I just read the annual O The Oprah Magazine edition with "Oprah's Favorite Things."
Why do we care about Oprah's favorite things and how she found them? Most of them are things I can't afford, even if I like them (and there's an awful lot in it that I don't like. I mean, sure, if she wanted to give them to me it might be a different story ...)
I have a lot of my own favorite things already. Most of them were not expensive. Some were gifts. Some probably technically aren't "things" but I won't split hairs. I thought I would share them with you from time to time, and I would love to hear about your favorite things, too.
Here's an easy one that many of you have probably already seen, if you ever visited my house in Lincoln or any of my apartments in Omaha.
One of my favorite things is this Blue Cat Painting. I informally refer to it as "Chess," sort of short for "Cheshire Cat," though this picture isn't exactly of the Cheshire Cat. Just a grinning cat, really.
I found him at an antique/craft mall on Cornhusker Highway in Lincoln back in 1997. He was $35. We had just bought our house and some new furniture to put in it, and we were pretty broke after that, but he was perfect for the decor in our guest bedroom and I couldn't get him out of my head. We were getting ready for our house-warming party and I just knew I had to have him. I emptied out my spare change jar, which had almost $30 in it, and scraped together a few more bucks to go get him.
(I put the change in my bank account and did NOT actually pay for him with the almost $30 in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, LOL!)
He was displayed in the bathroom at my three Omaha apartments, and is in the bathroom here in Philly as well. I had good luck finding a semi-matching shower curtain that further emphasizes his blueness.
Chess is large and heavy--2' by 3', professionally framed with a wooden frame and thick glass. He is a watercolor painting with pen-and-ink details. Artist unknown. If it is signed, it's either on the back of the painting or under the frame where I can't see it. The bright blue frame is totally part of the painting's appeal for me. It matches the blue of the cat so perfectly.
The painting has just three colors in it, and most of the shadows and values are created by crosshatch lines. You can see some drips, streaks, brushmarks, etc. on him. The paper is not as white as it used to be, but the colors are still vivid.
I used to dislike the color blue, but this picture helped me learn to appreciate it, and I now have a number of blue things in my home, some of which you may see in future editions of My Favorite Things.
Why do we care about Oprah's favorite things and how she found them? Most of them are things I can't afford, even if I like them (and there's an awful lot in it that I don't like. I mean, sure, if she wanted to give them to me it might be a different story ...)
I have a lot of my own favorite things already. Most of them were not expensive. Some were gifts. Some probably technically aren't "things" but I won't split hairs. I thought I would share them with you from time to time, and I would love to hear about your favorite things, too.
Here's an easy one that many of you have probably already seen, if you ever visited my house in Lincoln or any of my apartments in Omaha.
One of my favorite things is this Blue Cat Painting. I informally refer to it as "Chess," sort of short for "Cheshire Cat," though this picture isn't exactly of the Cheshire Cat. Just a grinning cat, really.
I found him at an antique/craft mall on Cornhusker Highway in Lincoln back in 1997. He was $35. We had just bought our house and some new furniture to put in it, and we were pretty broke after that, but he was perfect for the decor in our guest bedroom and I couldn't get him out of my head. We were getting ready for our house-warming party and I just knew I had to have him. I emptied out my spare change jar, which had almost $30 in it, and scraped together a few more bucks to go get him.
(I put the change in my bank account and did NOT actually pay for him with the almost $30 in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, LOL!)
He was displayed in the bathroom at my three Omaha apartments, and is in the bathroom here in Philly as well. I had good luck finding a semi-matching shower curtain that further emphasizes his blueness.
Chess is large and heavy--2' by 3', professionally framed with a wooden frame and thick glass. He is a watercolor painting with pen-and-ink details. Artist unknown. If it is signed, it's either on the back of the painting or under the frame where I can't see it. The bright blue frame is totally part of the painting's appeal for me. It matches the blue of the cat so perfectly.
The painting has just three colors in it, and most of the shadows and values are created by crosshatch lines. You can see some drips, streaks, brushmarks, etc. on him. The paper is not as white as it used to be, but the colors are still vivid.
I used to dislike the color blue, but this picture helped me learn to appreciate it, and I now have a number of blue things in my home, some of which you may see in future editions of My Favorite Things.
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