble of installing runs about the same. We looked at a more traditional shop, it was hideosity en masse. There was one light I could have lived with. But it wasn't significantly cheaper.

So we went back to retrospect to look again. I spotted a very nice one that was smaller, without a price. We asked about it, and the owner tells me he just can't bring himself to sell it, a real vintage piece. I figure this means I have a good eye, if nothing else. Can't blame him, it had a presence. We look again at the one, among so many beauties, that struck me as most fitting. We consider some of the others, and decide we can swing it. As a permanent part of the house, it's not really that much. Owner gives us a small discount, which we appreciate very much.

And, well, hb.

Dug a bit more, just to get it looking more sorted. Then dug just enough to put down pease in the back. I'm just doing pease, with four roma tomato plants - they'll have to wait for May. The buckwheat and poppies can't go in until after last frost, and given it snowed a little on me today, I don't think we're there yet.

And found this,


Which seems to be from here, an Ohio pottery 1890-1929. Which makes sense, a lot of household goods made in Ohio were shipped west. As for how it wound up in the dirt of the verge, I suspect a moving mishap.



I'd found a few other bits of this white stoneware dish, but to find id is very cool.


Tomorrow, I'll put down the scarlet flax seed in front.